I am going to go see this film again tomorrow night... alone this time. I want to be able to focus completely on it (sadly my best friend has a habit of talking during films... )

Actually today I had a very distracting experience... I was having a talk with one of the secretary students at work about how to do things... and the the radio website on my computer came with an advert for this film... I went completely numb and blank... gosh she laughed at me!

I really hope to be able to come up with a better review of this film... because last time I was all emotions... this film hit me hard in a lot of way. This time I hope to be able to go into details and actually be able to see through the tears too. 

But I know this will be one of my favourite films Ben has ever been in. I hope it becomes available in some special edition DVD.... 

My morning started in a crappy way because of a review in Danish Good Morning TV... 

They spent most of the time talking about what a beautiful man Ben is, the male host apparently has himself a man crush... the female film critic was all giggly and red faced... 

They gave the film 3 out of 6 stars... saying it was a shame it was such a boring story, that it couldn't decide between being a bio-pic, a spy drama, or a war film... 

"It's a film about Alan Turing, the genious... uh, not much else to be said here"

Excuse me?? 

What really got to me was that they all agreed it was a shame the character was too close to Sherlock. 
When I watched it, I was amazed how little of Sherlock I actually saw in Alan... 

Honestly it feels like they watched a completely different film. 


I was shivering with rage at the ending remark when the male host tried to get them to say something nice; reminding them of the 8 Oscar nominations "Oh, it's not going to win anything, hihihihihi"


I know I am a biased viewer and all, but honestly... 

Last edited by This Is The Phantom Lady (January 29, 2015 4:52 pm)

The most influential German film magazine "epd film", gave it 4/5 stars and praised it ("more than a biopic"), if that is of any comfort 

I know this is not a photo thread but I took this screenshot which IMO illustrates very well that Benedict as Turing is nothing like his other characters, least of all Sherlock:

Well, obviously most critics are dr Watsons: they watch, but not observe. They must have someone twisting his body into a cripple or screaming "feck" every two seconds and errr.... flying through the streets of Manhattan to consider it "performance".

I've never heard of this award before, but it's so good to see that Moore's work is acknowledged. I really think that his script deserves as many awards as possible for its structure as well as the sometimes absolutely brilliant dialogue.

Excellent.

miriel68 wrote:

Well, obviously most critics are dr Watsons: they watch, but not observe. They must have someone twisting his body into a cripple or screaming "feck" every two seconds and errr.... flying through the streets of Manhattan to consider it "performance".

TeeHee.. my thoughts exactly. Or, to use Professor Snape´s words: "You don´t have subtlety, critics."..^^

Sure, if you disregard that they talk different, look different, carry themselves differently and only superficially share two (albeit quite prominent) character traits.. then it´s almost spooky how close Turing and Sherlock are..

Last edited by Zatoichi (February 2, 2015 10:58 am)

Maybe Ben should do a comedy next and play a dumb pretty boy. 

Yes, but those were mainly voice performances.  I think he needs to do a straight up wacky comedy.