The Imitation Game

Ah my first post.

My Friday night was delightful as my boyfriend, Joe, took me out on a date for a meal and then to the cinema. It had been a few weeks since I had gone to the cinema, despite the long list of films I really wanted to see. Being a student means low in funding, and makes me very woeful to even mention.

Anyway, The Imitation Game!

I couldn't shake the feeling that this was the number one film my dad wanted to see lately, that and A Most Wanted Man, which I have yet to see. I like the films my dad likes, he was the one who introduced me to many a good film, along with my older brother. 

The Imitation Game was as I expected very good. I may have had the best cinema experience due to the entire theatre being empty. We caught the 10;30 showing and were welcome to any seat in the house. 

However I may have not had the best attention span at the time, for I had Joe next to me talking about all the glimpses of math there would be a panning shot over. (I should point out here that my boyfriend is a first year in studying Chemistry and has just started a love affair with maths).

It wasn't that bad, but I find it hard sometimes trying to multi-task. Therefore apologies but a lot of the film was a blur. 

I can assure you though... it is quite sad.

I have to say I am quite a fan of Benedict Cumberbatch, like any other person who avidly awaits the new series of Sherlock, although please don't talk to me about shipping Sherlock and John. As usual, he took on a whole other character completely and accomplished it well. I think that Cumberbatch is one of the best British actors to fully emerge lately. I loved him in Starter For Ten and the last Star Trek, in which he took over both with his flawless acting. 

The Imitation Game was very insightful obviously. I am intrigued in war films, especially ones which attempt not to glorify any war ever. 

So with this I found that the ending was satisfactory, albeit upsetting just a smidge.

And when I get an ending which does not fully provide you with that all round happily ever after Hollywood dream finish, I am somewhat pleased. Well done Morten Tyldum.

The Imitation Game does this to a degree, although the information provided afterwards does install that stiff upper lip outlook of WW2 almost all British cinema has on the subject. I would have been more satisfied knowing just a little bit more about the horrors of being gay in that era.

I was also very pleased with Keira Knightley, I have enjoyed her films in the past, but The Imitation Game showed her acting potential in a new light. I've been use to seeing her pose a secondary character all the way, thanks Hollywood, thanks sexist media. (I suppose you could say her character was powerful in Pirates Of The Caribbean). But she made this character engaging and interesting, so this film did invest in the underdogs of helping WW2. We are given a gay man being tortured subtly and legally for his sexuality, defying the higher powers and essentially INVENTING COMPUTERS AND NOT BEING RECOGNISED FOR IT UNTIL YEARS AFTER!

We also have a woman in WW2 time not being portrayed as basically either a housewife or a factory worker. (Not that there is anything wrong with the women of this time having those roles). The Imitation Game shows a female beating a large room of men in the test which was meant to take 6 minutes at a maximum, but she did that with 2 minutes to spare.

When I look at the film this way, I don't know about you but I'm pretty much sold.

We need more wartime films about the untold stories of the terror of war across the globe,

  I want to hear about every other country beside England and America...

I hope more films will show us about the theories behind wars, the little people who maybe didn't fight on the battlefields,but did their part. And most importantly the faces behind all these 'faceless' wartime enemies. 

The Chinese me and Joe had beforehand was so nice and we had fortune cookies after...

Stay tuned to find out what I make of Horrible Bosses 2, I mean really do because I am a huge fan of the first one. Also keep close if you want to hear about me sneaking popcorn in because I don't play by the rules...