The First Great Movie I've Seen This Year.

Rating: 10/10 (17 January 2015)

2015's first movie I saw was Unbroken, which stunk to high heavens. The Imitation Game is full redemption. Both are historical true stories, with The Imitation Game being the good one.
Benedict Cumberbatch may hold the ticket to an Academy Award win for Best Actor for his role as mathematician, Alan Turing. Cumberbatch plays Turing as evil genius-like, who creates machines to encrypt unbreakable codes during the Second World War, ultimately causing a win.
I found The Imitation Game to be like 2002's Windtalkers, since both are about racing against time to keep top secret codes unbroken and winning war. While Windtalkers was clichéd and not well-liked, The Imitation Game had more layers to it and was more original. A subplot to this is the relationship he developed with coworker, Keira Knightly, despite being a homosexual. We get to see his love for codes as a youth as well as his struggles with homosexuality. The only thing that prevented me from really falling in love with this was how much war and political stuff was involved that was over my head. Brits talking about codes and politics was a little too much for me to swallow. It might just take me a few watches to fully comprehend and appreciate.
I would not mind if this was the Oscar for Best Picture. I have a hunch that Benedict Cumberbatch will win for Best Actor.
4/4