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Sep. 20th, 2011 08:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
azziriaWhat a gorgeous film. So very evocative of its time (worth seeing for the cars alone, seriously). Muted colours, wonderful casting and characterisations, and a slow-paced build of tension so very different from most modern 'wham bam thank you m'am' action spy thrillers. And very true to the book. Gary Oldman is perfect as Smiley, a grey and ordinary-looking man with a rat-trap mind, and John Hurt's dying and gone to seed Control is... just right. Beautifully filmed, and I want to see it again on DVD so that I can focus on all the little background details.
H5-0 is of course a total contrast to Tinker, Tailor, being colourful, fast and loud. Loved it all except for the rather speedy dismissal of the Rachel storyline, but I can live with that. And I have to say what I always seem to be saying, which is 'How come Steve gets even more gorgeous every time?'. Him running around in that tank top all sweaty and bloody is virtually porn for me... guh...
H5-0 is of course a total contrast to Tinker, Tailor, being colourful, fast and loud. Loved it all except for the rather speedy dismissal of the Rachel storyline, but I can live with that. And I have to say what I always seem to be saying, which is 'How come Steve gets even more gorgeous every time?'. Him running around in that tank top all sweaty and bloody is virtually porn for me... guh...
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Date: 2011-09-20 07:16 pm (UTC)Hmm...I like that train of thought! ;D
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Date: 2011-09-20 08:09 pm (UTC)I don't know how he can be so hot when he looks all pale and sweaty and like he's about to hurl...
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Date: 2011-09-20 07:38 pm (UTC)Won't see H50 til tonight, but looking forward to all those things you mentioned--I've missed them a lot ;)
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Date: 2011-09-20 07:47 pm (UTC)I could watch him doing press ups in that tank top *forever*.
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Date: 2011-09-20 07:53 pm (UTC)Me too. He should do a work out dvd. It would be like porn.
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Date: 2011-09-20 07:56 pm (UTC)I've been asking myself the same question quite often...
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Date: 2011-09-20 09:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-21 01:34 am (UTC)Oh, because Alex is fucking perfect, maybe.
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Date: 2011-09-21 02:08 am (UTC)I was just happy to see the Rachel story line go away, though I have to wonder if the baby is really Stan's, or after Danny ditched her at the airport she decided her bread was buttered on the rich side and she'd stick with the money maker. After all, May is 8 months away...she should be having that baby in March or April if it's Stan's, so if she gets to May and she hasn't popped in time for sweeps...
Damn, I think I just depressed myself.
*thinks about the car scene instead* Much better!
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Date: 2011-09-21 03:26 am (UTC)I was kind of annoyed by how quickly they got rid of the Danny/Rachel pregnancy story, but I guess it wasn't surprising. This is a cop show after all.
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Date: 2011-09-21 08:00 am (UTC)Amen to that!