I haven't seen Guinness as Smiley, but I recently watched The Spy Who Came in from the Cold with Richard Burton as Leames (and apparently a guy called Rupert Davies as Smiley), and holy moly was it boring. Dreadful.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (with Oldman) was slow af, but I at least found it watchable.
I thought the BBC tinker tailor and Smiley's People was really good, understated performances. But I'd read the books a few times so caught a lot of the cues.
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wesker@lemmy.sdf.org · 85 pts · 86d
Obi-have
Mutelogic@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 85d
God damnit. This is so much funnier than it deserves to be. I'm giggling angrily even now, and I suspect I'll think about this again before bedtime.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 86d
Yes, but let's be honest...
If not for Star Wars his legacy would much more prominently feature brown face that has not aged nearly as well.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 41 pts · 86d
Search your feelings, Laurence.
leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 84d
'Orence
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 50 pts · 86d
Yeah, but he negotiated a percentage of the box office when nobody else believed in it.
daggermoon@piefed.world · 21 pts · 86d
He seems a lot more positive about it in this interview.
jballs@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 85d
Seeing Obi-Wan in a suit is weird as hell
Rakonat@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 86d
Unironically I will always remember Alec in Tinker Tailor before Star Wars.
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 86d
From a certain point of view.
Lupinthe3rd@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 84d
He's suffering from success
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 86d
...Ewoks ate each other? That's pretty metal, honestly
Impractical_Island@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 85d
But what did Chewwie eat? If he was on a planet of Teddy Bears, how did he get Door Dash delivered to him?
kalpol@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 85d
And got in a tug of war with Gary Oldman over who people think of when they say "George Smiley"
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 84d
For some reason I pictured Gary Coleman and this post is now hilarious to me
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 84d
I haven't seen Guinness as Smiley, but I recently watched The Spy Who Came in from the Cold with Richard Burton as Leames (and apparently a guy called Rupert Davies as Smiley), and holy moly was it boring. Dreadful.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (with Oldman) was slow af, but I at least found it watchable.
kalpol@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 84d
I thought the BBC tinker tailor and Smiley's People was really good, understated performances. But I'd read the books a few times so caught a lot of the cues.
nullspace@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 84d
You gotta have a legitimate British theater actor in your space wizard movie to sprinkle in a touch of authenticity.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 84d
Last line hits hard though.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 86d
sing it with me folks Donald! Has only got one ball!