Paraphrase of a talkboard comment that made me grin:

"Watching a scene with Smiley and Control I thought, I remember when they were Sid Vicious and Caligula. Crap, I feel old."

Aheheh.

(I've been trying to finish this stupid review-effort-thing for two weeks. I don't know why, but I seem to fail the hell out of writing at the moment).

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I am SO stoked for this film. I'm a huge John Le Carré fan, and I must have re-read 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' dozens of times - it's one of the touchstone books I pick up when I feel like I need to relearn how to write again. He's just a wonderful stylist and novelist, in or out of the thriller/spy genre. I loved the original TV adaptation ( Read more... )