Happy Saturday! It’s rare that I write about movies (the last few times being here (Ginger and Rosa) and here (The Revolutionary Optimists)), and it’s largely because… well, with little Rockshic to care for, plus mommy's full-time professional gig, we simply don’t have time to go to the movies that often.
So far, the only other movie that hubs and I have gone to see is the last installment of the Hobbit, Battle of the Five Armies (practically a prerequisite when you’re married to a Kiwi) at Coconut Point, and that was a luxury onto itself!
Suffice to say, date night does not happen all too often between our busy schedules, but when it does, and when you see a movie as good as the Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum – well, it leaves a pretty large imprint in your mind.
I suppose the story of the great mathematician and cryptanalyst (awesome job title btw), Alan Turing, is so seldom told in the US, that it warrants a product as good as this one to help push the message across. Turing was a master brain force (pretty much Russell Crowe’s twin a la Beautiful Mind), who served instrumental to the decryption of the German military code “The Enigma,” and thus helping the allied forces defeat the Germans during second World War. How's that for a CV. Oh, and did we mention that, in so doing, he actually helped shorten the war by an estimated 2 years (insane).
What does he get for all of this, you ask? Well, apparently, nothing but grimness – persecution for being gay, which, for all intents and purpose, led to his suicide at the age of 41. Talk about the ultimate under-appreciated employee!!! I suppose I could never complain about my job again...
All kidding aside, I highly recommend the movie. The English actor Benedict Cumberbatch completely nailed the role, and Keira Knightley was crazy enrapturing herself as the lone woman on the all-male cryptanalyst team, aka “Hut 8.” Okay, so I think the producers of the film tried to make her look nerdy and homely, but, well… in hubby’s own words, “they failed.”
I suppose this begs the question of, how good is Eddie Redmayne in the Theory of Everything? He better be pretty darn flawless if he’s killing it at this year's Awards circuit for this role as Stephen Hawkins in the Theory of Everything. And how good, really, is Birdman? (aka the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). These are all open-ended questions, btw, as I have yet to see them for myself.
One thing is for sure, I am officially obsessed with the story of Alan Turing (I know I know, talk about being super late to the game), and simply cannot wait to read his biography by Andrew Hodges!!