Tinker Tailor

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'.