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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
i simply don't like it and it annoys me a bit that i don't. |
From memory, I was ambivalent about this when I saw it first, simply because of the pacing.
After the second viewing, I have grown to appreciate and enjoy the way the events unfold gradually and quite deliberately because a faster pace wouldn't suit the period or the people.
As you say, it's superbly cast and evokes the Cold War hero superbly, but I do feel the nature of espionage can either be very understated, as Tomas Alfredson does with the mystery of the mole's identity in this film, or like a James Bond or Bourne thriller with more emphasis on action and spectacle.
It's a film I can't watch unless I'm in the right mindset, giving it 100% attention and ready to concentrate on the multiple identities and motivations in the story.