"The Imitation Game"
Title: The Imitation Game
Director: Morten Tyldum
Writer: Andrew Hodges (book), Graham Moore
Category: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Duration: 114 min
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I wanted to see this movie since the first trailer came out, not only because of the story, which I found deeply fascinating, but also because I wanted to witness again the great chameleonic talent of Benedict Cumberbatch. Once again, he delivered and the whole movie was spectacular.
This is the perfect example to mention when you want to describe the magic that happens when directing, screenwriting and exceptional cast all work perfectly together to create a movie that can be considered a masterpiece.
The story was adapted from Andre Hodges' book Alan Turing: The Enigma, and Graham Moore made it into the ideal screenplay for a movie. What we are essentially told is the years in which Turing and his team helped the Alliance win the Second World War by finding the solution to break the Nazi Code, created by the famous Enigma machine, while inventing the very first rudimentary computer. However, what made "The Imitation Game" a poetic movie is the fact that it is a story of a broken man who in fact cracked the Unbreakable code.
This movie could have been easily too complicated to follow; it could have been entirely focused on technical dialogues about Turing's brilliant mind and skills to create the impossible machine. However, Morten Tyldum and Graham Moore made all of this as an interesting background to the more prominent story. With The Imitation Game what we are shown is how Turing had to hide his whole life behind a facade of rudeness, isolation and mathematical equations in order to mask his true self, a broken man shaped by his harsh past and the eternal love for a childhood friend who taught him the love for codes and enigmas, and that was taken from him much too soon. Being a cryptanalyst became his only escape and solace. Unable to show his true self, he became the hardest enigma to solve.
In the movie, what I particularly loved was the relationship he had with Joan Clarke, portrayed by Keira Knightly. It was wonderful to see their partnership grow, and even fall apart, throughout the film. Both ostracized by the 1940 society because of her gender and his hidden sexuality, they found a mutual need to protect and be there for one another. She becomes his only friend and supporter, teaching him how to be more open, less hostile, skeptical and suspicious of the people around him. Her wit, compassion and love made their interactions the best part of the movie. Their complicity and friendship was touching, setting the pace and tone of the movie.
However, what moved me was Benedict Cumberbatch's performance. Every movie that I saw with him always left me speechless because of his talent to completely lose himself in the stories and in his characters. The deep understanding of any emotional turmoil and struggle shows itself in any of his body movements and facial expressions. Wewitness it most of all in the scenes set in the future, when Turing's calm and composed demeanour is slowly crumbling, living on the screen, at the end, only the shell of a man that once was the only one capable of saving the world, but that now was being judged only by his sexual preferences.
The editing, thecolours and the soundtrack, along with a great and well-oiled cast assemble, only added more quality to this movie, making everything flow smoothly until the powerful and effective end.
I highly recommend this movie because watching it was an emotional experience. It gave a personal touch to historical events that could have easily been sterile and detached.
The story was adapted from Andre Hodges' book Alan Turing: The Enigma, and Graham Moore made it into the ideal screenplay for a movie. What we are essentially told is the years in which Turing and his team helped the Alliance win the Second World War by finding the solution to break the Nazi Code, created by the famous Enigma machine, while inventing the very first rudimentary computer. However, what made "The Imitation Game" a poetic movie is the fact that it is a story of a broken man who in fact cracked the Unbreakable code.
This movie could have been easily too complicated to follow; it could have been entirely focused on technical dialogues about Turing's brilliant mind and skills to create the impossible machine. However, Morten Tyldum and Graham Moore made all of this as an interesting background to the more prominent story. With The Imitation Game what we are shown is how Turing had to hide his whole life behind a facade of rudeness, isolation and mathematical equations in order to mask his true self, a broken man shaped by his harsh past and the eternal love for a childhood friend who taught him the love for codes and enigmas, and that was taken from him much too soon. Being a cryptanalyst became his only escape and solace. Unable to show his true self, he became the hardest enigma to solve.
In the movie, what I particularly loved was the relationship he had with Joan Clarke, portrayed by Keira Knightly. It was wonderful to see their partnership grow, and even fall apart, throughout the film. Both ostracized by the 1940 society because of her gender and his hidden sexuality, they found a mutual need to protect and be there for one another. She becomes his only friend and supporter, teaching him how to be more open, less hostile, skeptical and suspicious of the people around him. Her wit, compassion and love made their interactions the best part of the movie. Their complicity and friendship was touching, setting the pace and tone of the movie.
However, what moved me was Benedict Cumberbatch's performance. Every movie that I saw with him always left me speechless because of his talent to completely lose himself in the stories and in his characters. The deep understanding of any emotional turmoil and struggle shows itself in any of his body movements and facial expressions. We
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I highly recommend this movie because watching it was an emotional experience. It gave a personal touch to historical events that could have easily been sterile and detached.
Till next time,
Fred.
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