Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Movie Review : The Imitation Game





The Imitation Game is a 2014 historical thriller film directed by Morten Tyldum, with a screenplay by Graham Moore loosely based on the biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges. It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the British cryptanalyst Alan Turing, who helped solve the Enigma code during the Second World War and was later prosecuted for homosexuality.





Alan Mathison Turing, (23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was a British pioneering computer scientist,mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, mathematical biologist, and marathon and ultra distance runner.


The Imitation Game was a commercial and critical success. By March 2015, it had grossed over $208 million worldwide against a $14 million production budget, making it the highest-grossing independent film of 2014.

It was nominated in eight categories at the87th Academy Awards.
1. Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay : Graham Moore
2. OscarBest Motion Picture of the Year : Nora Grossman , Ido Ostrowsky , Teddy Schwarzman
3. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role : Benedict Cumberbatch
4. Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role : Keira Knightley
5. Best Achievement in Directing : Morten Tyldum
6. Best Achievement in Film Editing : William Goldenberg
7. Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score : Alexandre Desplat
8. Best Achievement in Production Design : Maria Djurkovic (production design) , Tatiana Macdonald (set decoration) 


I personally really like this movie because the story is astonishing and  the moral value from the movie can motivate me to work harder. I like Benedict Cumberbatch since i watched the first of Sherlock series episode and he played Turing very well in the Imitation Game. The movies made me appreciate Alan Turing of his amazing work. The Imitation Game deserve what it have achieved until now.