compute everything to win

Rating: 10/10 (3 May 2015)

I had heard of Alan Turing for some years before "The Imitation Game" got released. I knew that his work in code-breaking led to modern computing, and that he got prosecuted when the authorities found out about his homosexuality. Having seen the movie, I'm impressed. Benedict Cumberbatch plays the role perfectly (my favorite scene is when Turing figures out how to crack the Enigma), with fine support from Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke, who finally gets the recognition that she deserves.
Screenwriter Graham Moore's comment about bullying while accepting accepting his Oscar was exactly what needed to get said (as were Laura Poitras's comment about surveillance, Patricia Arquette's comment about the wage gap, John Legend's comment about mass incarceration and Alejandro González Iñárritu's comment about immigration). There's no doubt that Alan Turing's government betrayed him, even after he helped them achieve their greatest victory. After it got announced that Queen Elizabeth planned to grant Turing a royal pardon, Stephen Fry said that Turing shouldn't have to get pardoned, since he didn't do anything wrong; instead, Fry proposed, Turing belonged on money. I agree. No one should forget what Turing did for the world, and everyone should see "The Imitation Game".
I wonder what all the bigots who comment on articles dealing with LGBT issues just so that they can write homophobic things would think if they knew that they wouldn't even be using those computers if not for a gay man.