Boring,Dull and Tedious

Rating: 1/10 (18 February 2012)

I enjoy a wide range of movies, all styles and genres: Hollywood blockbusters, Art House, Foreign Films, Sci-Fi, Action movies, Dramas, Thrillers, Rom Coms etc. and especially this sort of spy drama/thriller/mystery I think I am generally favorably inclined to most movies. Even films I do not greatly enjoy I can usually appreciate some of their qualities.
However not this film.
It has been a long time since I have found a movie as dull and boring as this movie, to the extent that I felt compelled to jump on the net and add my views to the comments being made about this film.
Dull, boring, tedious and uninteresting are the words that spring into my mind after putting up with this wholly underwhelming movie.
I wanted to enjoy this movie and I kept holding out hope that at sometime during its interminable 127 minute duration it was going to get better. Alas it did not, boring from start to finish.
Being a fan of Gary Oldman I can only blame the director for the dull performance he delivered in this movie. Even characters that are meant to be played as complex and deep need to convey some spark and insight from the actor. Here there was none.
I watched this movie because it was generally being well reviewed and had an IMDb rating of 7.3 and was nominated for a number of awards (eg 11 at BAFTA). Now I cannot understand how this has occurred.
A bit more research now and I find it was snubbed by the Golden Globes so it seems not everyone has been sucked in.
I also found out that there are a number of members on IMDb who share my opinion. I now wish I had taken notice of them before deciding to see this movie.
I had the choice of viewing this movie or the Iron Lady. I can only hope that my comments here may save some poor soul from making the same mistake that I did. In my opinion any other movie playing now or at any other time in the foreseeable future would have been a better choice than this boring and disappointing movie.
By the way did I say this movie was boring? Just wanted to make sure I got this point across.