Films with Autistic/Aspie Characters which don't mention AS

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19 Feb 2008, 6:54 am

I've just finished watching Napoleon Dynamite which is at times cringe worthy and also quite (embarrassingly) familiar.

He's very very obviously Aspergers but they never even mention the condition or even suggest that he's got a condition. Also, it's obviously hereditary in the film.

I was wondering;

1. What people thought of the film
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2. If anyone knows of other movies which are similarly about these sorts of characters but don't mention the condition (ie: not obvious films like Rain Man).

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19 Feb 2008, 8:37 am

How about BIRDY (1986) starring Mathew Modine.

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19 Feb 2008, 9:10 am

gbollard wrote:

2. If anyone knows of other movies which are similarly about these sorts of characters but don't mention the condition (ie: not obvious films like Rain Man).

Of course, I talked about Martian Child yesterday
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt57152.html

go rent it!!

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19 Feb 2008, 11:05 am

I would say "Forest Gump". Tom Hanks plays a very "aspie-like" character on that film. Also, when it shows Forest as a child...quite aspie like also.

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19 Feb 2008, 2:37 pm

Both Edward Scissorhands and Doc Brown are both perfect Asperger candidates.

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19 Feb 2008, 3:22 pm

Reodor_Felgen wrote:

Both Edward Scissorhands and Doc Brown are both perfect Asperger candidates.

I always thought of Edward Scissorhands to be an autie and not an aspie

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19 Feb 2008, 5:37 pm

SilverProteus wrote:

Reodor_Felgen wrote:

Both Edward Scissorhands and Doc Brown are both perfect Asperger candidates.

I always thought of Edward Scissorhands to be an autie and not an aspie

The only significant difference between Asperger's and HFA is Dyspraxia.

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19 Feb 2008, 10:17 pm

Four Minutes, the biography of Roger Bannister

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19 Feb 2008, 10:27 pm

Heh, it's funny- this just occurred to me the other night while re-watching Shawshank Redemption. Andy's character is such an Aspie.

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20 Feb 2008, 4:21 pm

gbollard wrote:

There is actually a video on youtube or Aspergers and they use clips from Napoleon Dynamite to point out examples.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IjFjiY1OVOQ

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20 Feb 2008, 4:42 pm

Brittany2907 wrote:

I would say "Forest Gump". Tom Hanks plays a very "aspie-like" character on that film. Also, when it shows Forest as a child...quite aspie like also.

Forrest Gump in the original book was a HFA savant.

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21 Feb 2008, 6:24 pm

kattoo13 wrote:

There is actually a video on youtube or Aspergers and they use clips from Napoleon Dynamite to point out examples.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IjFjiY1OVOQ

Thanks Kattoo, that was absolutely brilliant.

Anyone who wants some info/examples of aspergers would do well to watch this...
(Kattoo's link, just reposted as a YouTube video).

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=IjFjiY1OVOQ[/youtube]

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21 Feb 2008, 6:37 pm

pretty sure napoleon's condition is simply stupidity :wink:

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21 Feb 2008, 7:46 pm

Lars and the Real Girl

Lars is defintely an Aspie or HFA.

Hugs feel like electrocution to him.
He is unable to make friends & make small talk with others.
The delusion he suffers throughtout the movie is his thinking that a sex toy is an actual person and he makes the sex toy his GF.

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21 Feb 2008, 8:00 pm

I LOVE Napoleon Dynamite! Napoleon is definitely an aspie in my book, along with Kip, Pedro and Deb.

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21 Feb 2008, 9:43 pm

I'm sure that Napoleon is the sort of thing that Hollywood NTs would come up with if they got all the worst traits of aspergers in the most extreme cases and ignored all the good.

I don't know anyone with ALL of his traits but I know quite a few who have many of the traits, though not necessarily as bad as him.

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