"Mozart and the Whale" - Rubbish!

[Peter]

I downloaded it on bittorrent a while ago.  It was ok; cute in parts, but made me cringe a lot.

[DirtDawg]

I downloaded it on bittorrent a while ago.  It was ok; cute in parts, but made me cringe a lot.

Please, describe your idea of cringe-worthy ...

[Peter]

Just the over-the-topness of some of it; the girl in it had a compulsive laugh that was like sandpaper on the eyeballs, and the characters were generally too heavily stereotyped.

[odeon]

I downloaded it on bittorrent a while ago.  It was ok; cute in parts, but made me cringe a lot.

Did the same last night, but have yet to watch it.

[thepeaguy]

Looks like there will be a drama programme about some autistic child on British telly on Boxing Day.

[purposefulinsanity]

Looks like there will be a drama programme about some autistic child on British telly on Boxiing Day.

What's it called?   I tend to find these things too depressing to watch because of the stereotyping that you seem to get.

[odeon]

I watched the first 20 minutes of "Mozart". I cringed a lot.

[thepeaguy]

Looks like there will be a drama programme about some autistic child on British telly on Boxiing Day.

What's it called?   I tend to find these things too depressing to watch because of the stereotyping that you seem to get.

Why? I used to be like that kid. I had fucking tantrums aplenty.

http://www.itv.com/listings/Programme.aspx?itvgenre=2&channeldate=26/12/2006&channelid=WCT&scheduleid=24919383&prognum=804574&episode=804574&isfilm=No&types=audio_desc,subtitles

I wish someone did a programme on me.

[ozymandias]

I have heard so much of this "Mozart and the Whale" shit for so long and seen so little, that I think this is the biggest piece of cow plop in the history of aspie civilization.  I try to be fair, but someone somehow somewhere, GIVE me a reason to think differently!  PLEASE!  IAM SERIOUS!!!!!!  Why should I give a fuck about this movie!?  Flame me if you want, but, give me a reason to see this movie!  A serious reason, not some emo crap!!!!!!!!

[thepeaguy]

I have heard so much of this "Mozart and the Whale" shit for so long and seen so little, that I think this is the biggest piece of cow plop in the history of aspie civilization.  I try to be fair, but someone somehow somewhere, GIVE me a reason to think differently!  PLEASE!  IAM SERIOUS!!!!!!  Why should I give a fuck about this movie!?  Flame me if you want, but, give me a reason to see this movie!  A serious reason, not some emo crap!!!!!!!!

Because autistics are handicapped by society, like it or not?

Can't have your cake and eat it, mate.

And aspie civilization? Delusional cow crap. You losers wouldn't know how to make a civilisation if you tried.

[purposefulinsanity]

Looks like there will be a drama programme about some autistic child on British telly on Boxiing Day.

What's it called?   I tend to find these things too depressing to watch because of the stereotyping that you seem to get.

Why? I used to be like that kid. I had fucking tantrums aplenty.

http://www.itv.com/listings/Programme.aspx?itvgenre=2&channeldate=26/12/2006&channelid=WCT&scheduleid=24919383&prognum=804574&episode=804574&isfilm=No&types=audio_desc,subtitles

I wish someone did a programme on me.

Because they always seem to have such two dimensional characters who are completely defined by the fact they are autistic. What happened to

My autism alone does not define who I am or why I am interesting to those that respect me.

?

[odeon]

Because autistics are handicapped by society, like it or not?

Can't have your cake and eat it, mate.

And aspie civilization? Delusional cow crap. You losers wouldn't know how to make a civilisation if you tried.

You're in a good mood, peegai. Not. Holidays stressing you up?

Merry Christmas, you brute.

[odeon]

I have heard so much of this "Mozart and the Whale" shit for so long and seen so little, that I think this is the biggest piece of cow plop in the history of aspie civilization.  I try to be fair, but someone somehow somewhere, GIVE me a reason to think differently!  PLEASE!  IAM SERIOUS!!!!!!  Why should I give a fuck about this movie!?  Flame me if you want, but, give me a reason to see this movie!  A serious reason, not some emo crap!!!!!!!!

Unless you're interested in emo flicks, there is no real reason. Maybe you could watch part of it, to see how they portray auties in the post-Rain Man world.

[Tom/Mutate]

this year I went to an art house cinema with the AV guys and saw a really good movie about Autism called "Snowcake", starring Sigorney Weaver and Alan Rickman.  How come this this movie got no hype or mentions on the websites, is it because it called it "high functioning autism" and not "aspie"?

[odeon]

That's probably the reason, yes. HFA doesn't seem to have the same marketing value...