The Imitation Game

This is a very well made movie about a part of WWII that I had no idea happened. Well done! Some of the smartest people in their fields crack the code that then creates a real problem, use the information to save lives in the short run knowing that doing so would let the Germans know, their code was broken and they would then change it and the allies would lose the advantage or use the information in a type of chess match with the Germans so the war could be won and shortened. The cast represents people that are brilliant and at odds, brought together in a real crisis, not to mention the laws in place at that time make one of the characters liable to arrest and jail time. Perhaps the first computer was created at this time. Lots of interaction and drama, twists and turns and the best part of all it really happened.

The movie is very enticing and well made- Oscar grade indeed, but short of the greatest. The fault I think lies in trying to be appeal to everybody and as much possible not annoy anybody. It's like the authors decided they did their part in choosing the subject and decided to play it safe later. As many other historical movies, the characters suffer a time zone problem - they think and speak as educated people of the XXI century beginning rather than mid XX. Because of this it seemed to touch on clishees on occasion and even boredom.Would have been interesting to see what would have came about had Mr. Ignarritu directed it! (And no, I did not particularly like Birdman, but the director definitely had a vision in mind and made something out of nothing)

I LOVED this movie.The characters are well developed and acted. Some pieces of historical fiction, turn the characters into super heroes or villains. These characters were flawed. I was pleasantly surprised that this movie was not just about the machine and the war, but the challenges of being human while doing important work. I cried at the end of this movie, and felt that anyone who is about turning back in time and making being gay "illegal," needs to watch this. Human stories matter, and this movie captures Turing's humanity brilliantly.The one challenge to watching this movie was that it frequently flipped between a young Turing, the WW2 Turing, and a 1950's Turing. One had to watch closely to figure out where the story was at times.I highly recommend that people watch this. It is educational, but also challenges our preconceptions about people and what it means to be a hero.

This film , surely deserved more accolades . Sadly now " Australia , Melbourne particular have closed down so ,many independent Theatres ( it is alarming ) This film sowed how brilliant Alan Turing and still. The film shows how diverse individuals must reach a common ground, for a greater cause, which leads to loyalty . The real story is the tragedy for " Homosexuals in that era and the ' Brutality with dealing with it , which was notpleasant . " Benedict Cumberbatch performance showed such Heartbreak . Here is a man turn the tide of war and " Genesis of computers, was destroyed by his own government . Please do not miss this Disc . My only 'Beef is the release as a single Blu-Ray and optional download , I wish itwas release as a ' Combo e.g. Blu-Ray , DVD and the download . That is my only issue .Thank you again .

As expected. A great movie.

Well done, overall. I did like the film but found myself wanting a lot more... Personally, I found the way the screenplay laid out this triumphant/tragic story to be unbalanced…I didn't feel 'either' the enormity of the wartime achievement -or- the full story of the post-war injustice were told completely. I do understand it's never possible to tell a story "completely" in two hours but there was just this sense, maybe because I know the historical record of this man's life quite well, that there was so very much missing. What happened to him and what it says about the times was simply not covered sufficiently. The wartime story is an immense triumph but the screenwriters failed in their inability to accommodate two high-points…one 'story' would have to take second place, inevitably. I have no solution to this unavoidable problem; I think the film does its best and is a fine film…but it leaves me with the feeling that so much completely worthy of a film of its own was given only cursory attention.

VERY WELL ACTED, interesting subject matter. People should learn about history ~ to be better able to appreciate how we got here. Great cast as well. I had to own this one.

Right from the first scene Cumberbatch delivers a a compellingly quirky but utterly believable Alan Turing. He's arrogantly self-assured, yet incapable of discerning innuendo or humor as these aspects of the human mind defy his supremely rational, logical framework. Who better to devote himself to breaking an "unbreakable code?" It turns out he is going to need to learn to work with others as much as they slow him down if he is going to be trusted to the expense and time it will take to conceive of and build the first computer. When you realize that we are watching this on a device that descends directly from this man's brilliant work, and that his was used to save millions of lives and stop the spread of fascism, how much more poignant the tragedy of what they did to him for being an outsider to a cultural norm that the "free world" was (and largely still is) fascist about. Enraging. Wake up, people!

This movie is about Alan Turning, an English mathematician who was greatly responsible for the Allies winning WWII. One of the fathers of modern computing, Turning created a computer that was capable of deciphering German military messages that were coded by the Enigma machine, a machine that had the capability of producing millions upon millions of code possibilities. Before Turning, the British unsuccessfully had been trying to break Enigma by hand, an impossible task since the code was changed every day. Turning's computer was able to break the code within a matter of minutes, however, which turned the tide in the Allies' favor. That's not the end of the story, however. It is the way the information was used, its long term implications, and the tragic convoluted reasons most of us were never taught about this brilliant man in our history classes (things I will not reveal here) that make it a story worth knowing.

I enjoy Benedict Cumberbatch's performances, but I am not such a fan that just anything will enthrall me. This was an enjoyable, well-acted, well shot and the period came to life as I watched. I'm a movie goer, through and through. I see a lot of movies in theater and rent and buy a lot of movies. This is the kind of movie that those who say they don't like mainstream movies or want to just be entertained (won't enjoy action just for the sake of action) can enjoy. It's historical, it's sad and it's infuriating. It just has a lot of elements that make it memorable. Even though many of already knew what happened, this remained intriguing and thought provoking. Well done to all the actors and actresses in the film.