New film #6: Seeing my old workplace

From the end of last year to the beginning of this year I worked at the Royal College of Surgeons. Quite often there were film and TV crews outside as filming took place either in the college or in Greys Inn Field which was the park opposite. Sherlock had filmed there, the new Night at the Museum film and The Imitation Game filmed there as well. For the latter I walked past the trailers and learn that if there was well known actors, their names wouldn't be on the trailers, instead it would be their character names.

So last night I went to see The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley. It was about Alan Turing who with a team cracked the enigma code during the 2^nd world war. Their efforts shortened the war by two years and saved 14 million lives. Even though he could have been a hero for this, the efforts were kept secret for around 50 years.

The film ends sadly, so don’t want to give too much away in case you want to see it. It’s a gripping film, and even though its 2 hours long it didn't flag at all. Benedict Cumberbatch is amazing and surprisingly funny at times.

I did get to see a glimpse of the Royal College of Surgeons, in one of the scenes where the war was getting worse, but like most locations its blink and you miss it as they all merge into one.