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This one is just.... bizarre.
A minor change, I don't mind the new call.
This one is just.... bizarre.

The good news is that everyone is on top form, none more so than Oldman, who has wasted his talent on some worthless material over the years, but who shows here why he used to be considered the foremost actor of his generation.
This beautifully modulated piece of underacting deserves to make him a strong contender at next years Oscars.
Still, There are multiple momentary pleasures to be had across this spread of Britains finest the shivery dignity of Colin Firths final scene, or even the way Simon McBurney ostentatiously bites into a slice of toast but its the ever-impressive Tom Hardy who, together with the aforementioned Burke, most memorably seizes his metered screen time, bringing the same louchely knowing intelligence to proceedings that he used to breathe air into last years Inception, tempered with the darting fearfulness of a character who scarcely trusts his own words.
As Smiley, Oldman has perhaps handed himself the toughest task of all: with cherished memories of Alec Guinnesss TV portrayal weighing heavily on his shoulders, he has chosen to tread a similarly dry path of expression and gesture. Eyes frequently shielded by the characters trademark cola-bottle spectacles, he works his own personality into sly infective details and hovers patiently around many scenes before snatching one for a moving, quivering monologue; it could be the one that secures the actor his long-overdue Oscar nomination, but for the most part, its selflessly subtle work that recognizes the characters responsibility to fade into Alfredson and DP Hoyte van Hoytemas carefully autumnal palette of dun browns and flannely charcoals.
Were virtually past the point of having to say that Tom Hardy is brilliant in a film, but brilliant he is, and once more showing new strings to his bow; soft and vulnerable, deeply wounded by being shut out by his employers, he couldnt be more different to his other turn of the moment, the brutal, turned inward brawler in Warrior.
We cant remember the last time that Oldman put in such strong work as he does here. His eyes magnified by the giant eyewear, hes a buttoned-down, repressed type, but with only the tiniest shift in the face, he can show a man shattered by betrayal, while still giving a certain cold professional: when he has to deceive an ally or hang an asset out to dry, he does so without blinking. The scene where he discusses meeting his adversary Karla, and what another character calls his blind spot of his unfaithful wife (smartly kept from the camera by Alfredson, her face never glimpsed), is a something of a masterclass. But its also a tremendously generous performance. It would have been easy for Smiley to dominate, as grey and background-hugging as he could be, but Oldman is a great listener here, clearly loving and respecting his colleagues enough to let them match him punch-by-punch.
Oldman gives a deliciously delicate, shaded performance, flitting in and out of the wings like some darting grey lizard. We have the sense that Smiley has seen too much and done too much, and that a lifetime's experience has bled him of colour. His eyes are tired, his collar too tight, his necktie a noose. Yet still he keeps coming, quietly infiltrating a first-rate supporting cast that includes Mark Strong, Kathy Burke and Colin Firth. Away in Istanbul, Tom Hardy raises the roof as Ricki Tarr, the tale's bullish rogue element, while Benedict Cumberbatch is mesmerising as the well-groomed gentleman conspirator coming slowly apart at the seams.
t:I can't believe I have to wait until December and anyone in the UK can see it this month.![]()
Oh wow, Tom Hardy is in the new remastered Star Wars?![]()



I understand why they pushed the US release date to December, and I hope it pays off in a big way (Oldman's long overdue nomination).By the sounds of the news from the Venice Film Festival, Tom and Gary are getting very favorable reviews in Tinker, as predicted.
I gotta quote some of these
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...ans-Oscar-winning-form.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
http://incontention.com/2011/09/05/review-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-12/
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/venice_11_review_tinker_tailor_soldier_spy/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/sep/05/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-review
Exciting.t:
.did he say: "haha:?

At the end or after he says ''liberation?
It sounded like it both times!![]()
He has a beak under the mask.
Nolan is using Bane as a "realistic" version of the Penguin; hence the sewer dwelling and rather ornithological speech idioms.

You forget the "craters" on Bane that UUBee reported. Hence, we must not exclude the fact that WB says he's also Killer Croc. What does this mean?
Third act reveal that he is Clay Face.![]()
I believe this is one of the last takes. The video couldn't capture it well, but this is where Hardy really emphasized the guttural and animalistic growls in between his words.This one seems to be different, rushing through his lines rather than the long pauses in previous videos we've seen.
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Sorry if it's been posted already, I haven't been around here for a few weeks.