Ten Movies I Wish I'd Never Seen: A Clockwork Orange (#3)

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Getting into the top three of my list of movies I wish I had bypassed, and then I'll move on to those critically-acclaimed films that I'm glad I saw. Right now, however, I'm presenting another film I wish I hadn't seen. This one, like a number of others, might cause controversy. Oh, well, just call me Prince. Here's the film. #3: A Clockwork Orange Part of the problem here is I was way too young (I think 18) to see this movie. Still, its violence left a bad taste in my mouth. A very bad taste. I know that this and 2001 are supposed to be Kubrick's great films that are not under any circumstances to be badmouthed. Okay, there were a couple who dared. According to Picky Wedia, Roger Ebert didn't like it, and Pauline Kael said it was porn because of the rape scene. And now, ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to get preachy and political, so if that isn't your cup of tea please skip to the end. This is part of the problem that Hokeywood is facing now with the "Me Too" crisis: nobody's had any problem glorifying a movie that glorifies violence and rape to the extreme that this movie did for 40-some-odd years. "It's art!" It's also probably where a lot of aspiring movie moguls got the idea that women will accept anything and everything you do to them in the name of "cinematic art." Thank you for your patience while I ranted. A Clockwork Orange Directed by Stanley Kubrick Released in 1971 Here's my kind of "orange":