Benedict Cumberbatch in "The Imitation Game"

[Carol the Dabbler]

I've read part of the book it's based on, as well as several articles about Turing, and was pretty sure I'd like the movie, and I did like it.  Alex knew very little about the story, but he really liked the movie too.  It's a quiet little movie, but very nicely done.  I concur with your Oscar-related evaluation.

 

Alex did know enough about the plot to expect the anti-gay part, but was surprised and shocked by the sexism demonstrated.  I assured him that it was perfectly realistic, even for several decades following The War.  Twenty years later, a woman I know was not allowed to take advanced algebra (even though it was required for her career plans), because the class was limited to a certain number of students, and there were quite a few boys who wanted to take it.

 

[Arcadia]

Back in the 70's I couldn't take shop class because I was a girl. And was ridiculed when I took technical arts in college. And so it goes......

[Carol the Dabbler]

Did you actually try to take shop?  I hated Home Ec, and would have much preferred a class (such as shop) where I could actually learn something new, but somehow it never even occurred to me to ask.  Not that it would have gotten me anywhere.

 

[Arcadia]

I asked if I could take shop and was told girls took home ec instead. I remember pouting a bit and the teacher, in an attempt at sympathy, said she thought the boys should be forced to take home ec too. Not exactly the sympathy I was looking for!

 

Between my brothers and my dad, though, I've actually gotten to be a fairly decent handyman. So there!

[sherlockandjohn]

Went to the cinema last night and watched this, sort of on an impulse. Was planning to watch it, just not quite yet. The story was very interesting and told in a moving way, and Benedict's performance was incredible. I believe in an Oscar nomination, at least. The illustration of Turing's character was at times funny, at other times sad, and he was just a little bit like Sherlock - I couldn't help make the comparison, as I'm sure most of us will. The film had a moving account of the historical facts, but it equally focused on Turing as a person, and I thought there was a really good balance between the two aspects.

[sfmpco]

http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/229039009

[Arcadia]

Yah, based on the clips I've seen, Mr. Spall is going to be stiff competition for our BC. Mr. Turner is another movie I really want to see but would have to drive over an hour to get to. Grrrrrrrr........

 

I noticed TIG did pretty well in theaters in it's first week of full release, came in 8th in ticket sales. Not bad for a film with no bloodshed. Hobbit still ruling the roost in sales.

[Arcadia]

Went to the cinema last night and watched this, sort of on an impulse. Was planning to watch it, just not quite yet. The story was very interesting and told in a moving way, and Benedict's performance was incredible. I believe in an Oscar nomination, at least. The illustration of Turing's character was at times funny, at other times sad, and he was just a little bit like Sherlock - I couldn't help make the comparison, as I'm sure most of us will. The film had a moving account of the historical facts, but it equally focused on Turing as a person, and I thought there was a really good balance between the two aspects.

Hope the script gets some love from the awards shows too, it was beautifully constructed; stories nested inside each other with little points of contact here and there. It occurred to me the story, if rendered as a sketch, would resemble one of those cogwheel type thingies BC was drawing in the movie (when Turing was designing the machine). Neat, eh?

[sfmpco]

I'm not sure I was able to give it a fair viewing.  By the time I was able to see it, I had read uncounted reviews, seen uncounted interviews, read the script, seen trailers and clips galore...so there wasn't much left for me when I finally saw it.  Sort of over-saturated by the media before I went in.

[Arcadia]

I'm not sure I was able to give it a fair viewing.  By the time I was able to see it, I had read uncounted reviews, seen uncounted interviews, read the script, seen trailers and clips galore...so there wasn't much left for me when I finally saw it.  Sort of over-saturated by the media before I went in.

Yes, I realized that was happening to me too, and stopped viewing them. I've socked a few away things for future viewing, though; maybe that's how I'll unwind tonight. Glad you mentioned the script, I've saved it around here somewhere to read later.

