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Originally carried by AMC on television, this one should be available by now from other sellers.
A spectacular story, with Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie, as the respective good and bad guy. Hiddleston (Loki in the Thor movies) is a quiet study type (opposite his Loki persona) who has been planted into Laurie's closed circle to bring him down. Hugh plays a big time international arms supplier; Hiddleston is a mole for British intelligence.
The story line is very subtle in true LeCarre fashion, with many twists, subtle relationship developments, lucky (and unlucky) coincidences, and many head games. If you are a fan of his books, this movie series will not dissapoint. So far (4 episodes viewed), there are no gunshots, car chases, or superheroes, yet it has held attention and anticipation of what's next. Linear in development; no gaping holes in the plot, building to a climax that looks like it will time itself with the last episode.
Hiddleston is the rumored next Bond. Try to find this series. Although I haven't seen all 6 episodes yet, I give this an enthusiastic recommendation.
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I saw "the Night Manager" a couple of months ago. In general, this s quite good but overall did not have the ring of authenticity of, for example, the Alec Guiness "Tinker, Tailor". The problem is, there is very little mystery.
The scenarios were plausible, Hiddleston was very good at his revenge motive, but the quality depends on the villain and Hugh Laurie as the arms dealer had no weight- he was too likable, social, and accessible, and did unrealistic things such as advancing Hiddleston artificially over his long-time right-hand man. Yes, that was engineered cleverly, but the Laurie character would have looked into it- and moreso into Hiffleston's past.
When Laurie did sinister things, it was surprising- as if Bertie Wooster had Gussie Fink-Nottle shot. I would have liked to seen a Putinesque character in that role- distant and inscrutable- speaking softly and having others invisibly carry the big sticks.
The ending too was was contrived as dramatic, and sensational- kind of clockwork satisfying, and didn't have that feel of realistic visceral realism, which include subtlety and mystery. I'm glad I saw it, but it shows too much and was a let down from Le Carre's usual, unforeseen twists"That world must be just like that" writing.
I would say to see it and enjoy the many fine points, but if your time is limited and spy puddings bore you, watch "Breaking Bad".
Yes, Hiddleston probably has to be the next Bond, but in my view, he's too similar to Craig.
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Bambi B
I found it implausible that Roper would have elevated Pine as quickly as he did. The story went to great lengths to show how careful Roper had been, yet here is Pine who peformd a seemingly heroic act, is quickly embraced, given a brief vetting, then put on the fast track. Doesnt ring true.
However, it is plausible that Roper was willing to demote Corky. Corky drank too much, and had a weakness for boys; both character traits that could cause difficulty for Roper if the wrong person were to have cornered Corky.
Does Huddleston have the charisma to play Bond? It seemed like an inside joke when so many characters commented on his looks and attraction. My take is that he would bring a more cereberal quality to the character, like a combination of Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig. He isnt the smarmy cheeky Pierce Brosnan, or the quippy Roger Moore.
Tinker, Tailor, etc. is nuanced and understated.
Night Manager amps up the glam, but it was still decent tv.
I was wondering who might have been better than Laurie, but second guessing is part of critical review. I thought his fake lightness and chatter was good personality context to carry within it his sociopathic deadliness. Calling his sadistic killer bodyguards Frisky and Tabby was genius, showing this false demeanor to the n-th degree. Pretty good stuff IMO.Pulling Hiddleston into the fold was plausible. Replacing the top man in the group with him was not, but that is the basis for the story. You have to buy in.
I took some of the lucky coincidences of the end as showing how far ahead Pine was of Roper in the head games dept. Even the very end, when the Egyptian "businessmen" jumped the cops to take Roper away for justice. An unauthorized prearrangement by Pine that surprised everyone.
I didn't want to stop watching a minute of it, and I use that to gage how good this was. I think very.
Edits: 06/28/16
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It took more than 20 years to get this terrific LeCarre novel to the screen, but mostly they did a good job, even if they had to update it and throw in some bang-bang for extra effect.
Tim Hiddleston sort of grew on me as Jonathan Pine, but Hugh Laurie never quite achieved the menace that Dickie Roper always carried under that insouciant manner of his. My pick for the Roper character was always Sean Bean.
On Netflix or Amazon Prime?
Too much is never enough
A friend recorded these for me, but I'm sure they won't be too hard to find.
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