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Post by cinemafan97 on Jul 5, 2018 0:39:04 GMT
Do you consider A Clockwork Orange to be a horror film? Why or Why Not?
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Post by kolchak92 on Jul 5, 2018 0:40:00 GMT
No, because it isn't.
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Post by femalefan on Jul 5, 2018 0:41:23 GMT
Not horror. Given the plot it's more Crime/Drama.
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Jul 5, 2018 0:42:47 GMT
No. It has some horrific moments though.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jul 5, 2018 0:51:13 GMT
More like a very black comedy.
Whether that was intentional I don't know.
You cant really sympathize with Alex, but when he comes home to find a stranger, and his snake tossed out, you might feel at least some pity.
There's no one to sympathize with in the story. Patrick Magee acts too weird obnoxious to feel sorry for him.
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Post by jamesbamesy on Jul 5, 2018 1:03:45 GMT
No. Well, I did at one point but now I see it more as a crime thriller. It has disturbing elements to it but it isn't really meant to scare you.
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Jul 5, 2018 2:26:26 GMT
I always thought Clockwork Orange was difficult to classify the genre it belongs to. I wouldn't call it horror, even though there are some horrific scenes. I would probably describe it as a futuristic/science fiction/crime thriller.
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Post by movielover on Jul 5, 2018 2:27:19 GMT
No, not horror.
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Post by OldAussie on Jul 5, 2018 2:28:27 GMT
black comedy
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jul 5, 2018 2:36:26 GMT
No. It has some horrific moments though. |
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Jul 5, 2018 2:38:08 GMT
Very disturbing film, but more of a dystopian crime thriller/character study than horror.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2018 4:34:49 GMT
No, I don't consider it horror.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jul 5, 2018 5:39:27 GMT
Not.
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Post by marth on Jul 5, 2018 5:40:41 GMT
Very disturbing film, but more of a dystopian crime thriller/character study than horror. I second this. |
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 5, 2018 6:59:57 GMT
More like a very black comedy. Whether that was intentional I don't know.You cant really sympathize with Alex, but when he comes home to find a stranger, and his snake tossed out, you might feel at least some pity. There's no one to sympathize with in the story. Patrick Magee acts too weird obnoxious to feel sorry for him. It was intentional. Kubrick's dark sense of humor is very obvious to me. The novel is also a black comedy/satire. |
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 5, 2018 7:03:24 GMT
Very disturbing film, but more of a dystopian crime thriller/character study than horror. This^^^ |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jul 5, 2018 7:05:54 GMT
It was intentional. Kubrick's dark sense of humor is very obvious to me. The novel is also a black comedy/satire. 2001 felt like a black comedy to me as well.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 5, 2018 7:11:35 GMT
It was intentional. Kubrick's dark sense of humor is very obvious to me. The novel is also a black comedy/satire. 2001 felt like a black comedy to me as well.
It has it's moments, but overall I don't feel that with 2001. Lolita, The Shining, The first half of Full Metal Jacket, Barry Lyndon and A Clockwork Orange are the ones that use a lot of dark humor that I notice. And obviously Dr. Strangelove. You might notice that the style of acting in his movies is very unique. They are usually deadpan style performances or OTT nutty and they both are meant to be darkly humorous imo. |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jul 5, 2018 7:20:40 GMT
It has it's moments, but overall I don't feel that with 2001. I think its more subtle--but ultimately it feels like an exercise in absurdity. He's not trying to engage the audience emotionally in any kind of deep way. With Spartacus this was so, but that was a Kirk Douglas' project.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 5, 2018 7:25:37 GMT
It has it's moments, but overall I don't feel that with 2001. I think its more subtle--but ultimately it feels like an exercise in absurdity. He's not trying to engage the audience emotionally in any kind of deep way. With Spartacus this was so, but that was a Kirk Douglas' project.
2001 engages me in a deeply emotional way. as do most of his movies. Maybe I see and feel the world in the same kind of way that Kubrick does. Who knows. He does this more through visual technique and use of music though. It's also that the themes in his movies are very powerful to me. I see 2001 as a movie about the search for answers to our existence, which is one of the most emotional themes there can possibly be imo. I have never really understood people that call his movies cold, because I don't find them cold at all. |
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