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Originally posted by Zarkumo@Mar 26 2005, 02:55 PM
(I'm also a bit offended by your question, I must admit, cause if I hadn't read the novel I wouldn't have taken it as an example...)
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Nothing personal, but since I'm studying movies and media I learned personally that nine out of ten people who favour Kubrick never bothered to read any of the actual novels many of his movies based on (worst example in the case of "Clockwork Orange" was when some lecturing-group gave kudos to Kubrick for "inventing a whole new language for the movie"... One of the very few times I actually COULDN'T help myself and had to interrupt a lecture right in the middle of it... not exactly making the group look good
). So as I said, nothing personal, just wanted to be sure and I apologise, if I really offended you.
As for the rest about that particular movie: Personal taste, I think. I prefer the original ending. Many think of it as being meant to be "redeeming", but I don't second that, it's just realistic.
Plus, when you read the book, it still seems timeless in a pretty good way, while the movie is doubtlessly dated (and I can't help but think it kinda was even back then, especially regarding clothes etc... somehow I doubt someone would have thought of those to be "a realistic perspective" even back then, while the book predates many things that later actually came true when we look at the punk-movement and related sub-cultures... one could argue now, if they weren't inspired by the book in the first place, though)
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Actually I think Kubrick was VERY good at turning novels into movies, or let's say: making movies based on or inspired by novels. And actually I think you can say this even if you haven't read a single novel. Because the movies are, in general, all excellent movies. They speak for themselves
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That's exactly what I said: He was good at making movies. But he was bad at turning novels into movies, because as you said yourself: They stand on their own and often don't really relate much to the novels anymore and that makes him bad at actually turning novels into movies. The fact that I found EVERY novel better then the film he made out of it doesn't mean I find the films bad. I just think they're bad compared to the books.
