I was not a big fan of John Le Carre finding his prose deliberately slow and uninspiring. His books revolve around the inherent ambiguity of the cold war period which to me keeps getting tiring to follow. I much rather prefer the Ludlum or Fleming style borderline unreal action drama.
TTSS is fairly complex perhaps in keeping with the notion that it was a pretty complex world during the cold war (and another jobs bill) and had people chasing ghosts for the most part. It takes a while to watch and understand what is going on in the movie and at the end it still keeps you trying to unravel the details. Which could be a smart marketing ploy to engage dumb people like me to buy the book and read it thereby driving more revenue to the estate of one Mr. Le Carre.
The acting however is first class. Great cast and well choreographed it kept me from leaving half way. Not sure if Gary Oldman has gotten to be like his last name but have not seen a lot from this interesting actor off late (at least stuff I might go and watch - not being a Potter fan).
Colin Firth is another fantastic actor and I did enjoy his roles in recent films including the portrayal of King George in 'The King's Speech'.
This autumn the weather gods cooperated as we took a family trip in the northeast to see six states that qualify or makeup what is known colloquially in America as New England. Mass, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island (tiniest state in the union). The outing helped tally up the states we either lived in, visited or have worked in to 47. Guess which three have eluded this intrepid traveling family. Any rate the drive was all in about 1,800 miles and included some memorable geographic wonders or points of interest. Easternmost part of state of Massachusetts being one. Furthest drivable road east in Mass being another. Visit to all Ivy League schools (term harkens to a collegiate athletics conference and generally regarded as elite academic institutes of some repute worldwide) is another random bucket list item of which this trip afforded the chance to knock two more of the list. Dartmouth in Hanover, NH and Brown (and its sister institute the RISD - school f
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