kwork Orange is really about, it is just bizarre look at the life and events of a teen psychopath named Alex DeLarge. The main character is probably the best aspect of this film, as most main characters should be. And I just call him a main character because the truth is you cannot really call him a protagonist. During the beginning of the film he is a despicable, insane, and inhumane human being. He beats up the elderly for fun, he breaks into houses, rapes women, and for the most part it's shockingly disturbing. But there is a dimension to his villainy. Yes he likes doing the things he does simply because he enjoys doing bad things, but Alex is also an intellect not a savage. He sees it as something he was born to do and nothing else, he sees a complete art to it, and feels on top of the world while doing these things. He sees himself as not a savage criminal but an artistic and creative mastermind like Beethoven. He even listens to Beethoven as one of his pastimes. This a trait that makes the character so interesting. Then when he does get into trouble, he tries to play it off like it's nothing and thinking he will easily fool others to get out prison. We learn about Alex's ignorance of how the justice system works, and that ignorance greatly backfires on him. There's a scene where is forced to watch horrific and disturbing videos of inhumane acts done in the past to the music of Beethoven, which not only makes him want to be a better person, but also leaves a great traumatic scar on him that gets out of control whenever he listens to Beethoven again. Once he's freed, he finds out that the world is not exactly welcome to him. He starts to have encounters with people who he had done inhumanely wrong in the past, so those people turn that hurt and suffering into inhumane vengeance against Alex. Even his parents do not want to take him back in, because of all the terrible acts he did in the past, they feel they can't trust their son anymore, and let me remind you this guy is a teenager probably around 15-17 years old. When I watched this film, I surprisingly found myself feeling sorry for Alex, yet I feel guilty that I felt guilty for Alex if that makes sense. The film is interesting that way because it's telling you that you're not suppose to feel this way for this character, this is what he deserves for the pain, suffering, and scars he put on the innocent. I could even tell if the ending of the film is happy ending. I realized that the suppose moral of the story is to treat human beings like human beings, and that if we do acts of inhumanity, inhumanity will sure indeed spread because the longer we live and let it slide, there probably is no cure for it. A Clockwork Orange is among one of my favorite films as well one of my favorite works from my favorite director Stanley Kubrick. Not only do I love it because I love how it manipulates me to feel pity for the main character when I really shouldn't, but also for its dark and risque portrayal of its message. It is one of the morals that we need some harshness and darkness in order to see what our reality can be if we do not live by this moral, and the film is absolutely not afraid to show it and tell the truth. It is truly bold and goes all out. I greatly appreciate films like that, especially this gem. Grade: E
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