[sfmpco]

I don't think I'll feel that way about the HOBBIT finale, however.  Those films are over-saturation of the senses, and I will be over-whelmed, unable to take it all in.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

I read the script beforehand as well as a lot of interviews and the likes.  For me it didn't hinder the movie.  I found it exciting to finally be able to see what I read and heard about.  The script was the closest thing to reading the book it is based on that I got.  But I can see how to some that would be a hindrance.

[T.o.b.y]

Well, I certainly can't complain of over-saturation here... Almost nothing about this film has reached my country. No reviews, no ads, no posters, nothing. Except: I went to a new cinema yesterday that (hurray!) shows films with the original voices (very rare in Germany, usually everything is dubbed here). And they showed the trailer. And the audience, who had been talking and laughing and rustling with candy wrappers during the clips that came before, suddenly went absolutely silent. It was eerie. Now I want to see the film so badly. 

[sfmpco]

Well, I certainly can't complain of over-saturation here... Almost nothing about this film has reached my country. No reviews, no ads, no posters, nothing. Except: I went to a new cinema yesterday that (hurray!) shows films with the original voices (very rare in Germany, usually everything is dubbed here). And they showed the trailer. And the audience, who had been talking and laughing and rustling with candy wrappers during the clips that came before, suddenly went absolutely silent. It was eerie. Now I want to see the film so badly. 

 

If you are on Twitter, there's so much of it that it's overwhelming.  I actually had to stop listening to BC interviews about it because he kept saying the same thing to every interviewer and it got so repetitive as to be mind-numbing.  I imagine it was terribly mind-numbing for him on press junket after junket to keep saying the same things.  He has complained a bit about it, so perhaps he can find a way to streamline it for the entire industry.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Well, I certainly can't complain of over-saturation here... Almost nothing about this film has reached my country. No reviews, no ads, no posters, nothing. Except: I went to a new cinema yesterday that (hurray!) shows films with the original voices (very rare in Germany, usually everything is dubbed here). And they showed the trailer. And the audience, who had been talking and laughing and rustling with candy wrappers during the clips that came before, suddenly went absolutely silent. It was eerie. Now I want to see the film so badly. 

 

Sounds like that theater is planning to show the movie!  You might want to ask them, just to be sure you don't miss it.

 

We've ordered the DVD, and I'm looking forward to watching the movie again that way, but I'm glad to have seen it in the theater, because some scenes were very powerful in a "you are there" kind of way that I'm not sure I'd feel with the DVD, other than by remembering the theater experience.

 

[sfmpco]

A nice piano cover of The IMITATION GAME

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc_t7UfSxMQ

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Here are a couple of videos from the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala.  Unfortunately neither catch Morten Tyldum's introduction or the guys entering from back stage to accept the Cast Ensemble Award.

 

 

http://youtu.be/zSLDRwDR2ig

[SherlockedCAMPer]

This one has a stills shot of the entrance by 4 members of the cast.  A full on video of that entrance would be better as it was brilliant.

 

[Arcadia]

Thank you, I was hoping those would finally show up somewhere!

[SherlockedCAMPer]

You're welcome.

 

Now if someone would put up all of Morten's intro through to the end of the guys' round robin.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Well, we don't have Morten's intro or the full entrance by the guys (yet,will need to see if it does exist), but if you don't blink at the beginning, you catch a brief look at the fun the guys had coming out plus the full speech.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

Inevitably, it would seem, this movie has been nominated for numerous BAFTA awards, including Lead Actor, Best British Film, and just plain Best Film.

[sfmpco]

Yes, and also Ben is expected to be in California on 1/10 for an afternoon BAFTA tea.  He will also be a presenter at the GG the next day.

[Arcadia]

Good lord. Hope he knows how to sleep on a plane.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Good lord. Hope he knows how to sleep on a plane.

 

He has said in several interviews recently that he tries to sleep on the plane and does what he can to adjust his body to the time zone he's flying to.