A Clockwork Orange

I remember watching the movie first with an ex boyfriend; it was also one of my first movies on Netflix and vintage British movie. For me, I am at a point in my life where some things I get and understand with maturity immediately, the whole “finding the deep meaning” sort of thing, and then there are things I look back on now and wish that I had read them now, or later on because I did not understand back then that I should have known. A Clockwork Orange is one of them, and I have expressed this in past reviews as well.

I watched the movie in immaturity, or I did not prepare myself for it. I read the book later on, about a year ago, and I was mind blown by how good it was in terms of story and what we can bring out of it. The thing for me, is that, call me something, or other, but I swear I have seen, or read this storyline before; the main character is a badass leader of a gang then gets caught then is forced in one way, or another, preferably by the government, to revert to being a better human being, but somehow becomes a nuisance again. The only difference is that this was written in a way of prodding discussion within the meaning.

Just now, I thought of the anime movie Akira: badass biker gets taken by the government, he is experimented on, gets Vegeta-like powers, reverts back to being a badass, so on and so forth. I am now on a huge segway trip where you go from this to this to this because this equals that and that equals him that equals her that equals where. Sorry.

So I would read the book because of cultural differences and a different interpretation of a similar storyline. It is written really well and it will suck you in to the world that Burgess creates. You will be able to get A Clockwork Orange here.

9/10