HD:A Clockwork Orange

[toecheese]

This movie is absolutely a classic in terms of story (Orwellian), imagery and really made *sound* the differentiator. It introduced a contrast of 'ultraviolence', along with beautiful and familiar music which made you sit up and pay attention.

Nevertheless, this HD version of the movie left me disappointed. I'm not sure if it is with rose-colored glasses that I remember it originally, but the HD version didn't bring anything new to the table. If anything, it made the movie show its age because you could see with harsh detail the attempt at a futuristic future.

The wife an I did not have a consensus, so we're giving it the mean at 4/5 stars.

[Wayde]

A classic indeed, one of my formative experiences. I remember the days, me and me droogies takin' on a bit o' the ole' Dremcrom and Velocet at the milkbar... errr... wait, that was a movie wasn't it?

So, Toecheese - was this one of the new Kubric HD DVD/Blu-ray discs?

I wondered how those would look/sound, wouldn't mind getting Clockwork and 2001 SO.

[toecheese]

This was from Blockbuster and was HD. Though it may have been double-sided, don't even remember.

2001 should be excellent, but I hope it doesn't suffer from the rose glasses too.

[Richard W. Haines]

There's no question the set design and imagery is impressive but they are on all Kubrick films.
I read the book as a teen and it was later required reading in high school. The only novel that had a glossary for the slang at the end. I had purchased
a tie book on the movie which contained stills from it and the screenplay but I was too
young to see it on it's original release (X rated, later R). I caught up with it in revival cinemas in the seventies while I was at NYU film school. Unfortunately, I was disappointed. The combination of classical music was great as it was in "2001", the cinematography was excellent and Malcolm McDowall was well cast. The bizarre clothing and hairstyles anticipated the punk rock movement
of the eighties. But am I the only person who thinks the other performances are way over the top hammy if not bad? The opposite of the deadpan, stiff acting in "Space Odyssey" (but which
worked within the context of the narrative). I don't think the overacting worked in this
film.

[SteveCallas]

This is one of my favorite films as well, and I was spying the HD version until I saw some screen shot comparisons at that "dvd beaver" website. The SD dvd version, though softer, hides a lot of graininess and jaggies.

Willy Wonka is one of my favorites as well - hopefully the HD version is actually a nice improvement.