11/12/2023 0 Comments Imdb 68 killThe relative faithfulness to the source material is commendable too. Kenneth Branagh does a very nice job with the visual style, the script is thought-provoking and Poirot's crime-solving is delightful. Poirot is an interesting as he should be. The story does have some intriguing moments and it is a very clever one in the first place. The make-up is also wonderfully elaborate. It is a very beautiful film visually, very elegantly shot, lots of stunning scenery, sumptuous costumes that are evocative of the period and a train that has the grandeur and claustrophobic confinement that is necessary. Let's start with 'Murder on the Orient Express's' good things. Actually saw it a couple of days ago, but was not sure what my thoughts on it were. This latest version has a good deal going for it but feels like an adaptation too far. The others are the David Suchet version, which is often considered one of the worst of the series but from personal opinion while very flawed it's better than given credit for, and the 2001 Alfred Molina version which is a mess. Of the four filmed adaptations of 'Murder on the Orient Express' the only outstanding one is the 1974 Sidney Lumet film, which is one of the best cinematic Agatha Christie adaptations to me. 'Murder on the Orient Express' as a book is, speaking as a big Agatha Christie fan, one of her best with a compelling and twisty story, many characters that are also nicely developed and one of her most ingenious endings (along with 'And Then There Were None', 'Death on the Nile', 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd' and 'Witness for the Prosecution'). I will leave the train here to conclude formalities. The police have accepted my first solution to the crime: the lone assassin who made his escape. There are no killers here, only people who deserve a chance to heal. And I must learn for once, to live with the imbalance. Hercule Poirot: Ladies and gentlemen, I have understood in this case that the scales of justice. My very existence depends upon this hope, upon order and method and the little grey cells. I have always wanted to believe that man is rational and civilized. So many broken lives, so much pain and anger giving way to the poison of deep grief, until one crime became many. I have seen the fracture of the human soul. I have now discovered the truth of the case and it is profoundly disturbing. Hercule Poirot: My Dear Colonel Armstrong, finally, I can answer your letter, at least with the thoughts in my head and the feeling in my heart that somewhere you can hear me.
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