The Imitation Game (2014) - To Be Or Not To Be.

★★★☆☆

The film itself is not so exhilarating as expected, but on account of Benedict Cumberbatch’s decent performance, and ingenious storytelling and use of flashbacks, ‘The Imitation Game’ is still worth your time and attention. And of course in a film like that about a genius inventing something extraordinary so as to change the course of history, it’s often to come across witty words like ‘sometimes it’s the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine’. The story’s based on great British mathematician Alan Turing’s real life that, like most geniuses’, ended up so pathetic indeed.

Turing didn’t have a happy life because he was a genius, and also a homosexual that was something illegal back then in Britain. Now it’s nothing to be ashamed of, nor anything to be proud of. To me it’s just a personal preference or interest that should be respected and understood by the majority. Homosexuality aside, a genius is bound to be a loner as he thinks so differently, and is able to see what others can’t. Therefore he responds and acts like a weirdo to the masses. So to be or not to be, that’s the question, but guess what, either way would be so sad as a matter of fact!

Being a genius is a gift as well as a curse. It always depends how you look at it and get to deal with it. Everything has its own price to pay I guess, and the choice’s always yours. I used to feel like I could’ve been raised up to be a genius like any other if I had been born to a different family. But now I’m so glad that I’m not!