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[Movie] Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Keyser Soze, Aug 27, 2011.

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  1. Keyser Soze

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    This movie is getting a lot of buzz. Awesome cast and some perfect reviews are already out by empire and such. Based on the Mini Tv Series with Alec Guinness. Gary Oldman might get some award recognition for this.

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    #1 Keyser Soze, Aug 27, 2011
  2. Commodore

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    that's an impressive cast
     
    #2 Commodore, Aug 27, 2011
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    Look totally interesting. It's the same director(Tomas Alfredson) that directed that great Swedish movie Let the Right One In.
     
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    I loved the novel (George Smiley is a great character) and the miniseries that was based upon it. The DVD is hard to find, but it's well worth tracking it down. Thanks for posting this. Seems it won't disappoint old fans.
     
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  6. Keyser Soze

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    #6 Keyser Soze, Aug 27, 2011
  7. Dairy Ashford

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    Possible supporting actor nods, but redundant genre prevents it from being an original story, and doesn't appeal to women in any way, so no best film consideration.
     
    #7 Dairy Ashford, Aug 27, 2011
  8. Tom Bombadillo

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    I feel like you are strongly stereotyping women here.


    It's not cool.
     
    #8 Tom Bombadillo, Aug 27, 2011
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    The word is Gary Oldman is an Oscar lock. I will definitely see.

    So glad we're entering the films for grown ups season.
     
    #9 percicles, Aug 27, 2011
  10. Commodore

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    has anyone watched the TV series? is it any good?
     
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    i'd love to see Oldman get an academy award. The guy is phenominal
     
    #11 DonkeyMagic, Aug 27, 2011
  12. Keyser Soze

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    Yeah, definitely deserves one
     
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  13. Keyser Soze

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    I haven't seen it, but it has a 8.8 average on IMDB which is pretty high.
     
    #13 Keyser Soze, Aug 27, 2011
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    All male, middle- and senior-aged characters doing spy stuff in the '50s or '60s? I think I'm making some decent hypotheses about women's possible tastes here. I bet film distributors, market research guys, publicists and a few of the casts' managers and agents made some demographics assumptions when developing and marketing the project.

    To be fair, women do like gossip and fitting in, so if it gets good word of mouth, they'll probably watch it. And it's a spy movie, which means lots of lying.
     
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    Some of us have rather vivid memories of the Cold War. I'm really looking forward to seeing this. Oldman has always been an underappreciated actor, who is undeniably brilliant. I hope this gets him his nod from the Academy.
     
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  16. Keyser Soze

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    #16 Keyser Soze, Sep 7, 2011
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    Only 5 reviews but so the Tomatometer doesn't mean much right now but it's not hard to be convinced this will be a success considering the talent.
     
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    It might have a earlier release in limited theaters. Probably gonna have to look around.
     
    #20 Keyser Soze, Sep 7, 2011
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