What is your favorite movie?

Great movie, an American classic film that got Kubrick’s vision to meet perfection.

The scene where Slim Pickens reviews the contents of the bomber crew’s survival kits has to be one of the most hilarious moments in film. Beside, who can resist a comedy about the end of the world?

It’s hard to pick my favorite. Most of my favorites have already been mentioned by other people on this page, but I think that I’d rather mention A Clockwork Orange as one of my favorites. The movie depicts what it needs to from the book. Although the ending is left out, it still gets to the message about Alex and society. The movie has this profound artistic visual. It’s so well put together and acted that the viewer (or at least I did) feel absolutely terrified of the rape scene. It’s one of those movies that should not be ignored and the book is fantastic as well. Probably not my #1 favorite, but it’s at least on my top 15. Like I have said, I find ithard to pick the very best and who is not it…lol.

Best use of the tools of the cinema to tell a fascinating story through visual and aural means with a minimum of dialogue.

I think that A Clockwork Orange is the most picturesque movie I’ve ever seen. It gives off so much energy, adrenaline and glamour. Is obsessing, thrilling, brainwashing, convincing, bizzare, harsh and you can’t compare it with any other movie from this category. It totally different. Above all, all the technical elements are very well combined: the music, the costumes, the montage, the image, the backgrounds…
Malcolm McDowell plays terrific… I really can’t understand why he wasn’t nominated for Oscars… He definetly deserved that.
About Kubrick… he is a master! He proved again what art means…

First part is an exquisite rendition of the very important theme in the book “African Genesis”, an underappreciated non-fiction book.
The movie contains the greatest visual metaphor ever portrayed: the transition from the whirling femur bone, realized by the ape to be a great weapon, into the turning space station. The space parogram was launched after Sputnik because of its national defense (weaponry) important. D. K. Heffner

The best science-fiction movie.

1) 2001: A Space Odyssey
2) Au Hasard Balthazar
3) Seven Samurai
4) Seconds
5) 8 1/2
6) The Shining
7) The Conformist
Tokyo Story
9) Les Enfants Du Paradis
10) The Man Who Shot Libert Valance
11) The Silence
12) Umberto D
13) La Regle Du Jeu
14) Jules At Jim
15) Wild Strawberries
16) Lawrence of Arabia
17) Spellbound
18) The Hours
19) The Double Life of Veronique
20) The Best Years of Our Lives

I’ll definetly go for it. Is the most fulminant piece of cinema I’ve ever seen. Is full of energy and originality. Also, it perfectly combines different faces of art. You can see it 30 times and not get bored at all… Is a lot to talk about ACO. The point is that it made history.

Kubrick’s movie is a real masterpiece!

First of all is very original and is brilliantly done: the image, the costumes, the MUSIC, the montage… all the technical elements are incredible.
The actor Malcolm McDowell is charming. He plays with so much passion, he fits so great on the character, that he makes you being
fascinated by Alex De Large… He can become obsessing…
The action is so vivid, energic, powerfull that makes your blood run faster trough your veins. It gives you a lot of adrenaline just looking at it…
Is amusing, thrilling, brainwashing, obsessing, counterculture, artistic, dynamic, political. It has all the elements for being the finest piece of cinema ever made…
Also, A Clockwork Orange imposed new fashions and influenced a lot of generations of teenagers…
What can I say more… This movie is a real recipe of art.

Highly controversial when originally released in 1971, A Clockwork Orange is most definitely Film genius Stanley Kubrick’s greatest work. The film shadows around a great plot which is this: A young teenaged gang member (droog) in futuristic Britain goes about at night raping, beating mugging, etc. with his other uniformed friends until he is turned in for the accidental killing of a woman. In jail he hears about a special treatment that can get anyone out of prison fast. Her tries it out and it turns out that the treatment is where Alex (the main character), must sit strapped into a chair and be forced to watch explicit films focusing on extreme sex and violence.

