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The Accountant. Autism as a combat weapon.
This is a good one; worth your money. If you think (as I do) that Ben Affleck is a wooden actor, then you will find that this role is a perfect fit for him. It puts autism in a whole different light. He goes about his business with great droll responses, as you would expect, but also with dark and dry humor. He carries wit in his dialogue.
The film is basically a story on top of a story. As the surface plot develops, you get more information about the story you really want to know, which is where did this character, the accountant, come from? Its a brilliant story; different from any movie plot I'm familiar with.
As a high-functioning autistic person, the accountant is very good with numbers, which is the method he uses to work himself into some high-crime organizations; a position used to dismantle them from the inside.
How did he develop his combat skills? Where does his support and inside info come from? These and other questions come throughout the film as the plot develops linearly. You don't get all the background halfway through.
In fact, some of the convolution might pass you by in one sitting. This one might deserve a second viewing, which you can do when it rolls into cable later. Don't pay the theater twice, but do pay them once. This is a good film and a very clever story.
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Tin-eared audiofool, large-scale-Classical music lover, and damned-amateur fotografer.
William Bruce Cameron: "...not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
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Tin-eared audiofool, large-scale-Classical music lover, and damned-amateur fotografer.
William Bruce Cameron: "...not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
a bit silly and ordinary but somewhat interesting
a mild thumbs up
Edit - Looking forward to seeing this and now, my little story, related to Accounting and Organized crimeI had been a part time student worker with the State of La., then took a full time tax auditing job (for awhile at least) upon graduation. After graduation I was approached by the Department of Revenue's head of security, a genuinely scary guy everbuddy was leery of, and asked to step into his crackerbox of an office, whereupon he closed the door and gave me the DEAD F'N SERIOUS stare.
After an uncomfortable silence he asked me if I'd like an "assignment" that could really make a difference. Keep in mind I'm a shy, 21 year old pot head, without a care in the world except where the next lid was coming from.
He said the La. State police wanted someone on the inside of the Carlos Marcello (Google him, VERY scary) crime organization in New Orleans, who understood finance and accounting, and that they had an inside person who could arrange for such a person to be hired in that position. He said I'd receive training at FBI school, wherever the F that was, but I'd have to buy my own gun. Even as naive and spaced out as I was, it took me about a minute to figure out this was a suicide mission and I declined. I weren't no superhero like Affleck, then or now, lol.
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Edits: 10/14/16 10/14/16
Wouldn't be so bad.
In the federal government, written job descriptions, no matter how long or detailed, always have this last paragraph -- "Other duties as assigned."
and disappointing. The story was more interesting than the characters. JK Simmons was excellent (usually is) and Bernthal his usual quirky self. I couldn't figure out what Kendrick was really for other than to demonstrate autistic men have penises,too.
To me, Affleck let on too much emotion in certain scenes, a crack in his character. Lithgow was a little short (pun) in this one also.
There are a few twists but you really have to wait. The ending is not what you quite expect.
This is a 50/50 for me.
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he seemed to not follow the rules of his personality consistently. I mean, he was okay but probably the weakest link in the story.
The preview for his coming gangster film showed and he had the same face on in a lot of the scenes as The Accountant. Holy Natalie Portman!
On my list to see. I really like BA in Hollywodland a few years back.
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