I can see where the ADD-crowd would find it "slow"
The person who wrote this doesn't know anything about dealing with ADHD! I am an adult in my late 50s who was diagnosed about 15 years ago. I've dealt with something I knew very little about throughout my life. I can tell you this: Movies such as "Transformers" and hectically-filmed ones like that are NOT what most ADHD people respond to! Too much "busyness" is confusing and distracting, whether in life or on the screen. We can be overwhelmed by too much input; think of it as sensory overload when you include the music, sound effects and dialogue, especially the shouted/screaming type found in those movies you claim that ADHD people love and gravitate toward. You are wrong!
Many of us are capable of paying closer attention to films, down to the tiniest details, than you obviously can imagine. Yes, we can watch action films, but we're more than capable of enjoying, say, something from Merchant & Ivory.
I get very peeved at reading those shots at ADD/ADHD people here on IMDb. Learn about it before you start throwing around such claims. We are not stupid! We are capable of watching and appreciating all types of movies. However, many of us will admit that frantic films such as "Speed Racer" and the aforementioned "Transformers" can be just too much to stand; I actually have developed severe headaches while trying to watch some of these, something I have in common with a couple of other friends with ADHD. Consider that my favorite films include "Romeo and Juliet" (1968), "La Strada", "Diva", "All the President's Men", and "Jason and the Argonauts" (Sixties version, of course), while you won't find movies filled with car thefts/races/explosions/etc. on my "To Watch" list.
So, quit the ADHD stuff, please?! It's a major insult that we definitely do not need!
~~MystMoonstruck~~
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