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The Imitation Game
Jan. 31st, 2015 09:09 amSo, I rather enjoyed this film, but there were a few glaring historical inaccuracies.
Sherlock Holmes was actually a consulting detective in London and not a code breaker.
Elizabeth Swann actually married Captain Will Turner
Tywin Lannister was lord of Casterly Rock and not a navy commander.
WW2 battles were faught in colour. Black and White was a hollywood invention.
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Seriously it was enjoyable. I think you need to accept a certyain level of Hollywood metaphor. A group of experts working as a team industriously breaking codes on a round the clock basis with the full support of the commanding officer would have been accurate but somewhat lacking in drama.
If we assume that Alan Turing is being used as a metaphor for Bletchley Park, and Cdr. Alistair Denniston as the part of the military that thinks code breaking is a waste of time, it sort of works for the historical narrative.
Sherlock Holmes was actually a consulting detective in London and not a code breaker.
Elizabeth Swann actually married Captain Will Turner
Tywin Lannister was lord of Casterly Rock and not a navy commander.
WW2 battles were faught in colour. Black and White was a hollywood invention.
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Seriously it was enjoyable. I think you need to accept a certyain level of Hollywood metaphor. A group of experts working as a team industriously breaking codes on a round the clock basis with the full support of the commanding officer would have been accurate but somewhat lacking in drama.
If we assume that Alan Turing is being used as a metaphor for Bletchley Park, and Cdr. Alistair Denniston as the part of the military that thinks code breaking is a waste of time, it sort of works for the historical narrative.
