Finally broke down
And bought a copy of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy on ebay. it cost me less than what renting it would have. So I sat and watched it in a bee-toxin haze last night.
it isn’t the book, and I can see why some people are disappointed in it, but it is very good. A pretty good performance by Oldman, in my opinion, and a solid movie. Gives, I think, a better feel for what was going on at the time, and a good vision of the country at that time. I enjoyed it. Oldman isn’t Guinness, of course, but who could be? I think, if you read the book and you overlayed your knowledge of the book onto the movie, it made a good deal more sense and felt better overall. I find myself wishing they would make Smileys People.
Yes, movies from books rarely do either justice. Just watched the Carter of Mars movie last night and while the big scenes are really good some of the plot transitions are not obvious. Kind of degrades the movie when you have to explain it to the wife and kids.
Oh well, at least they tried.
I need to take another look at that one It’s been too long.
Have you read Hook, Line and Sinker by Deighton?
There was a great PBS series made on that that starred Ian Holm.
And it can’t be had.