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The Imitation Game was inaccurate and horrible every way you look at it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imitation_Game#Historical_inaccuracies https://en.wi

The Imitation Game was inaccurate and horrible every way you look at it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imitation_Game#Historical_inaccuracies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imitation_Game#Historical_...

formerly_proven 5y ago
What I find so strange about The Imitation Game that all of this is pretty well-known; anyone who has skimmed the Wikipedia article of Turing and the overview article on breaking Enigma knows that the movie is pretty much complete horseshit. Most of the alterations in the movie removed things that would have made the movie more interesting instead of the utterly bland story they made up.
- goto11 5y ago
  Given the movie was a major box office hit and critically acclaimed, I suspect the producers knew what they were doing. Just don't expect historical accuracy from a Hollywood movie. Cleopatra didn't look like Elizabeth Taylor either.
  - HideousKojima 5y ago
    Cleopatra most likely looked like a horribly inbred Greek, seeing as her family tree has a literal circle in it.
- arethuza 5y ago
  I'm struggling to think of any movies that are really historically accurate - the point is to tell a good story to get people to watch it to make a profit. Edit: I'm Scottish so Braveheart is the obvious example - entertaining movie but wildly inaccurate and even manages to get who/what the term "braveheart" refers to wrong.
  - endgame 5y ago
    Master and Commander (the Russell Crowe film)? While it's a fictional story, I've heard it said that it captures the period extremely well.
  - HideousKojima 5y ago
    Gettysburg and its prequel (Gods and Generals). The dialogue and character motivations may or may not be accurate, but the battles it depicts are pretty accurate.
rootbear 5y ago
When I visited Bletchley Park a few years ago, I got into a conversation with one of the docents about the film and it was clear that they had a very low opinion of it there. Turing deserved a better film.

formerly_proven 5y ago

What I find so strange about The Imitation Game that all of this is pretty well-known; anyone who has skimmed the Wikipedia article of Turing and the overview article on breaking Enigma knows that the movie is pretty much complete horseshit. Most of the alterations in the movie removed things that would have made the movie more interesting instead of the utterly bland story they made up.

goto11 5y ago
Given the movie was a major box office hit and critically acclaimed, I suspect the producers knew what they were doing. Just don't expect historical accuracy from a Hollywood movie. Cleopatra didn't look like Elizabeth Taylor either.
- HideousKojima 5y ago
  Cleopatra most likely looked like a horribly inbred Greek, seeing as her family tree has a literal circle in it.
arethuza 5y ago
I'm struggling to think of any movies that are really historically accurate - the point is to tell a good story to get people to watch it to make a profit. Edit: I'm Scottish so Braveheart is the obvious example - entertaining movie but wildly inaccurate and even manages to get who/what the term "braveheart" refers to wrong.
- endgame 5y ago
  Master and Commander (the Russell Crowe film)? While it's a fictional story, I've heard it said that it captures the period extremely well.
- HideousKojima 5y ago
  Gettysburg and its prequel (Gods and Generals). The dialogue and character motivations may or may not be accurate, but the battles it depicts are pretty accurate.

rootbear 5y ago

When I visited Bletchley Park a few years ago, I got into a conversation with one of the docents about the film and it was clear that they had a very low opinion of it there. Turing deserved a better film.