good film

Rating: Null/10 (16 September 2011)

I just saw the film
some good performances, especially mark strong, tom hardy, cumberbatch and gary oldman (the scene when he describes meeting Karla, he is excellent)
i think that for people who have read the book or seen the bbc adaption (i have) will need to detach themselves from that experience, I overhead some people leaving the cinema instantly comparing to one of the two
the film was good overall and there were some nice touches like them all singing the USSR national anthem at a Christmas party
peter gulliaum being gay isn't a big deal (except to Le Carre purists) as it shows where some of his rage comes from as it was illegal at that time and got you banned from working in Mi6
only concern is that this film wont do well commercially as it doesn't have the crash, bang focus of most spy films like bond, bourne etc