London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
I said Tinker Tailor and Smiley's People is about 12 hours (for the price of a cinema ticket). It seems the total is 11 hours and 4 minutes.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011 Film)
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That DVD is £9 btw
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
On the link I provided they are both £4.97.
I just need to get on a bit now but thank you for your continued interest.
I just need to get on a bit now but thank you for your continued interest.
What are you getting on with?
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
There wasn't much development of the Bill Hayden character, hardly the Philbyesque charmer of the series. Also in that rather mundane Budapest scene, the series despite presumably a smaller budget made the equivaqlent Czechoslovakian escapade much more fun, there was no Red Star on the pinacle of the Hungarian parliament. There was one there in 1989 wso I'm sure it was there in 1973. Surely they could hsve photoshoped one on!
moonsi til
worked it out now!
Saw this tonight and liked it but I have no comparison as not read book or watched TV series. I'm now going to watch the series and Smileys people.
They're the best thing the BBC ever made, superb television.
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
Never seen the TV series but i really liked the film, great cinematography, well acted - even if cumberbatch was over-egging it a bit.
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
I really enjoyed it. I have seen bits and pieces of the TV series, but sadly not all of it but I thought the film had good acting and I liked the little subtleties of it. So many of the big blockbuster spy films give it all away within five minutes or everything is so over the top it made a nice change to have a film that quite quietly told an exciting and brilliant story.
blossie33
trailer trash
I saw the film a couple of weeks ago - thought it was very good.
I remember the TV series but I only saw bits of it so I didn't remember who the 'spy' was.
I bought the complete series DVD from Morrisons for a fiver but I waited until after I'd seen the film to start watching it - just watched the first episode, interesting to see the slight changes in the storyline/ events sequence.
I remember the TV series but I only saw bits of it so I didn't remember who the 'spy' was.
I bought the complete series DVD from Morrisons for a fiver but I waited until after I'd seen the film to start watching it - just watched the first episode, interesting to see the slight changes in the storyline/ events sequence.
gosub
~#
Thought it was very well done and it was nice to get Guinness out of my head though Oldman resembled Paul. Whitehouse so much I kept expecting to be sold car insurance. Also an odd place to start if they plan on sequels Hong Kong locations changed so much it will be hard to make an honourable schoolboy
Biglittlefish
Active Member
Really liked this. I was impressed it didn't force a conventional film structure on the script and allowed events to unfold at a subtle pace.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
I watched it on the basis that John le Carre was an executive producer and is obv. bright enough to not let them completely destroy his work. Given it's a 440-page spy novel, firstly reduced to a 5-and-a-bit hour tv adaption, then a 4-hour radio adaption and now a 120-minute multiplex adaption, it works well enough. In terms of themes and plotlines, it's a bit like a drum and bass remix of Ode To Joy, but it has the major plot points and it's somewhat atmospheric.
I'm sure it'll be the start of a successful - if relatively brief - franchise.
(((Harp lager)))
I'm sure it'll be the start of a successful - if relatively brief - franchise.
(((Harp lager)))
