Ha ha. Love it!

But yet, there are Autists that have that type of personality.

I don't quite understand? Like Adam? Well yes, but not portrayed like that in the movie

I'm watching it now...

The guy that wrote it was the guy who wrote Rain Man...

I love that movie. Autism never even crossed my mind. I thought his issues were caused by the fact that he was never allowed to leave the apartment and his mother's constant abuse. I'll have to rewatch it.

Bubby does a LOT of echolalia, I suspect that is a trait that the lead actor picked up on from hanging out with autistic adults. But obviously the abuse didn't help.

Funny thing about Bad Boy Bubby was that I first hired it out from a video shop in Adelaide about 14 years ago, maybe a bit longer. The girl at the video shop said "I love that movie, you know they made it just up the road". We were right near Port Adelaide... I didn't realize until I watched it that the movie was literally made 200 or 300 metres away. And yes, that part of Adelaide is really like that.

I do love the movie as well - by "worst movie about autism" I meant the most negative portrayal of autism. Around that time a girl at work sent around an email saying that something was near "Bad Boy 142857's desk". I asked her why she called me that... she said that she originally wrote "Bad Boy Bubby's desk" but realized that some people might not know what she was talking about. If she hadn't been such a nice girl I might have taken that the wrong way. :/

Yes!! That's I want I want to see! I would also like to see some comedy, but obviously not the type that trashes aspergers - a witty comedy, perhaps with cast of aspie/hfa characters rather than just one character, that shows positivity towards aspergers/autism but at the same time being realistic about the obstacles we face eg getting jobs, a love life, being understood ect.

I've heard good things about Big Bang Theory.

I watched it, and I didn't see him that way. I think any time he appeared vulnerable was because of difficulties he had, which were pretty legit IMO. No matter how they portray the person, someone may complain about it being a stereotypical image of some sort. Is there "a" (one) way to get it right? No. Some autistics *do* develop the personality Adam has, some don't. At this point people would have to purposely avoid the things people complain about to write an autistic character, and *then* it would be made to fit some image (whatever they're left with after subtracting all of people's complaints) If that's condescending then many real-life autistics are condescending. I don't know if an NT wrote it, but if they did, that's automatically used against them too, even if they may have based the character off of someone they knew. The only way to perhaps get out of this is to be autistic yourself. How about we just stop even portraying autistics? CX

This thing also happens with other types of people in society, where no matter how they are portrayed (you can only display one personality if you're using one character, so they can't please everyone in a movie), someone complains.

Maybe he didn't help because he was shy? Personally I don't think they fit every symptom in this time. If you think that about Adam, don't watch Mozart & the whale CX.

What would not offend you, tbh? Maybe, after reading some complaints, a pressured person on the safe side, would only make their character with 2-3 traits. (That's what I'd do if I felt pressured to have a complaint/I'm-offended free movie). But then, people may complain about *that*. Say that it wasn't too accurate in telling a "real" story of AS.

Personally I liked the Parenthood series when they came out with it <3

Well I looked it up on wikepida, don't really like the idea of the plot that and I don't like films about autism to start with, while they may have in changed attitudes several have put me off. I get offended easily, I won't admit that but in my opinion I find it funny the way family guy has been canceled before and yet south park has never been canceled once, despite the fact that millions of complaints come through for every episode.

Yeah I see your point.  If I had to choose between the two films, and that really means scraping the bottom of the barrel here then I suppose I do like Mozart and the Whale better because screw the ending for Adam what a downer.  Though an ex girlfriend deciding lets just be friends and turning me into an anamorphic creature in kids book and getting rich off of it sounds like the kind of thing that might happen to me.  The two characters in Mozart and the Whale at least have passion and emotion as clichely as they were handled.  I guess I am tired of the image of us as passionless, boring, utterly incapable of creating energy or excitement because its not true, their eagerness to like fall head over heels in love perhaps too soon actually seemed realistic to myself and some other Aspies I have met.

spolier alert - I disagree that the ending (of Adam) was not good- I thought the ending was the best part... I did not actually like the movie very much - I agree an actual aspie actor would have done better. But as far as ethe ending ... he went to a place better suited to him.. he likes open spaces-- he ends up in where-- california or somewhere NON-CITY, gorgeaous sky, it is beautiful and a pretty girl seeks him out and sits next to him, seems quite naturally interested in him, as he is, He is comfortable with himself (now)- he does not need a woman to complete him...(save him - he is better than surviving isn't he at the end?) he is now in a less sensory stressful environment with a career that is satisfying... he is happy so he is attracting - or will attract - a female that is better / more ideal for him.  Everyone's first girlfriends/loves may not be the one? THAT is a more realistic ending.
That said I will rewatch both movies.. see if I still see the same thing.

I agree with you about how the ending was happy and the best part of the movie. Even though Adam didn't "get the girl", he ended up in a place where he truly belonged, which on the whole is more important. Relationships can be fickle and fleeting; a supportive environment is what truly matters in life.

Wasn't there an alternative ending on the DVD?
Furthermore: why should the problems maintaining an AS-NT-relationship be glossed over - I found Adam's new job very satisfying and far more interesting than a relationship (although in RL I am in a relationship, and, sadly, no astronomer)

Meh; I'm sick of ending up where I belong and being told to value friends and supportive environments over the possibility of romantic relationships. Those are important, but, I mean, it'd be nice to actually 'get the girl'. Sometime. Once in a while.

I drink my coffee like I live my life- bitter and compulsively.

Yeah we may pretty much all be nerds but that doesn't mean we all don't have a social life or want to spend most all our time alone.  I mean I kinda see what Windy is saying like he moved on and is happy and he didn't need her but I wouldn't like to see every reference to Aspies in the media to suggest we can't have relationships or relationships with non Aspies because that is an untrue stereotype.

Has anyone seen Community, that Abed guy is supposed to be Aspergers, the show is just wierd in general so I can't take anything on it too seriously, the one part that made me cringe is where this one girls like yeah you got no empathy.  Such a false stereotype

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHx2-n7dK7U Movie Adam.  clip

Doesn't look that bad. I mean, it can't be as bad as Rainman.

I don't like the concept. Then again I don't like romantic movies, but I like some romcoms there are very few that I do like. Love actually I guess is an example.

Lot of people seem to say she didn't have it but if she didn't have it, then I probably don't have it either. Even my aunt thought she was normal and she is a special ed teacher and works with autistic kids but yet never said I don't have it.

I think Isabelle was the mildest on the spectrum.

As played in the movie, maybe; that's because Mary Newport didn't have a say in the production. According to the book, she had grave problems which don't get mentioned in the movie.

I've had a very similar experience to that one.

I like it. If there are any good writers and filmmakers here (I'm sure there are), there's an idea.