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>he wakes up every morning believing he is still in Germany in 2005, waiting to visit the dentist. Without a record of new experiences, the passing of time mean
by Foy 11y ago
>he wakes up every morning believing he is still in Germany in 2005, waiting to visit the dentist. Without a record of new experiences, the passing of time means nothing to him. Today, he only knows that there is a problem because he and his wife have written detailed notes on his smartphone, in a file labelled “First thing – read this”.
Literally 50 First Dates...
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoMuch like the movie, yes, though in her case it was a daily, not an hourly, thing. It's nice that the film seems to be based on a real-life condition and portrays it fairly accurately.
- jedberg 11y agoI mentioned this to a psychologist and she laughed at me very hard. She was a professor and said that she uses the movie 50 First Dates in her class -- by having them write down everything that is wrong. She says it's so horribly inaccurate that it makes for a good long discussion.
- Foy 11y agoOut of curiosity what are some of the things wrong with it?
- DanBC 11y agoThis page doesn't like the film, and lists some mistakes, but also lists some of the accurate bits. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psychologist-the-movies/201212/amnesia-in-50-first-dates https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psychologist-the-movies...
- Foy 11y agoThe only real "issue" that article seems to take with the movies was that (A) it used a term that doesn't exist to describe a condition that does have an actual name and (B) it was a cheesy romcom. But I mean, do you really expect any Adam Sandler movie to get to the real grit of living with a terrible disease?
- jedberg 11y agoWe didn't get into it deeply, but apparently the biggest issue is that it wouldn't be a daily thing. The recycle period is usually measured in minutes.
- RexRollman 11y agoHis daily reaction to the appearence of his aging wife, and his own aging appearence, must be interesting.
- rev_bird 11y agoThat's the part about this I'm so hung up on -- that this poor guy not only has this crippling condition, but that he has to come to terms with it every hour and a half, forever.
- harryjo 11y agoMemento