Thursday, January 8, 2015

The Imitation game

RNIS was invited to this movie by Study Melbourne and they will review it shortly.


Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley this is a good film to go and see. Directed by Mortem Tydlum. Mortem directed this film really well where it talked about themes and the game.

The story is set in London in the second world war.

"The Imitation Game" is a movie about Alan Turing's life and his contribution in World War two. Alan Turing did what no one else could do and that is to break the enigma code.  Benedict plays Alan Turing and he got a nomination for his work.

Plot
"The Imitation Game" is Alan's paper where it is a game of who decides the probability. It starts off in 1951 where Alan's home is robbed. Alan is a professor in Maths and he also has some secrets up his sleeve such as being a homosexual. In that time in Britain being gay was illegal and so of course Alan was punished. It was only in the late 1960's that homosexuality was allowed.

In 1939 Alan starts work in a supposed Radio factory. Really it is not. It is a place where the code is broken and where messages from the Germans are decrypted from 6am in the morning until 12 midnight. Alan is cold towards his teammates.

Alan meets Joan later on and she finishes the puzzle within six minutes. They fall in love and get engaged. But later on Alan decides its too risky for Joan to stay at Bletchey Park and so to get her to leave he tells her he is gay.

Alan had to be very secretive about it but he also found out who was the spy was and that was John. Stewart knows it was John and he placed him at Bletchley park. Stewart accuses Joan of being a spy and she is sent to military camp. Alan comes home and finds out and tells Stewart he knows as well.

Years after Alan died due to the hormonal medicine (his punishment for being a homosexual)  computers were developed. In 2013 Alan was recognised for his work.

Early Childhood
In 1928 Alan attended an all boys school and had OCD. He separated his peas and pumpkin and the other boys teased him for that. But there was one friend called Christopher who helped him out when he least expected it and they swapped codes. Christopher lent Alan the book.

Soon after the holidays ended Christopher died of illness. The machine was named after him.

Do go and see this film as it quite funny in some parts where Alan is cold and unsociable

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