Do you have trouble following movies?

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I almost always do. I've never met anyone that has quite the same problem.

Not really, no.

If it's a thriller with a lot of plot twists, yes. I always seem to miss some subtle clue.

Yes. Sometimes I don't.

Usually, but I have cognitive problems that seem to range outside the norm for ASD (and NT).

yes. some times.

Even though I watch so many movies that I've been posting my progress on another subforum as I watch at least one of them every day, actually following along with the plot is often such an issue for me that I would probably fail miserably a quiz about the plot of any given movie the moment the credits roll. I'm especially bad at remembering character names.

Only if there are too many characters... sometimes when I am reading a book or watching a movie I will write down a little bit to remind me of which character is which. I was watching Thirteen Days the other day and I had that problem... historical films always have soooooooooooo many characters.

I think I do too. Maybe I don't even have AS- just serious cognitive problems. People here complain about problems I've NEVER had, but I have difficulties nobody here relates to.

As for following movies, I'll be sitting in the theater and everyone will start laughing, or everyone will cringe and groan at something said on screen, and I'm all thinking, "what, what did I miss?" It's starting to alarm me that my nieces notice plot twists that I don't. My mom always insisted it was because I wasn't interested: I'M NOT INTERESTED BECAUSE I CAN'T TELL WHAT THE FU** IS GOING ON.

I usually don't. I was able to follow The Box until the last couple seconds, where they show kids looking out a window and stuff. Something like The Godfather I'd probably have some trouble following, because of all the different people involved, but part of my family was like that so I suppose it's also in my blood.

Things that I usually have trouble with would be Lost-type social dramas, though being a cult thing I could follow if interested. Social dramas like The Hour would probably give me a nosebleed halfway through the pilot. I've recently given up on Haven because of endless complications, while Alphas has sorted out some of the stupidity they began with.


Basically, I can follow movies well, unless they are too lousy. That said, I was able to completely understand Inception and all of its stupidly written plot twists. Seriously, what a waste of perfectly good effects.

i sometimes have trouble telling the male characters apart. i know facial recognition can be something people on the spectrum struggle with, so maybe that's part of it. but if you have a bunch of males the same age and wearing close to the same thing-it can be tough. took me several viewings of Reservoir Dogs to tell them all apart.
I admit when I watch movies at home I don't always look at the screen as much as I should. I'm always doing something else, whether crocheting, playing with my phone or computer. Just like when I was a kid and played with my action figures while watching Star Wars. I just don't have the best attention span for movies. And when I do see something in the theaters-it can be way too loud. I have to wear a hat or hoodie to protect my ears. I've only seen one 3-d movie so far, and it was a bit of sensory overload.

I am getting better at focusing on movies, on really making myself devote my attention. Even if I don't grab everything the first time...some movies really take multiple viewings to grasp. The Shining...there is so much to that movie, some great analysis online for anyone who is a Kubrick fan.

If the movie is on a subject I really enjoy or feel passionate about, then I'm fine. If its something else, likely no, and I seem to forget the movies very quickly after I've seen them,

My issue is concentration. but I do have problem understanding what's going on sometimes.

Sometimes, yes.

This sounds a lot like how I am with movies. But I remember enjoying them as a child.

On the other hand, I don't think I saw very many as a child. I can think of maybe three or four.... Mary Poppins, Sound of Music, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, um, um....

There was no such thing as dvd's or tapes or even cable tv, so the only way to see a movie at home was to hope one of the three major networks would decide to air it. In my memory, that was rare.

Then in college I had a boyfriend who was extremely into movies and there were free movies every night on campus, sometimes more than one per night. This was his main idea of something to do for fun [at least it was at that time] and I didn't hate movies yet, so I usually went along.

Now I just don't go to movies anymore at all, with the possible exception of concert movies. If I want to see something, I wait until it comes out on dvd.







The Shining .... eeek.... that would be way too intense for me. I've just solved the problem by moving on to other interests that don't involve movies. Even children's movies are too emotional for my comfort.

Often I'm completely mystified as to how we got to the final scene of the movie. It's like it the production company just ran out of film. Also, there are always at least two characters I can't tell apart. It's confusing when the bank president slips behind the wheel of the race car or the personal trainer moonlights as an attorney. Fortunately I can still enjoy movies for the atmosphere, the cars, the clothes and the sets.