A review for a special movie.

I had seen the TV ads, but they had not caught my attention. Then I saw a review on one famous Brazilian famous website. The movie must be good.

If you plan to use this television movie as an English tool it will not be special. The English here is very casual. You will let it go under such a movie.

This movie is about how a person with autism sees the world, understands it, and sometimes, how the society sees him (or -  her) them. I would not say it is drama, there are no sad moments. The main character is a strong woman fighting to understand the world. For moments, she became irritated with curtains certain injustices but she is very strong all the time, she never gives up.  She uses her condition in her own favor, using the strong mental capacity to create ways to understand things that are believed to not be possible under such conditions. But she does.  She changes the way that the world sees autism s, and ever more. She reminds us that differences are not problems, but alternatives, which define us as individuals. And that is the point of the movie to me. It works, it is a big lesson. You will never feel sorry for her. because She is so strong that you will be only amazed.

Wow.. I forget to tell say that the movie is based on a the true story history of a woman, and it carries her name.
Temple Grandin (2010 – HBO-USA)
It is currently available on HBO related channels over the world.
More about her
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Grandin

Notes to Portuguese students.

It is considered polite to refer to people with “deficiencies” as “special”. So we avoid using the word “def” and related, at least here in Brazil. It is common to say “a person with special needs”. In the same way it is not considered polite to refer s to general people as “normal”, because “normal” is an undefined state d, so it is better to use “common”, it sounds much more polite. "Anormal" or "not normal" is extremely rude.
Another point is that the adjective “ordinary”, a synonym for “common”, can be considered as very prejorative in Brazil, so it is better to avoid using it.
Pessoa com necessidades especiais.
Comum.

Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoy the movie and the information.
(By the way, in Portuguese (formal) "information" has no plural form, what about formal English?)


Exellent -

Information also has no plural in English.


Julie e eu vamos para o Brasil no domingo.  Nos vamos falar portugues por muitas horas cada dia,  por três meses. Talvez a gente vá aprender um pouco.

abraços
Robert