, about two Aspies who fall for one another and end up leading this extraordinarily complicated relationship. One problem I had with this movie is the uncomfortable misunderstandings. The hardest element of many movies is when something is bound to happen that will be either a total misunderstanding of someone's intentions or when a protagonist finally is forced to tell the truth and is not greeted warmly. I cringe sometimes at these.One instance in that movie involved Isabel, the AS girl, and her aversion to metal clanging. Donald, the AS guy, doesn't think of this and goes to show her the ring toss, which involves the noise. I started to coil up knowing there would be a misunderstanding of some sort, as he threw these and she started to scream while coiling up on the ground. Another popular example is from Avatar, when Jake reveals his true mission (the one he now opposes) to the Na'vi tribe. I knew this wasn't going to go well for the sake of the plot, and I almost wanted to plug my ears as the tribe leaders reacted by casting him away, as they felt betrayed. It's like I am connecting real life with cinema life, at least in the human elements. Most of my favorite movies don't have these moments.
I have a problem with scenes of uncomfortable misunderstandings or revelations because I just hate them myself and try to avoid them by twisting my own words. I am a person who generally holds a strong disdain for confrontation. I have a fear that these are confrontational and don't want to see someone go through it...or at least I just want to know the effects without seeing it go down. This does not mean it isn't necessary...if we write these scenes out of every movie I'm sure it would be a total train wreck by the climax.
The irony of it all is that if I was a screenwriter, I would likely include these sorts of scenes in the story if it called for it. Never saying I could write a great screenplay, but this is just a what-if since I would love to be published for something during my lifetime. I'll still keep watching movies, of course, but I don't think I won't cringe at these sorts of scenes.
Part of this problem stems from people trying to make those kinds of characters more interesting and relateable than realistic. You can find examples like that in all kinds of movies. Perhaps if worse came to worse we could try writing a screenplay about our lives and see what we would change to make the characters more appealing to audiences.
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