From: drsteerforth@yahoo.com   
      
   On Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:04:03 -0600, George    
   wrote:   
      
   >"Adam H. Kerman"  wrote:   
   >   
   >>super70s  wrote:   
   >>>Mack A. Damia  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (2011)   
   >>   
   >>>>Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 2011 Cold War spy thriller film   
   >>>>directed by Tomas Alfredson. [...]   
   >>   
   >>>>Oldman is outstanding as George Smiley.  You have to be on your toes   
   >>>>for this one.   
   >   
   >Yes, Oldman is good in this role, but he's not quite the   
   >unassuming time server described in the novel.  And he's not Alec   
   >Guiness.   
   >   
   >>>A little too much boring British political discourse for me, many think   
   >>>it's inferior to the TV version. But yeah Oldman never disappoints.   
   >   
   >It's a good effort - if you know the either novel or the 1979 BBC   
   >miniseries (the gold standard).   
   >   
   >>Excellent cast but the directing is plodding. Oldman is terrific.   
   >>   
   >>Aargh. The tv miniseries never turns up on tv!   
   >   
   >But it is still available on Amazon.   
      
   Got the Alec Guinness six-hour BBC version on Tuesday.  Although   
   Guinness is marvelous, I thought the first disk was a bit tedious   
   until the last half of the second installment.  I haven't gone   
   further, yet.   
      
   Watched "The Good Shepherd" starring Matt Damon, too. Rather long and   
   has been accused of being tedious. It held my interest.  I enjoy the   
   spy genre.   
      
   Both films (Damon and Oldman) were nothing like James Bond.  Rather   
   refreshing.   
      
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