I saw it in its first release in the 60s and several times in all its re-releases. It’s a movie that must be experienced on the biggest screen with the best print and sound to be fully appreciated. It was way ahead of its time. Unfortunately, audiences today have been de-intellectualized by Hollywood which thinks everything has to be fully explained by the narrative. 2001’s ambiguity was central to the appreciation of the film as a piece of art. It compels you to challenge your mind and your perceptions. If that is too much for the viewer, just kick back and enjoy the special effects which have been rarely equaled.

The best movie in cinematic history? Hardly. I have always had a problem with this film’s ending — which makes absolutely no sense at all — and why HAL would want to murder the crew in the first place. Both of these elements of the film are not adequately addressed or resolved.

It was never adequately explained what went wrong with HAL that he wanted to murder the entire crew. What was he going to do when he got to Jupiter? He has no physical body to leave the ship, so what was he going to do when he got there? Even if it was a malfunction in his “reason” circuits, why was this never addressed and pointed out as the plot went along? All that the two crewmen intimated was that they thought HAL was malfunctioning, but they never addressed or resolved exactly what it was in HAL’s circuitry that was going wrong. They left it up in the air and unresolved.

The ending was ridiculous and made absolutely no sense at all and looks as though it was lifted from an entirely different movie. What did it all mean? The “star” trails that streak by inside the black monolith in orbit around Jupiter, the strange psychedelic lights whizzing by as Bowman flies over some weird landscape, Bowman in his spacesuit entering the dining room seeing himself as an old man, Bowman on his death bed and finally Bowman as an embryo floating in space. It all seems to be so odd and disjointed from the rest of the movie that was so realistic and of the “hard” science fiction genre in tone and plot. The ending, on the other hand, was so abstract and “Twilight Zone-esque” that it really doesn’t fit. From all I have read and seen about this vague, open-ended ending of the movie, the filmmakers (Kubrick and Clarke) deliberately left the ending unresolved. To me, this is a major cop-out. Why make a movie where you leave the ending to be a mish-mash that makes no specific point? In the end, the movie says NOTHING. It leaves it to the viewer to fill in an ending that he THINKS it was about. No, this movie falls apart in the end and all that beautiful mystery leading up to the climax, falls apart and falls flat. A totally dissatisfying way to end an otherwise interesting movie.

A Clockwork Orange has been overlooked many times in the past. This movie, directed by a film genius, is one of only a few that have made my perspective on movies change. The storyline had me sitting through this with a huge smile on my face. The music, charcters, and language really kept me in awe. If a 24hr marathon was on of just this movie, I would watch it without a moments thought. It is the best movie that has ever been made.

tHE FESH APPROACH TO SCIENCE FICTION. IT HELD UP PRETTY WELL WITH KEEPING UP WITH ORIGINAL STORY. THE CINEMATOGRAPHY WAS MARVELOUS, AND THE MUSIC WAS SUPERB.

The most beautiful film on the list. A work of art.

The fact that 2001 still hasn’t cracked the top 10 of AFI’s list is a real travesty. Kubrick is a true genius of cinema, and 2001 is clearly his greatest film. Kubrick ranks with Kurosawa and Welles as one of the greatest directors ever. What makes 2001 so great is that it is open to many different interpretations. John Lennon once compared it to a religious experience. So much is conveyed in the film without dialogue such as the nature of consciousness, human nature, and the struggle for survival across millenia. The direction, cinematography and soundtrack are flawless. If there is a year 3001, I am confident people will still consider this one of the the true greats of cinema.

Still the most “cinematic” movie in the history of cinema, “2001″ asks deep questions about humanity’s relationship to the universe, and poses vague and thought-provoking answers, leaving much to the viewer’s imagination and intellect. Absolutely uncompromising in its execution, and still visually spectacular in spite of the primitive (by today’s standards) tools used in its creation, this film stands apart. An utterly unique experience – try saying that twice about any hollywood-financed picture.

If you are a fan of Kubrick, from Dr. Strangelove, 2001, Clockwork, and The Shining, then you are familiar with his film making technique. Clockwork Orange is one movie I have seen too many times to remember, and I never tire of this classic. Who else but Malcolm McDowell could have played the role of Alex? The movie just has a feel to it that says to me, watch me over and over again, you may have missed something the first or second time.

