What should I get? The Shining or A Clockwork Orange.

[gjimeno]

I own The Shining and 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick movies), and the quality on these blurays are fenomenal. I am also planning to buy A Clockwork Orange, but I highly recommend getting The Shining, the movie is a masterpiece and the quality is excellent.

[bhampton]

My Best Buy made the choice for me... All they had left was a single copy of Clockwork.

I like both of these movies but it's hard for me to buy either one. There is a scene in each that I find disturbing so ... I don't know how much I'll watch them. I think I only watched my Shining DVD copy once and I've had that one for years.

-Brian

[Pondosinatra]

You can't go wrong with either. Anyone who likes Clockwork should read the novel (remember books?) it was based on - much different (and I think better) ending, and lot's more Orange-speak in the book.

[alexakajeff]

The Shining.

Haven't seen A Clockwork Orange, but The Shining is boss.

[#Darren]

Originally Posted by bhampton

There is a scene in each that I find disturbing so ... I don't know how much I'll watch them.

Lots of disturbing scenes! Can I ask which ones you are refering to?

[bhampton]

Sure,

In Clockwork Orange

[Show spoiler] It's the rape scenes. Never fails to disturb me.

In The Shining...

[Show spoiler] It's the scene where the nice looking girl gets out of the shower nude and then turns into a rotting corpse. Very distrubing to me.

Anyway,.. my Best Buy tricked me... They were just hiding the copies they had of the shining in another part of the store so I ended up getting them both.

-Brian

[#Darren]

Originally Posted by bhampton

Sure,

In Clockwork Orange

[Show spoiler] It's the rape scenes. Never fails to disturb me.

-Brian

Yes, I feel exactly the same way.

[Mr. Al]

Buy both. If you can only buy one:

The Shining > A Clockwork Orange

[Russell22]

Well get both of them but The shining has the much better pic quality. Clockwork only has a very marginal upgrade over the DVD..though it does have some cool features on it. If pic/audio quality is what your after then id say The Shining..clockwork to me is a better film but it had disappointing pic quality.

[blu-boy]

Originally Posted by Russell22

Well get both of them but The shining has the much better pic quality. Clockwork only has a very marginal upgrade over the DVD..though it does have some cool features on it. If pic/audio quality is what your after then id say The Shining..clockwork to me is a better film but it had disappointing pic quality.

couldnt agree with ya more man! Clockwork orange is by far a much better flick. pity the transfer couldnt be any better than it was on bd!

[Barbie-Shrimp]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

You can't go wrong with either. Anyone who likes Clockwork should read the novel (remember books?) it was based on - much different (and I think better) ending, and lot's more Orange-speak in the book.

I read the book, and actually was glad that Kubrick didn't know of the last chapter(he had an American copy that did not have it). I think it fits better as a movie without the last chapter where

[Show spoiler]Alex decides to be good and start a family and not be violent ever again. I think it would seem weird in a movie for "and then this happened, the end" to ruin the feel of the rest of the movie