benbrae76
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Pretty bad. Whoever made this movie has obviously never served in the R.A.F.
Stocks of ammunition in 1940 were very low and fighter pilots were instructed to think S.O.B. (i.e. short bursts) to curtail wastage. The movie 'pilots' of this movie would have been out of ammunition so quickly they would have been shot down in no time.
There is nothing new in this movie that hasn't already been said and portrayed better in movies such as "The Battle of Britain", "Reach for the Sky", and others. That the Polish pilots fought with courage during the Battle of Britain has never been in dispute, but no more than the courage of pilots of other nations. To imply that the Poles alone saved Britain is ridiculous.
That the Union Flag was shown flying upside down just about sums up this movie. It displays how little research has gone into it.
The two stars I award to this movie is to acknowledge the courage and sacrifice of all piiols who fought in this world-changing battle, and only that. The rest of the movie warrants zero.
There is nothing new in this movie that hasn't already been said and portrayed better in movies such as "The Battle of Britain", "Reach for the Sky", and others. That the Polish pilots fought with courage during the Battle of Britain has never been in dispute, but no more than the courage of pilots of other nations. To imply that the Poles alone saved Britain is ridiculous.
That the Union Flag was shown flying upside down just about sums up this movie. It displays how little research has gone into it.
The two stars I award to this movie is to acknowledge the courage and sacrifice of all piiols who fought in this world-changing battle, and only that. The rest of the movie warrants zero.
This movie is supposedly based on a true story, it says so right upfront. So that's a give-away straight off. It's mostly fiction.
Set in the wartime Bletchley Park of screenwriter Graham Moore's imagination it's also supposed to be based on the factual account "Alan Turing: The Enigma" by Andrew Hodges (you'll see that claim in tiny print right at the end of the closing credits) which relates Turing's life and involvement with the breaking of Enigma. Anyone who has read that book will know that this movie bears little resemblance to that specific book (nor indeed to any other book on the subject), and I would even doubt that anyone involved with this production has actually read it, and that includes Graham Moore.
Although names remain as in real life, also bearing little resemblance to reality are the characterisations of most others who were involved in the real events. Some of the main personnel who should have been included are missing, and events have been added that never happened, nor ever could have happened. The scene of the alleged breakthrough in the reading of Enigma traffic is totally absurd, as was the inclusion in the movie of the character of John Cairncross. Yes the latter was at Bletchley, but at a different time and in a different area, and would have been totally divorced from the events covered in this movie.
It would seem that at the moment Cumberbatch can do no wrong, and his portrayal of Turing was precisely how the producers wanted him to play it, but it was most definitely nothing like the real Alan Turing whatsoever. And couldn't the producers have picked someone who actually looked like Turing? Likewise a look-alike to play Joan Clarke?
As a fictional movie in its own right it was reasonable, but if anyone believes that it's an account of the true events then they'd be advised to do further research on the subject. There's hardly a line in the screenplay which would stand up to scrutiny. It's as false as the movie U-571, and equally as misleading on what really happened.
I believe that Turing is one of Moore's heroes. I can only conclude by saying that (imo) he has given him a very unworthy epitaph. Given the service Turing gave to his country, the world, and to science in general, he deserves a much better epitaph than this pot-boiler of a movie.
Set in the wartime Bletchley Park of screenwriter Graham Moore's imagination it's also supposed to be based on the factual account "Alan Turing: The Enigma" by Andrew Hodges (you'll see that claim in tiny print right at the end of the closing credits) which relates Turing's life and involvement with the breaking of Enigma. Anyone who has read that book will know that this movie bears little resemblance to that specific book (nor indeed to any other book on the subject), and I would even doubt that anyone involved with this production has actually read it, and that includes Graham Moore.
Although names remain as in real life, also bearing little resemblance to reality are the characterisations of most others who were involved in the real events. Some of the main personnel who should have been included are missing, and events have been added that never happened, nor ever could have happened. The scene of the alleged breakthrough in the reading of Enigma traffic is totally absurd, as was the inclusion in the movie of the character of John Cairncross. Yes the latter was at Bletchley, but at a different time and in a different area, and would have been totally divorced from the events covered in this movie.
It would seem that at the moment Cumberbatch can do no wrong, and his portrayal of Turing was precisely how the producers wanted him to play it, but it was most definitely nothing like the real Alan Turing whatsoever. And couldn't the producers have picked someone who actually looked like Turing? Likewise a look-alike to play Joan Clarke?
As a fictional movie in its own right it was reasonable, but if anyone believes that it's an account of the true events then they'd be advised to do further research on the subject. There's hardly a line in the screenplay which would stand up to scrutiny. It's as false as the movie U-571, and equally as misleading on what really happened.
I believe that Turing is one of Moore's heroes. I can only conclude by saying that (imo) he has given him a very unworthy epitaph. Given the service Turing gave to his country, the world, and to science in general, he deserves a much better epitaph than this pot-boiler of a movie.