Jam The Man
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Thought both were good.
Personally I preferred Smileys People as a plot line though
Personally I preferred Smileys People as a plot line though
god i thought the movie was absolutely awful - one of the few movies i've fallen asleep to
god i thought the movie was absolutely awful - one of the few movies i've fallen asleep to
TTSS - has to be Alec Guiness TV series for me. Its got that whole smoky, bad suit, bad haircut thing going on - very atmospheric. But Guiness is unbelievably good as Smiley.
Not my favourite Smiley story though - that would be The Honourable Schoolboy which unfortunately was never filmed (due to cost I think, the Beeb didnt fancy flying the crew to Hong Kong and SE Asia)
The TV programme this week about the Cold War and Blunt, Burgess, Maclean and Philby was a classic where the old boy establishment closed ranks rather than purge the suspects many years earlier. I think they were terrified of the political consequences. No wonder the Americans didn't trust us. Goodness knows how many lives that cost and what secrets were divulged.
Blunt and Philby should have paid a much heavier price for their treason.
Have you considered he might have just found the film awful ?Not enough car chases?
it was on after the ttss, tv series on bbcWhat programme was that? I'd be interested in watching it.
Have you considered he might have just found the film awful ?
Not at all, it was a massive assumption, interlaced with cultural snobbery that someone who didn't share the OP's view and found the film 'awful' would automatically be a fan of Bruce Willis style action thriller's.Bit odd to come onto a thread about TTSS, with obvious enthusiasts debating the merits of the film and tv series, and just saying the film is 'absolutely awful' without any reason or comment for that whatsoever.
It was a spy thriller without all the modern day car chases, action packed super hero like fight scenes etc. So for someone who found it something to go to sleep to, "not enough car chases?" is probably an apt question.
Have you considered he might have just found the film awful ?
Not at all, it was a massive assumption, interlaced with cultural snobbery that someone who didn't share the OP's view and found the film 'awful' would automatically be a fan of Bruce Willis style action thriller's.
Not at all, it was a massive assumption, interlaced with cultural snobbery that someone who didn't share the OP's view and found the film 'awful' would automatically be a fan of Bruce Willis style action thriller's.
What programme was that? I'd be interested in watching it.
... I enjoyed how they portrayed the whole spy business as a grey, seedy and unglamorous business, the complete opposite to Hollywood's images. [...]
A common thread was incompetence and an unwillingness to believe evidence that many of our so called good guys were actually bad.
themes we see are quite real and still apply today, even with the americans.