Just saw The Accountant; a few thoughts...
Yeah Starkid, I'm thinking I just didnt watch enough of it because I let myself be turned off. Also Rainman was advertised as being about an autistic but in reality I think you're correct in saying that it was about ID and being it was made in the late 80's it wouldn't surprise me. One of my obsessions for awhile was collecting movies that touched on autism (or advertised that it did) and I've found some really good and convincing films that didn't follow those trends I pointed out. I'm definitely particular because those things do make it difficult to watch.
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Rainman was intended to be autistic. He was actually labled that in the film. He was based on a non autistic person with autistic traits and two autistic people.
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Naming or quoting whomever you are talking to helps people understand what you are talking about. Since I was one of the people discussing what Rain Man is about, I assume you are talking about that conversation.
I think that Rain Main was intended to be autistic and cognitively disabled. Although I only mentioned the latter, I wasn't implying that I thought he was not meant to be an autistic character.
I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE SEQUEL!! !
anyways I liked the film, when I did get around to seeing it, I kinda got stuck a couple times the first and second time trying to watch, It was hard to watch that screaming and kicking part of his childhood, I still do not like those parts, but overall the movie was satisfactory.
What good autism movies did you find?
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Hey dude we're very similar as I am also old and fat
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I really liked the movie. I really related to those scenes with Christian and Dana. It was rather wonderful to see a film portraying an autistic person in control of his own life and having relationships with people, in a way that works for him, not just being shoehorned into other people's lives.
Never mind the beginning, child actors are always a bit hit and miss anyway, and I don't think an autistic meltdown is easy to portray for someone who hasn't experienced it - and I think it would be hard to find an autistic child who would want to show that to anyone else.
Good script, and Ben Affleck did a nice job. First time I liked him in a film. There were some film tropes that I thought unbelieveable, but the conversations between the main characters made up for it.
It was good to see an autistic character as a main character, and not a buffoon or an object of pity. If you get a bunch of autistics to rewiew a film, there will be nitpicking, it's inevitable, and I try not to. However, I've seen so many popular portrayals of autistics or people with some condition where in the beginning it seems that the film or series is managing to take that character's viewpoint, and then suddenly there is this disappointing breakdown where everything becomes unrealistic, and you realize that the people making the show really aren't empathising - they just think they are. This film made it to the end.
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Just wanted to add:
starkid wrote:
Honestly, Ben Affleck was kinda sexy. I find flat affect and flatish prosody attractive and soothing. The sexiest part was the bathroom fight, when he gave the womon such a calm look while the guy was pressing him up against the wall.
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Me too, sister. That look was special. I never thought in my life I'd find Ben Affleck attractive, but there it was.
And I relate to fighting without having to look at the opponent, simply because you're using some other feedback. There is some body language in the movie that just feels so right. Sometimes it slips, but it seems they've got people instructing who actually know.
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anyways I liked the film, when I did get around to seeing it, I kinda got stuck a couple times the first and second time trying to watch, It was hard to watch that screaming and kicking part of his childhood, I still do not like those parts, but overall the movie was satisfactory.
I can't wait for the sequel either. The Accountant was one of the more accurate films on autism. This one portrayed high functioning autism (slightly more severe version of Asperger's) quite well. Christian's childhood was a bit over the top I agree.
I just saw the movie two days ago and I immediately did a google search of autism communities and found this place. I have not been diagnosed, but the more I learn about autism, and aspergers especially, the more convinced I am that I have aspergers. The Accountant portrayed it so well, and I associated with Christian's character so much that that was the final straw to push me into seriously considering the possibility. I am very glad that I watched that movie and that I found this website; I have already found several articles that talk about problems that I've always had but simply assumed that it was "just me" and I think maybe they have helped .
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Hello and welcome to the forum.
I can see that you have put Central Texas as your location. You might not know this but a few years ago (2013) when the DSM 5 came out Aspergers, autism, PDDNOS and Atypical autism were all combined to Autism Spectrum Disorder. (Your location is important as only the US uses the DSM (the rest of the world uses the ICD, where autism, aspergers etc. all still are separate diagnosis).
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Hello and welcome to the forum.
I can see that you have put Central Texas as your location. You might not know this but a few years ago (2013) when the DSM 5 came out Aspergers, autism, PDDNOS and Atypical autism were all combined to Autism Spectrum Disorder. (Your location is important as only the US uses the DSM (the rest of the world uses the ICD, where autism, aspergers etc. all still are separate diagnosis).
Yah, I know that. The US is stupid. I think it is a more accurate description than just high functioning autism though.
Sorry I misspelled Aspergers; my phone kept
autofilling it as asburgers for some reason and I thought it looked wrong, but assumed that my phone knows more about spelling than I do because I'm dyslexic .
Anyway, I think the movie was a pretty good portrayal.
Not sure I track what you are saying. I remember thinking something was "off" about the meltdown, but I didn't think the scope or reasoning behind it was inaccurate or unrealistic.
That was the problem I think I had with it. Someone else mentioned child actors, I think that is fair... I thought Affleck (who I honestly don't love normally) did a great job.
I had trouble with him insinuating what his clients needed to do to get a bigger write off on their taxes. It was higher language skills he seemed to lack for the rest of the movie.
Also... holy crap we got an action hero, how awesome is that.
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