Yeah that's kind of what I thought at first. It will be hard to 'buy' Ben Affleck as a genius, considering his prior work. One of the main characteristics of a good actor is just being intelligent. For an actor, it's hard to play someone smarter than yourself - I thought Joseph Gordon Levitt did a great job of that in Inception.
I think it says a lot about our culture that we are now ready to idolize an autistic guy for his focused technical abilities. It's the triumph of silicon valley over being human. But I can't buy a portrayal of an autistic person who is just perfectly self-controlled - that's what it looks like from the trailer. We'll see. Overall, I think it will be easier for people who are not intelligent and don't know any smart people to suspend disbelief for this flick.
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lemner
8 years ago
Autism is a spectrum disease. Probably a lot of people have some of the characteristics and aren't even aware of it. Overall, it just seems that lacks in one area of ability are made up by strengths in others. Maybe there's just only so much room for abilities in the human brain.
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CeroneSicario
8 years ago
Autism in people who are more capable in life than those who are further down on the spectrum still retain that struggle to naturally socialize like anyone else. So far, Affleck is pretty much nailing that in some of the film's clips.
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