"La mer au ciel d'été confond ses blancs moutons avec les anges si purs, la mer bergere d'azur."

Yesterday Tati, her mom and I went to the cinema to watch Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. It was only us and another woman in there, so it was perfect, no one to bother us at all.

First things first, I loved it. Let's face it, I had to. It's a spy story, set in the year of Life on Mars, with some of my favourite actors ever. And then they went and put a beautiful cover of La Mer in that one scene too, and it's not like I love that song to pieces, and I want them to play it at my wedding, and my funeral, not at all.

For those who haven't seen it yet, yes, it's a slow movie. But it's the perfect pace for this kind of movie, and it just works. The story is complicated, but not hard to follow, you just have to pay very close attention. But that's what's great about spy stories, mystery novels, you can't get distracted.

We also weren't expecting Benedict Cumberbatch to have such a huge part, and that was wonderful. He was in almost every scene, it was great. And Gary Oldman was perfect, although that's not news, and Tom Hardy was... wow. He looked like he just jumped out of the seventies, he was so... real. And so beautiful, holy crap.

( And now for the spoilerrific part! )

And now, I'll drop by Amazon and order the bluray. This movie needs (and deserves) to be seen many times. *__________*

It's such a wonderful feeling when every movie you watch you just love. It's been a great year for movies indeed.

"La mer au ciel d'été confond ses blancs moutons avec les anges si purs, la mer bergere d'azur."

Yesterday Tati, her mom and I went to the cinema to watch Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. It was only us and another woman in there, so it was perfect, no one to bother us at all.

First things first, I loved it. Let's face it, I had to. It's a spy story, set in the year of Life on Mars, with some of my favourite actors ever. And then they went and put a beautiful cover of La Mer in that one scene too, and it's not like I love that song to pieces, and I want them to play it at my wedding, and my funeral, not at all.

For those who haven't seen it yet, yes, it's a slow movie. But it's the perfect pace for this kind of movie, and it just works. The story is complicated, but not hard to follow, you just have to pay very close attention. But that's what's great about spy stories, mystery novels, you can't get distracted.

We also weren't expecting Benedict Cumberbatch to have such a huge part, and that was wonderful. He was in almost every scene, it was great. And Gary Oldman was perfect, although that's not news, and Tom Hardy was... wow. He looked like he just jumped out of the seventies, he was so... real. And so beautiful, holy crap.

( And now for the spoilerrific part! )

And now, I'll drop by Amazon and order the bluray. This movie needs (and deserves) to be seen many times. *__________*

It's such a wonderful feeling when every movie you watch you just love. It's been a great year for movies indeed.

"La mer au ciel d'été confond ses blancs moutons avec les anges si purs, la mer bergere d'azur."

Yesterday Tati, her mom and I went to the cinema to watch Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. It was only us and another woman in there, so it was perfect, no one to bother us at all.

First things first, I loved it. Let's face it, I had to. It's a spy story, set in the year of Life on Mars, with some of my favourite actors ever. And then they went and put a beautiful cover of La Mer in that one scene too, and it's not like I love that song to pieces, and I want them to play it at my wedding, and my funeral, not at all.

For those who haven't seen it yet, yes, it's a slow movie. But it's the perfect pace for this kind of movie, and it just works. The story is complicated, but not hard to follow, you just have to pay very close attention. But that's what's great about spy stories, mystery novels, you can't get distracted.

We also weren't expecting Benedict Cumberbatch to have such a huge part, and that was wonderful. He was in almost every scene, it was great. And Gary Oldman was perfect, although that's not news, and Tom Hardy was... wow. He looked like he just jumped out of the seventies, he was so... real. And so beautiful, holy crap.

( And now for the spoilerrific part! )

And now, I'll drop by Amazon and order the bluray. This movie needs (and deserves) to be seen many times. *__________*

It's such a wonderful feeling when every movie you watch you just love. It's been a great year for movies indeed.