Tomas Alfredson together with cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema, who both gave us Let The Right One In, brought another spectacular and visually engaging movie once again.
What you would immediately notice about the movie was the texture onscreen. The grainy and gloomy feel set the tone right out the gate and brought the audience into that period and that English weather, temperature and environment.
Every shot on the silver screen was perfectly planned and captured by Hoytema so that the audience could feel like we were there together with the actors.
And the brilliant cast of actors with perfect performances demanded our attention from beginning to end.
A good thing too because the writing in this masterpiece at certain times was very unclear. It's very easy to get lost especially when the pace of the movie was very slow. Even though being an international espionage story, there was zero action - contrary to what we are usually fed. This story involved only men in serious dialogue after serious dialogue, and the tone was very flat.
Having said that however, the Alfredson's direction was brilliant enough to keep the intrigue and follow through with the suspense and interest; though quite barely with the slow script.
Out of the fantastic cast, two actors' performances whom I found electrifying were Benedict Cumberbatch and of course the great Gary Oldman, whose mannerisms were unrecognisable from anything I've seen him do (having been a fan of his since The Fifth Element).
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