Our kind of traitor.
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:27 pm
As you may know, I'm a huge John le Carre' fan, got most of his novels in signed first editions etc.
So I was interested in what they'd make of "Our Kind Of Traitor"as a movie. The book is one of his more lightweight tomes, and would have seemed to be ripe for a movie adaptation.
Me and hen saw it yesterday. It was on in their "premium movie" theatre, with booze and grub on offer. Unfortunately we didn't know that until we went in, so just had a couple of glasses, (Pino Grigo for Hen, Glenfiddich for me, ) delivered to our seats, as we'd eaten out before the movie.
All told, a good but not great, adaptation. A multiplicity of changes from the book, but none that detracted from the story in a major way. The ending was softened up a bit too much for my tastes.
All told 4 out of 5 stars, would recommend. (Hen is not a JLC fan, but enjoyed the movie, if anything, more than I did.)
So I was interested in what they'd make of "Our Kind Of Traitor"as a movie. The book is one of his more lightweight tomes, and would have seemed to be ripe for a movie adaptation.
Me and hen saw it yesterday. It was on in their "premium movie" theatre, with booze and grub on offer. Unfortunately we didn't know that until we went in, so just had a couple of glasses, (Pino Grigo for Hen, Glenfiddich for me, ) delivered to our seats, as we'd eaten out before the movie.
All told, a good but not great, adaptation. A multiplicity of changes from the book, but none that detracted from the story in a major way. The ending was softened up a bit too much for my tastes.
All told 4 out of 5 stars, would recommend. (Hen is not a JLC fan, but enjoyed the movie, if anything, more than I did.)