I thought it was a great movie. But it seems like lot of aspies didn't like it. I didn't think it was stereotypical.
I belive this has been discussed in other threads already but I'm too lazy to look for them.
It was believed that some jobs are male-oriented and some others are female-oriented.
The dichotomy was something like this:
Male jobs are:
Architect, Surgeon, Judge, Dentist, Engineer, et cetera ...
Female Jobs are:
Medic, Nurse, Teacher, councellor, et cetera ....
Other Male jobs:
Plumber, car mechanic, electrician, street-cleaner
Other Female jobs:
Chamber-maid, waitress, and yepp, hairdresser !
But, of course, these are very old (and almost obsolete) perceptions.
Though, honestly, there is a nucleus of truth in each category.
So I take it that the film isn't a very realistic portrayal of autistic people?
I haven't seen this movie, but I wonder that any movie can be a very realistic portrayal of autistic people.
We are all so very different... That is why it is a spectrum - heck I'm starting to talk in cliches.
A movie can accurately portray a person, or even a number of autistic characters... but it cannot portray autism because there is so much diversity within the spectrum.
Also, film is a visual medium, and a lot of things to do with autism cannot be visually portrayed... or otherwise the movie, because it needs visuals, picks out the visual results of being autistic and divorces them from the reality of being autistic.
Movies are a limited medium... and we must appreciate that. Any one movie can only really present a few aspects of being autistic. Perfection cannot be realistically anticipated - even in a documentary featuring real autistics.
There will be very poor movies... and rather good movies regarding autistic subjects... but no movie can be a universally perfect portrayal of all autistics.
The young lady in the leading role reminds me strikingly of my daughter.
About the recording of dreams, I think it would be great!
I occationally have what I call epic dreams. Ones that go on for hours and have a continuous detailed plot. They would make great films since they are full of action and special effects. Though they can be a bit morbid. For some reason the plot is always based around my impending doom either by nuclear holocaust, meteorites or the sun exploding and always end just before I die. (maybe I should get some dream analysis done)
Me too (although perhaps without the morbid nuclear angle so much.) There have been sleep studies which suggest that on average people dream for an hour and a half each night, which is about the length of a short feature film.
Anyway...
I didn't have any great desire to see "Mozart & Whale" because it's a love story and I'm not into love stories. But I was always curious and I got out a copy from the local video store. It was good. And now I own a copy.
(Don't know how to edit posts on this new format yet. So I'll just add one.)
Yay footy. All Blacks rule. And so do Hawthorn even if they aren't doing so well right now.
I think it might be the icon with the green plus on it. I'm scared to try it out though just incase something terrible happens.
Years ago, I had this idea to record my dreams and maybe get some fiction stories from them but sadly, I got too busy with school and other things to ever do anything about it.
I had been waiting also for this movie to come out for a long time. I saw it by pure luck and by accident at the local Blockbuster so I rented it.
My Grandmother and I watched it together and we both feel that I was able to relate to the male character a lot... and it was really great to be able to feel that connection even if it was a character on a movie, however, it was quite a shocking and different seeing someone who resembled me acting the way I do at times because I have never actually seen the way I act, just know about it.