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It is not like you cannot tell a good story here without embellishing and distorting it. As it happens, Verity Stobb panned the movie (justifiably, IMHO), in
by mannykannot 5y ago
It is not like you cannot tell a good story here without embellishing and distorting it.
As it happens, Verity Stobb panned the movie (justifiably, IMHO), in her splendidly British style, for much more than just getting the facts wrong.
https://www.theregister.com/2015/01/26/verity_stob_turing_movie_script_as_it_should_have_been/ https://www.theregister.com/2015/01/26/verity_stob_turing_mo...
- ekianjo 5y ago> It is not like you cannot tell a good story here without embellishing and distorting it. You can't tell a complex story in a short time and numerous characters on screen. In books you can. In movies it's borderline impossible and therefore simplifying/dumbing things down is a filter you need to apply first.
- mannykannot 5y agoyou don't have to make stuff up - that's not simplifying things. And dumbing-down is not equivalent to simplifying, unless you do it in a dumb way. Talented writers take one issue, or one theme, from the big picture and weave a story from that.
- ekianjo 5y agoPlease share with me one movie with a complex storyline involving dozens of characters, you know, like in real life, then. I am curious.
- mannykannot 5y agoMidway was an example of of a movie where the director and writer were concerned about historical accuracy, and so avoided the sort of risible nonsense that Stobb lampooned in the imitation Game. I am now curious as to whether you will respond in the way that I expect.