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Friday, December 18, 2015

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

This is a movie adaptation of  the genuine-article 1960s television series, which paired steely, no-nonsense, mid-Atlantic-accented veteran spy Napoleon Solo with younger slightly petulant Russian moptop Ilya Kuryakin, but in a lot of ways it is more tongue in cheek than it is serious Cold War material.  So if you are looking for an action adventure movie, or a faithful rendition of the original, you will most definitely be disappointed.  This is lush in the details of 1960's fashion and politics and light on everything else.  However, if you don't recall the original TV show, and have only read about the Cold War rather than lived through it, you might very well enjoy this understated slow motion action film, with a slight plot twist at every turn, and some very fun double entendres throughout.
I am halfway between these two--I grew up in the cold war, remember the TV series as something that took itself quite seriously, and yet I am not one for authenticity in adaptation, so I enjoyed this.  Diversionary and slightly hilarious when you stop and think about it.

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