The movie "The Imitation Game" tells the story of Turing in three main lines. First, he was studying in school in his youth; second, he was "Ingmar" who worked for the British government to crack down on the German Nazis during World War II. Third, it was the last days of Turing's life.
In the first main line, Turing shown in the movie is withdrawn and bullied by other classmates (why do I always feel that geniuses always have these attributes...). At this time, the only person who reached out to Turing was a classmate named Christopher, who was also a close friend of Turing's youth (most likely a gay friend, a real gay friend...). In order to commemorate him, he even put himself The machine created to decipher "Ingmar" was named Christopher. I have to complain here. When I watched the movie, I thought the actor who played Turing was a bit off... However, when I saw the photos of Turing in his youth on Wikipedia, I can only say that the director chose the role very well. Respect historical facts...
The second main line is the focus of the film. The following are some plots in the film that I think are more interesting.
First, when Turing went for an interview, the interviewer asked Turing if he thought he was a genius. Turing said no, and the interviewer asked why. Turing cited the examples of Newton and Einstein, saying that their achievements at his age were beyond his ability to surpass. Um (⊙o⊙)... It turns out that in Turing's eyes, the definition of genius is this.
Then when Turing's application for funds to purchase a machine was rejected on the grounds that he was obeying orders from his superiors, Turing wrote a letter to Churchill to complain, and complained to his superiors' superiors' superiors... This tells us a truth: If you have a problem, you should report it to the leader. If it cannot be solved, go to the leader's superior and wait until the problem is solved. However, you have to take the risk of offending your direct leader. Just like Turing, the result is that your direct leader will bear a grudge and be ready to seize the opportunity and fire you at any time. Therefore, do not offend your leader unless you have to. your immediate supervisor). . .
Joan, Turing’s newly recruited colleague, learned that Turing was not happy with other colleagues (geniuses tend to be arrogant because they think they are smarter than others. Of course, this is also true. In addition, Geniuses are generally withdrawn, and naturally they cannot get along with the people around them, and Turing is one of them). Qiong encouraged Turing to build a good relationship with his colleagues. The reason for the persuasion was very simple, because you will inevitably need help from your colleagues from time to time at work. If the relationship is not good, why should others help you?
You know, when Turing first started, his colleagues invited Turing to have lunch with him. After talking to Turing three or four times, Turing looked like he didn’t understand the world (and he really didn’t understand... .), indifferent. It wore away the enthusiasm of my colleagues bit by bit. After being enlightened by Joan, Turing broke the deadlock with his colleagues by giving each of them an apple and telling a joke. However, he stupidly said these things because Joan taught him... Of course, his colleagues all knew Turing's character. Although Turing showed clumsy routines, they once again accepted this alien in their eyes.
Facts also proved that Joan's judgment was completely correct. When the decoder made by Turing failed to work for a long time, the resentful superiors couldn't wait to get rid of Turing. At this time, it was Turing's colleagues who helped Turing gain a month, and this precious time also contributed to the final success of deciphering.
There is also a love story about Turing and Joan in the movie. I am not surprised by this scene where a beautiful woman takes the initiative to fall in love with the protagonist, but I really can’t imagine that it would be like this in reality. Beautiful things happen, and the lonely genius always makes the beauties around him fall in love with him. Is this what Hawking said: Wisdom is the new sexy trend. This same love story also happened to the famous mathematician Nash (who proposed the famous "Nash Equilibrium" in game theory and won the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics) (see the movie "A Beautiful Mind"). Of course, while these two are geniuses, they are also handsome guys. (This evil world of judging faces...) I was always skeptical about such a love story at first, because I thought it was a fictional story created by the director to make the movie more attractive. (Because,,, think about it, why can they have such a happy love even though they already have wisdom far beyond ordinary people! Yes, this must be a fiction in the movie. It was made up to make the movie more attractive. !) However, when I searched for the lives of these two geniuses on the search engine, I understood that the world is indeed unfair! ! ! Although the historical facts are different from the movie, they did have similar experiences and such a beautiful love story... (Thinking about myself as a single, I suddenly remembered the famous poem: Thinking about the leisurely journey of heaven and earth, I feel lonely alone. And burst into tears.)
Joan did love Turing deeply, and even after learning that Turing was gay, she still did not waver in her love; Turing didn't do the same, in order to let Joan Being able to stay away from danger, he did not hesitate to make Joan resent him. It is a pity that Turing's embarrassing identity cannot make the lover finally get married, which is really regrettable and regretful. (Hey, this world is still fair.
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People can always express their noble support for abandoning the ego and taking care of the greater self when their own immediate interests are not touched. However, when the ego you are sacrificing is yourself or your relatives and friends, can you still face it so calmly? Obviously, the answer is no. When Turing and others successfully deciphered "Ingmar" by chance, in order not to expose this to the German Nazis, Turing and others chose to sacrifice the Allied soldiers who could have been saved that day. However, among them was Brother of John, who was also a codebreaker. Although John begged Turing and others, hoping to save his brother, everyone refused John in order to minimize the risk of exposure, which also made John blame Turing for the death of his brother. .
Whether it is from the standpoint of Turing and others, or from the standpoint of John, who can say that their choice is wrong!
Of course, this movie not only commemorates Turing's great contribution during World War II, but also talks about the issue of homosexuality. Such an outstanding scientist, the father of computers, was persecuted to death because of his homosexuality. It is truly a tragedy in human history. Fortunately, with the advancement of human civilization, homosexuality is no longer considered a sin, and homosexuality has gradually been treated equally. I hope that such a tragedy will not happen again in human history!
PS: Turing finally committed suicide by eating an apple containing cyanide, so there is the following widely circulated theory:
Apple's trademark sometimes It was mistakenly believed to be derived from half an apple that Turing bit when he committed suicide[16], but the designer of the pattern[17] and Apple have denied this statement[18]. When the company founder Steve Jobs was asked about this by Stephen Fry, he said: "God, we hope it (the LOGO pays tribute to Turing) is true. But it is just a coincidence.
"("God we wish it were. It's just a coincidence.")——Excerpted from Wikipedia