Comments on: Movie Review – Imitation Game, The

By: Saint Pauly

Saint Pauly — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 22:28:30 +0000

Totally agree with you on this one, my friend! I had a truly wonderful time with this one as well. Fascinating story, solid acting and a film with a lot of heart. Not engaging enough for several re-watches, perhaps, but still wonderful film making. My recent post WTF: Predestination (2014)

By: Rodney

Rodney — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 23:06:19 +0000

In reply to Dan.

Yep, yep, and yep again. Agree with you on just about everything, Dan (phew!). I thought Knightley was undeserving of an Oscar for this, I felt her role was a bit more straightforward and lacking in…. er…. whats' a good word…. firepower? Pizazz? Anyway, Cumberbatch just keeps jumping from one brilliant performance to the next – there's one thing you can say about him, it's that even if the film he's in is a little bit shit, his performance IN it isn't. The man commits to everything. I liken him to a young Gary Oldman, what do you think?

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:28:15 +0000

Definitely a "unsung hero" as you say. I thought it was terrific and Cumberbatch was brilliant - it was riveting viewing thanks to his performance. I particularly admired the way director Tyldum created some strong, often thrilling drama, from mathematicians number crunching (not the most riveting thing in ordinary circumstances but I was glued to it in The Imitation Game). Knightley got some cred for her performance and indeed gets an Oscar nom (no chance of winning IMO), but I didn't think either she or the character were particularly well drawn. Another small criticism would be around the Soviet "mole" which seemed like a bit of an after-thought (certainly a bit thinly written). Other than that I thought it was a really, really good film and despite my criticisms I would give it a 9 out of 10. My recent post “Serena” Appears Suspiciously Compromised