On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 10:12 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" will be out in theaters later this week. I >> just attended a preview screening. It has everything I like in a >> movie: Suspense, drama, intrigue, British accents, and even a hot >> Russian-speaking blond. And I could not have liked it less. (SNIP) > > > I am a huge le Carre fan, and especially of George Smiley and the Karla > novels. I also am a big fan of the TV movies from the early 80s (late 70s?). > I think of them as PBS, but they probably were BBC or something like that. I > can not imagine anyone doing a better job than Alex Guinness with Smiley. I > am sorry to hear your review, though since you are not familiar with the > source material, I can't tell if they were done badly, or if they are just > not your cup of tea. It doesnt really matter though since nothing will get > me to not go see it for myself. Like pizza and sex, even bad le Carre is > still pretty damn good in my book.
Yeah, normally if I'm watching a book adaptation I like to read the book first, but I got tickets to the screening on Thursday and had a packed weekend. I might grab the book one day at a used bookstore and see if it tickles my fancy. > The whole point of these books of course is to be understated, and rather > bland, in an anti-James Bond kind of way. If they were any more understated, it would have been hard to tell there was a movie going on and that it wasn't just stock footage of offices, pubs, and hotel rooms across Europe. > TTSS is the first novel in a trilogy - did you happen to hear if they are > planning on making films of the other two? As with anything like this, I'm sure sequels will depend on box office and Oscar buzz. But because of the understated -- to borrow your word -- acting style, I don't think best actor is a likely win. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
