Why Rain Man

Honestly, I first thought it was just a classic, not so interesting, and a boring movie to watch. But I tried to focus first before throwing criticisms on the movie simply because we were asked to watch it. And then boom, at an instant, I didn’t even want to shut my eyes for a split second because it has caught my attention. How could I have not ever watched such wonderful movie when I’m an addict movie viewer, myself? Alright, I’ve probably misjudged it in the first place because Tom Cruise was in it; he’s for actions, love stories, and anything that requires his good face. And once again, I was wrong about him. He had internalized his character as a villain so naturally that his transition to change into a concern young brother to Raymond was so smooth and perfect. And for Dustin Hoffman, he’s simply spectacular. I thought Sean Penn in ‘I am Sam’ was the greatest so far when it comes to character like his but Mr. Hoffman proved himself too much that I would never question his Oscar win for this.

So as for the title ‘Rain Man’, I really thought it is how the institution called him, like called each patients special names to recognize them easily. :) That is a funny thought I know, but not until this scene in the motel came where Charlie discovered that ‘Rain Man’ is actually Raymond. All the while he thought Rain Man was one of his imaginary childhood friends who sing for him whenever he gets scared. The name was taken from Raymond’s name which was only mispronounced by Charlie when they were young and still together. Raymond was only forced to live in Wallbrook institute because he had burned Charlie in hot water which caused his trauma in it.

Well, everything in the movie is beautiful. It’s one of my favorite lifetime movies from now on and I also got a lot of favorite lines and scenes from it. Like in the casino where Raymond was counting cards, when Susan kissed him and he only described it wet, no feeling at all. And when Charlie asked him ‘Am I using you Raymond?’ and he said ‘Yeah’. Also, when he was asked by the doctor if he knows anything about autism and if he is autistic. He only said ‘I don't think so. No. Definitely not.’ :D

Not only are these autistic savant people got high intelligence but they also answer so cleverly that make the scenes so comical. Their no eye contact, repeating words, high memory, intelligence, etc are undeniably hard to consider. I believe that it takes a very patient person to understand and take good care of them. With a brain like Rain Man, I think only an autistic savant would solely discover how their brain really works.

Submitted to: Ms. Saturday in Tagalog :)

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