The story is not well told

Hollis 2021-11-12 08:01:17

Although it is now in the 21st century AD, as a form of entertainment, novels and movies have certain advantages in some respects. When you watch a novel, you can miss a certain important After clues, look back at the previous plot, but what about watching a movie? Often not, why? Because compared with novels, movies naturally create a dream-like "visual virtual space" for you, which makes you can't bear to look back (REW) the previous plot. But here comes the problem. When a suspense novel with complex clues is adapted into a movie, some unnecessary clues need to be properly removed, so that the audience will not see the audience, Monk Zhang Er is scratching his head, and finally lost and continue to watch. Its interest. But unfortunately, Tomas Alfredson, the director of the film, does not seem to have thought about this issue at all.
Audiences can often tolerate filmmakers treating them as idiots, even to the point where they will enjoy them (see most "famous detectives" movies), but audiences often find it difficult to accept the director's treatment of them as "famous detectives".
Unfortunately, I am the latter kind of audience.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy quotes

  • [Alleline's telex arrives from London]

    Ricki Tarr: Read it aloud.

    Ben: "Personal for Tarr from Alleline: require clarification before meeting your request. Quote, 'information vital to safeguarding of the Circus', unquote, does not qualify, send further information."

    Ricki Tarr: [laughing maniacally] That's the way, Percy boy! You keep stalling. I warn you, Ben, we've got some really lousy people in this outfit, I wouldn't trust a fucking one of them!

  • Percy Alleline: The Minister agrees with me that too many secrets are blowin' around here. Too much failure, too many scandals, too little solid intelligence.

    Roy Bland: Percy does have a point, Control. We should be fighting communism, not each other.

    Percy Alleline: Well, we're losing our reputation. Our partners.

    Control: [scoffs] Your bloody Yanks!

    Percy Alleline: And we've had enough! There's going to be changes.

    Easterhase: We need to decide if we want to be part of the past or part of the future.

    Control: I should have left you where I found you.

    Easterhase: Look!

    Roy Bland: Control-...

    Control: Out! All of you!