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| “ | There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence. | „ |
| ~ Alex's opening monologue. |
| “ | I was cured, all right. | „ |
| ~ Alex's final line in the film. |
Alex, full name Alexander "Alex" DeLarge in the movie continuity is the main protagonist of the 1962 book A Clockwork Orange, originally written by the late Anthony Burgess, and its 1971 dystopian crime film adaptation of the same name, directed by the late Stanley Kubrick.
In the film, he was portrayed by Malcolm McDowell, who also voiced Lord Maliss in Happily Ever After.
What Makes Him Entertaining?[]
- For starters, he is seen as a three-dimensional and tragic character due to the world he lives in is a dystopian future London where nobody is truly good, so it implies that he was somewhat corrupted by this society into becoming the monster he is today.
- He is shown to be intimidating and he was able to force the Droogs into making him their leader through violence and fear.
- Even though they don't detract from his villainy, he has a number of comedic moments that are played darkly for laughs like how he is singing "Singing in the Rain."
- He is also shown to be a level of deception and charisma, as he was able to trick Alexander's wife that they are friendly visitors so he could attack them and invade and rob their house and how he got two girls too have a threesome with him in the film.
- He has shown to be given level of sympathy given to him as such when he is being tortured and brainwashed by the government and shown how far the government was going to go to punish criminals. He also has shown some care for his parents and even is it is debatable, he has shown some affection for his pet snake Basil as he kept him in a room-temperature drawer and was heartbroken when he heard that it passed away.
- In the book, he had outgrown his sociopathy and violence started to think about starting a family and he never wanted his children to become the sociopathic criminal he used to do and be good people, his care for his parents is also seen to be genuine as he wanted to be loved by them and was upset when they didn't want him to live with them ever again.
- He plays a great part in the themes that the movie employs such as juvenile delinquency and psychiatry and also the social and gang themes it plays due to the major part he plays in it.
- He is one of the most iconic villains in cinema history as he was ranked as the American Film Institute as the 12-greatest villain of all time and his movie is also very famous.
- This is the role that Malcolm Mcdowell is famous for and his breakout role, as he perfectly plays an awesome and amazing performance as the deranged and sociopathic monster that Alex truly is and was great at showing how much sympathy and redeeming qualities that were given to him.
- His performance was so great that he needed being rewarded with a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor- Motion Picture Drama and fans even say that his failure at winning a Best Actor nomination at the Academy Awards, an major snub.
- In fact, this likely what led to him voicing Lord Maliss in Happily Ever After.
What Makes Him Detestable?[]
- He is a bad boss towards his Droogs as he often beats and belittles them.
- He is a deranged and psychopathic criminal who has committed various crimes like breaking and entering, robbery, and also rape, which he inflicts on Alexanders wife after he brutally beats and cripples him with his cane.