KenM
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 Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:13 am Post subject: [Movie] Extremly loud and incredibly close. |
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| Saw this last night. Everyone should see it. The main character has AS, the child actor playing Oscar nails it. |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:50 am Post subject: |
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| Going to see it on Thursday. Can't wait!!! |
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With as many people there are that get offended by the stereotypes of people that are on the "Autistic Spectrum", I would think the portrayal here would be equally offensive.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:49 pm Post subject: Re: [Movie] Extremely loud and incredibly close. |
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| KenM wrote: | | Saw this last night. Everyone should see it. The main character has AS, the child actor playing Oscar nails it. |
The book was ten times better but the movie was not bad.
The film actually cut one character form the book out completely.
The problem with portraying Oskar with AS is that the book never mentions it at all.
Oskar had aspie traits but it is not certain that he is an aspie.
Hollywood like money and aspergers is trendy in television so why not exploit it again to make millions of dollars
Hollywood did succeed with the emotional effect.
It was quite ironic when people watch an aspie on screen while sitting in the theater with an actual aspie.
I'm sure they can relate to a fictional aspie more than the real thing.
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Ilka
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:09 pm Post subject: Re: [Movie] Extremely loud and incredibly close. |
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| artrat wrote: | | Oskar had aspie traits but it is not certain that he is an aspie. |
Actually in the movie Oskar says he was tested for Asperger's Syndrome for the results were not conclusive. So in the movie he is not labeled as Aspie. But he has so much Aspie traits I do not get how he results were not conclusive. My daughter shows less Aspie traits and she was diagnosed with Aspergers. Oskar IS Aspie.
| artrat wrote: | It was quite ironic when people watch an aspie on screen while sitting in the theater with an actual aspie.
I'm sure they can relate to a fictional aspie more than the real thing. |
I was sitting in the theater with my two Aspies: my husband and my 12 years-old. My husband enjoyed the movie A LOT. My Aspie daughter did not like it AT ALL. She found all the Aspie traits in the main character annoying. It was pretty funny, because she found annoying things that she does or used to do. |
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Sparx
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| Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:56 am Post subject: |
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| I don't know... I could relate to the kid in a lot of ways. But I hate that he says "Asperger's disease". |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Sparx wrote: | | I don't know... I could relate to the kid in a lot of ways. But I hate that he says "Asperger's disease". |
Well, it is not correct but it can be explained because he is only a child and as he was not diagnosed probably he did not research about it.
It is the fault of the screenwriter for not doing his job. Asperger's is NOT a disease. |
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