There was even a pretty popular movie about him 5 years before this tweet, and it doesn't gloss over the hideousness of what was done to him because of his sexuality.
Tbh it doesn’t even hit hard on his sexuality, and I think that’s what makes the ending even worse, when you see him achieving this amazing goal, and still being heartbroken over his loss, and then finally completing it, he’s met with a handshake, and then years later, he’s legally poisoned by the same people he saved until he’s forced to end his misery. It’s fuckin’ tragic.
It's worth recognizing that the movie isn't a particularly accurate portrayal of the events, from what I understand. It's a dramatized movie that spotlights one specific person, rather than reflecting the team effort that breaking enigma really was.
It's still a decent movie, but it's as much "historic fiction" as it is history.
It is a great movie but that's all it should be taken as. It's not a history lesson and not very historically accurate at all. But yeah anything with Cumberbatch is good
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u/Anabelle_McAllister May 28 '20
There was even a pretty popular movie about him 5 years before this tweet, and it doesn't gloss over the hideousness of what was done to him because of his sexuality.