Gary Oldman and a real nice cast hit the screen this week in the very complicated, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Let me be the first to tell you, this is a movie with limited appeal and is not an action movie by today's standards. And that's a good thing.
TTSS, is based on a 1974 novel that dives deeply into British Intelligence during the Cold War. The very basic premise is, there is a suspected Soviet "mole" in the highest realm of Western Intelligence. This spy of course is a double agent that supposedly is stealing intel, and sending it to the Eastern Block. And the search is on to find him by the West. And that paragraph therein, lies the first hurdle as a movie goer.
You must have some, if not a lot of knowledge of everything I just mentioned, which rules out a ton of people. Many have grown up in a world where this was never a part of their lives. TTSS is totally geared to an older audience. Those that lived through much of the Cold War. But for those with that info at hand, this is a very compelling, complicated thinking man's movie, and I'm good with that. This entire movie is a throwback to the early 1970's in it's theme, setting and the style of movie making that was popular at the time. This is a real time machine.
Should be pointed out, there are not action scenes in this movie. Even though it's a spy flick, this is not James Bond. But what this is, is a very deep story that is told in flashback form for much of the time. Also, be advised this movie's dialogue is laced with real technical terms. It is authentic, and some may struggle to really understand who, and what they are talking about much of the time. As I exited the packed theater, I could hear the patrons buzz about what really happened, and if they really understood this movie or not. It is complicated.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy. Limited appeal, but a very interesting movie if you are a "real movie goer."
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