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The Imitation Game doesn't do justice to Turing himself, either. Pretty dreadful all around.
by andrewflnr 3y ago
The Imitation Game doesn't do justice to Turing himself, either. Pretty dreadful all around.
- formerly_proven 3y agoPretty bold to write Turing as a socially inept autist loner with a temper problem when there’s zero historical evidence for any part of that characterization, only evidence suggesting the opposite.
- elteto 3y agoAnd IIRC with a female romantic interest... that to me was the worst offense. It was an awful movie all around.
- kadoban 3y agoI suspect it was pretty good if you don't know or care about Turing. But yeah, it pissed me off pretty bad.
- andrewflnr 3y agoAs I recall it was pretty clear what he was actually interested in, and it wasn't her, so it at least wasn't completely wrong on that particular point. I think it was explicitly sort of a show/cover relationship. But of course I saw it once a long time ago...
- kitd 3y agoI've not seen the movie, but Turing was engaged briefly to Joan Clark, a fellow cryptanalyst, and they were close friends. She knew about his homosexuality though so it would have been literally a marriage of convenience, probably not uncommon at that time.
- hermitcrab 3y agoIt is disgraceful that they used Turing's name in that film, was was almost completely fiction. Everyone involved in it should feel ashamed.
- Upvoter33 3y agoThis movie was terrible and I thought hugely offensive to the memory of Turing and all involved. Awful awful awful.
- dTal 3y agoInterested viewers may enjoy a somewhat more historical treatment in the BBC's "Breaking the Code", a 1996 made-for-TV movie starring Derek Jacobi. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115749/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115749/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udW0j96vAOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udW0j96vAOk