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uhhhh what happened

posted 18 years ago by aplardi
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i was flipping the channels and saw this

okay.. this is what i saw, please explain

the guy is on the couch with the girl
guy says he is in love with the girl
she says i dont think you understand
he starts forcing himself on her
then she yells at him and says do you think anyone would ever love you

then there are motorcycles, drugs, a dancing guy... split screen stuff... more drugs..... confusion...

then all the sudden (dont know if its the same guy and girl) .. there are a guy and girl in love and talking about getting married... and they go on a boat and a lot of other stuff that left me going.. what did i just see..

by the way.. im just reading this stuff

i dont know for sure but this sounds sooo familiar.... i think i read the book in school. wish i knew for sure..

he gets surgery to help him, but the effects dont last long?

ah.. i hate when i cant remember for sure haha

[–] 18 years ago

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[–] pastethatyoulove 18 years ago

haha i was watching it too. i have NO idea what happened but it was the same girl and guy.

you're right about the ending though

[–] bermbits 18 years ago

basically, Charlie "grew up" after "sowing his oats" and was able to have e more mature relationship with Alice.

[–] Computer_Stud 18 years ago

The movie was made in the 60s. The whole drug/motorcycle/hippiechick scene was just the director's dumb way of incorporating the free love era into the story. It was retarded and because of it, the movie didn't age well. I still think Cliff Robertson did an excellent job, though.

[–] Fairy_Dancer93 18 years ago

...Who's Alice...?

Lights will guide you home,
and ignite your bones,
I will try..
to fix you

[–] madam_clairvoyance 18 years ago

Miss Kinian. His case worker.

Squegeeman owns you

[–] Fairy_Dancer93 18 years ago

oh, thank you, i was confused...

Lights will guide you home,
and ignite your bones,
I will try..
to fix you

[–] xiaody 17 years ago

its a pretty good movie.
but it goes downhills after charlie gets smart.
the whole drug/motorcycle things just like wth o.o
but yeah overall its good especially the beginning

[–] 17 years ago

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[–] harvardjanitor7 14 years ago

haha i actually watched this movie in my english class, and the teacher noted this exact same scene and how it was retarded because people in the 70's used to love getting high

[–] Owlwise 14 years ago

Nothing wrong with those scenes. No doubt they'd be done differently today, but the essence would be the same: Charly has advanced intellectually, but emotionally he still needs to grow up; he has an astonishingly brilliant mind now, but no life experience to shape & temper its character. So he plunges into adolescence & beyond, according to the style of the time, basically trying to cram more than a decade of living & experience into a short summer.

Just remember, what seemed so cool & cutting-edge in your adolescence will always seem equally outdated to the next generation!

[–] phishpeaks 11 years ago

Said sequence was "retarded"? Not nearly as much as your [7-year old] post.

[–] EvadRepus 14 years ago

then there are motorcycles, drugs, a dancing guy... split screen stuff... more drugs..... confusion...

When I first saw this scene, all I could think was "What... the... frack?"

I played it back a couple times, and all I can say now is... "Groovy!"

It was the 60's, maaan!

<INSERT HUMOROUS QUOTE HERE>

[–] poupoulette 13 years ago

I was thinking the same!!! It just seem so out of place for the movie...like...i was thinking wtf is going on?!?!?! I mean groovy but still so oddly out of place in the style of the movie

[–] arcarese 13 years ago

I think the intent was to be out of place with the rest of the film because it was Charlie really coming into his own.

Would it be done differently today? Yes. Does it affect the enjoyment of the story; not really.

[–] deadbunny28 12 years ago

it wasn't the intent, it is an obvious mistake by the director...it does 'effect' "the enjoyment of the film" and that is why a remake today would be done completely differently...

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[–] lincland 12 years ago

You might want to watch it from the beginning. it's a little 1960s ish, but very good.