I think a clockwork orange is the greatest movie I never seen before. It is timeless for everyone except the actor’s hair reveals the year of the movie secret.

No one is able to deny the timeless effects of a clockwork orange. Many people see it and doubt that it is made in 1971. Only this reason - I choose a clockwork orange is my favourite movie.

The first time I watched this two and a half hour film with only 40 minutes of dialogue, I found myself in almost a trance throughout its duration. With brilliant shots, beautiful direction, and a flawless soundtrack, 2001 is one of the most incredible films ever created. Although it is difficult to get through when you first watch it, afterwards you have literally hours upon hours of things to think about from it.

Perfect genius of Stanley Kubrick. The Total Master.

It changed the way I look at films. Seen more times then I can count and will never tire of it. Nothing like it has ever and probably will never be made again. Stanley Kubrick was a director who’s work stands alone and this is his masterpiece

For all its flaws (I hated it the first viewing, almost resentful: How could you do this to me?!) I now think it is the peak of Kubrick’s work, representative of his artistry, intuition and technical skill built up over his career–and he died young. I was so confused by my initial reaction to one of my all time favourite directors that I immediately watched it 2 more times–in a row…in the same evening. I realized glancing at it once with friends and popcorn was not going to cut it. They thought I was nuts, but the movie is very novelistic and superficially simple, as are the lives of the protagonists. But underneath, there is a menacing complexity within the players that, although in dreams, threatens to come to life and tear reality–therein lies the ominous undertone to the story, reflected in every angle of lighting and moment of camerawork. Even the deadpan dialogue contributed to the feeling of dread. As the near-misses piled up, so did the layering of theme, and I saw it was a work of art after all (after 8 hours of viewing). Reading Michael Herr’s comments on it in his book “Kubrick” made me feel less crazy.

It just seems like a movie that never should have been made. I guess that’s what happens when a great artist earns the trust of studio executives, or maybe I just don’t know the film’s history.

Besides that, Kubrik may be the only director I can think of who could take a great book and turn it into a great movie. Also, with the exception of David Lynch, I’ve never known another director who could terrify me instead of just startling me.

The only true masterpiece

my favorite movies are pulp fiction, shawshank redemption and full metal jacket

In my opinion, Clockwork Orange represents the epitome of intelligent film making. Here’s a movie that pushes the envelope further and more furiously than any other; a film that has absolutely no regard for trivial Hollywood standards and obligatory nonsenses; a film that is so unique and so artistic that it makes a Kandinsky painting look coherent. However, it’s a beautiful film for the same reason that the Kandinsky is beautiful, and it really can be considered nothing short of a cinematic masterpiece. From the acting to the script, from the musical score to the cinematography, from the directing to the set design, Clockwork Orange is very nearly flawless in every conceivable facet, and it watches better than a good book reads or a great symphony hears. Clockwork Orange is not only my favourite movie, but I do sincerely believe that it is the best movie yet made.

The film is a masterwork on every level.

The film is a masterwork on every level. It is a film about progress and evolution, both technologically and physically. It speaks of how, the more we progress as Mankind we do so up to a point to where we are forced to begin again at some higher level. Almost every shot holds meaning and is expertly layed out and executed. It is a brilliant, philosophically and visually stimulating film that can be watched mulitiple times and each time I watch it, paralleling Man’s evolution in the film itself, I find deeper meaning in what the film is saying to us all. The true masterwork of American cinema and, without question or rival, my favorite film of all time.
By: Anthony Francis

A combination of elements that culminate in an example of the realization of all that the medium of film can be.

This movie has everything: interesting costumes, beautifully shot, music that fuses the old (Beethoven) with the new (synthesizers), a script that does the same (the language of Shakespeare, combined with invented slang), ideas of philosophy (to what lengths should man go to eliminated evil from society), sex, violence, action, drama. It provokes thought, repels, and intruiges. The script is enthralling, the performances are riveting. The film is an example of everything that movies can be.
By: D. Noble