Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy

Fantastic movie

A must see for John LeCarre fans and espionage fans in general.

Amazing cast/acting/screenplay/direction/set design. Gary Oldman as George Smiley.

All of you action junkies may be a bit dissappointed due to a slow pace but I actually liked it more than the Bourne movies

It's a shame it has only grossed $18million so far while piles of shit like Sherlock Holmes are at almost $200million

*Tailor

I heard Gary Oldman do an interview about this a few months back, sounded really interesting. This movie is prolly one of those limited release and only shown in artsy type movie theaters in smaller towns. That's another reason why it didn't make more. Critically acclaimed movies don't always make money. The Artist has grossed $12 million and the Decendants has only taken in $47 million, pretty low for a movie many feel will win best picture. Sherlock was made to get people to see it rather than for the art of it.

No it went wide and only made 5.5million the first week.

I really hope Tomas Alfredson wins for best direction.

Probably one of the best 10 movies ive seen in the past 10 years.

Scratch that... it's definitely in the top 5 of the last 10 years.

I cant believe everyone who will be nominiated before him. Woody Allen. Tate Taylor. Nicolas Winding Refn. Spielberg for fucking war horse probably the worst movie ever. Bennett Miller  

i bought the book when i heard the movie is good.  i'll rent it after i read the book.

you might want to check on that. It went limited release 12/11/11 and as of 1/8/12 it was released to more theaters, but I would hardly say 886 theaters is in mainstream theaters. Compare that to your Sherlock mention, that was released on 3,703 screens, that's a difference of 2,817 theaters. It's just like I was saying, it's more of an independent movie in artsy theaters. Comparing it to Sherlock is apples and oranges.

Oldham's great but I don't think I've seen it @ the Superplex yet.

A must see for John LeCarre fans and espionage fans in general

I wish BBC America or PBS would bring back the original 1979 seven part BBC series with Alec Guinness as George Smiley. I understand it was OUTSTANDING.

I LOVE the genre and am sorry to hear it didn't do that well at the Box Office BUT hopefully that means it will be on the TV premium movie channels earlier.

Gary Oldman is definately one of the MOST under-rated actors in Hollywood. he SHOULD have at least been nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar as "Stansfield" in The Professional (aka Leon) in 1994. I rate that part as one of the top 20 villians of all time (although AFI doesn't even have him listed  )

 

 

It was still showing in just a handful of the artsy type theaters when I saw it a week ago, so it isn't in wide release in my area.

Saw it today.  Really enjoyed it.  At certain points I had a difficult time understanding what was going on.  Some points felt very convoluted.  That's just me though.  Still want to see it a couple more times to feel I got the whole of the movie.  Gary Oldman was fantastic in it.  As were the rest of the actors. 

some YouTube cuts from the 1979 BBC original >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILYP9YnCZUs with Alec Guinness in the George Smiley part played by Gary Oldman in the new movie.

As a movie destination thing .....this one is for hard core spy/espionage fans only....well done sure...but maybe a tad overrated....
skip the theater .....wait for a rainy day and watch it at the house....

As mentioned..if expecting an action type thriller...you'll be bored to tears