Movie Review- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Pulsaris

Shared on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 21:17

Kasey and I went to see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Apparently it's a movie that was based on a book. She wanted to see it because she's a big fan of the Academy Awards and Gary Oldman was nominated in the lead role. This has got to be one of the most uninteresting, self-indulgent, dry movies I have seen in a loooooong time. This movie got an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes... once again why I feel that %'s don't mean a thing when it comes to ratings. What was the movie about? I was kind of hoping you could tell me, because I have no freaking idea. All I know is that it's about British Intelligence in the 70's and Gary Oldman is a spy. There's a mole in the British Intelligence and they're trying to figure out who. That's about it. I was awake the entire movie trying to understand what I was watching. Things were happening that I was trying to comprehend. Some things I got, while most flew over my head and the movie never tried to explain what was going on or why they were doing what they were. It felt like I was watching a foreign movie without subtitles and I was just supposed to figure out what was happening. I also had absolutely no connection with the characters. All the characters could have died in a terrible boating accident and eaten by sharks (at least THAT would have been interesting) and I still would not have cared in the least.

All in all, Tinker Tailor Blah Blah Blah was a movie to be avoided.. unless you read the book and understood it. In that case, you can have my ticket. Those are the only people I could recommend this movie to with a clear conscience. Other than that.... avoid like the plague... unless you want to get a good nap.

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Fetal's picture
Submitted by Fetal on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 02:30
LeCarre is the father of modern spy/thriller novels. Most of his work deals with the cold war and there isn't really much action in the books other than the occasionaly murder or something. That style of writing is decidedly british. Case in point, tom clancy is our best military/thriller writer, frederick forsyth is their best one. Boht write about essentially the same things, but there are extremely different ways of saying the exact same thing stylistically. sounds like you hate the brits.
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Submitted by RyanFromVegas on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 22:43
Maybe all the cool parts were the parts you didnt understand...you should probobaly go see it again to see if you get more of it. :) kidding I saw it without reading the book and although didnt think it was great, I thought it was ok...made me want to read the book.
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Submitted by ekattan on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 08:16
It's fucking slow.
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Submitted by Habu06 on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 10:39
If you're not familiar with John Le Carre or his novels, I can see where you might think the movie was boring. It may also do with a generational difference. In the 70's during the height of the cold war, this novel made more sense. Back then, the conflict between the Soviets and the West was constantly in the news and the spycraft dealt more with double agents and moles. This movie should have been made in the late 70's or 80's when this was more relevant. But cheer up, Star Wars -the Phantom Menace is coming back out with more Jar Jar Binks in spectacular 3D!!!

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