Flowers for Charly
“It is this story, involving a personal crisis, which makes Charly a warm and rewarding film,” as said by movie critic Roger Ebert regarding Charly, the film based off of Flowers for Algernon. Flowers for Algernon is a story that explores the growth of relationships, change in mental state, and discovering one’s self and happiness. Charly, the story’s main character, is a man with a mental disability who, throughout the plot, undergoes an operation with the intentions of making him more intelligent.This story is represented in two films, Charly, which was made in 1968 and Flowers For Algernon, which was made forty years later, in 2008. While comparing the two visual texts, Charly and Flowers for Algernon, it became clear that Charly stayed truer to the abridged version of the text as shown in the characters, Charly's mental growth, and relationships between the characters.
First and foremost, the characters in Charly were developed thoroughly and similarly to the text. The actor who played Charly was closer in age to his age in the book, and he captured the viewers’ attention with his captivating charisma, helping to engage the viewer. In this version, Charly’s teacher, Miss Kinnian is portrayed as a role model to Charly in the beginning and seamlessly transforms into Charly’s lover …show more content…
It is no wonder that Charly has won a multitude of awards, including an Oscar and a Golden Globe, whereas Flowers for Algernon has merely been nominated for a lesser-known award. As previously stated, the characters in Charly were developed significantly better than in the modern film. Also, the relationships between the characters in the 1968 movie were shown more accurately and timely. Thirdly, Charly’s mental growth is depicted in a similar fashion to the novel. Clearly, Roger Ebert’s previous statement precisely sums up Charly’s superiority to the modern
“It is this story, involving a personal crisis, which makes Charly a warm and rewarding film,” as said by movie critic Roger Ebert regarding Charly, the film based off of Flowers for Algernon. Flowers for Algernon is a story that explores the growth of relationships, change in mental state, and discovering one’s self and happiness. Charly, the story’s main character, is a man with a mental disability who, throughout the plot, undergoes an operation with the intentions of making him more intelligent.This story is represented in two films, Charly, which was made in 1968 and Flowers For Algernon, which was made forty years later, in 2008. While comparing the two visual texts, Charly and Flowers for Algernon, it became clear that Charly stayed truer to the abridged version of the text as shown in the characters, Charly's mental growth, and relationships between the characters.
First and foremost, the characters in Charly were developed thoroughly and similarly to the text. The actor who played Charly was closer in age to his age in the book, and he captured the viewers’ attention with his captivating charisma, helping to engage the viewer. In this version, Charly’s teacher, Miss Kinnian is portrayed as a role model to Charly in the beginning and seamlessly transforms into Charly’s lover …show more content…
It is no wonder that Charly has won a multitude of awards, including an Oscar and a Golden Globe, whereas Flowers for Algernon has merely been nominated for a lesser-known award. As previously stated, the characters in Charly were developed significantly better than in the modern film. Also, the relationships between the characters in the 1968 movie were shown more accurately and timely. Thirdly, Charly’s mental growth is depicted in a similar fashion to the novel. Clearly, Roger Ebert’s previous statement precisely sums up Charly’s superiority to the modern