Humanity trumps reason

Fay 2022-04-19 09:02:13

I like the story of this film more than the Nile. Its intricate relationship between characters, and the contradiction that was buried by hand after the truth was revealed. The case took place on the Orient Express train, a perfect crime scene - a completely enclosed, but constantly moving, confined space. Like all of Agatha's detective suspense stories, after the murder case, Detective Poirot investigates and interrogates all the characters on the train one by one. The complex character relationships in the film gradually surfaced as the interrogation deepened, and the intricate and confusing clues easily disturbed the audience's sight. Like the tragedy on the Nile, the essence of the Murder on the Orient Express lies in the final paragraph in which Detective Poirot reveals the truth. And what the ending is above the story itself is that it pushes the boundaries of ethics and morality, putting human nature above reason. In the end, the mustache detective waved his hand and said, "I have to work hard to write a report to the police in good conscience." I was moved to tears. There is a detail in the film that runs through from beginning to end, which also symbolizes the progress of the reasoning - the trajectory of the snow plow. At the moment of the murder case, the white snow covered the path of the train, which also indicated that the situation was confusing; as the truth surfaced, the snow plow gradually cleared the way for the train. Wonderful and compact. The plot is not procrastinated, the reasoning process is meticulous, detailed and logical, and the truth is clean and refreshing. I hope I have time to read the original book, I believe it will be a different feeling.

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  • Sandy 2022-03-24 09:02:12

    The Twelve-Man Trial, which is the most important one, was placed indoors and became more like the curtain call of an indoor drama, so I personally feel that it is not as strong as the new version. But the rare thing is that Poirot did not steal the spotlight, and the whole story was evenly distributed to the big names-the train carrying love and hate moved forward all the way, vanished in the wind, and the soundtrack was magnificent, which was the last icing on the cake.

  • Michel 2021-12-21 08:01:17

    "Re-watching" The memory of watching this movie before is still watching it on TV. As for the DVD video, I forgot to watch it, but today I am interested in the so-called Mandarin dubbing version of yesterday. So... I took out the DVD video and replayed this Watch the movie about the reasoning of a great detective again, it is not as good-looking and classic as "The Nile Massacre" (especially the great detective Polo)-the beginning of the movie is the end, but the story unfolds for you to look good.

Murder on the Orient Express quotes

  • Hercule Poirot: Ah! "Godmother"! Now you have accidentally said something valuable.

  • Hercule Poirot: Tout de même, I must thank the pipe-smoking Colonel Arbuthnott for a remark which finally resolved all my confusions about this, uh, this extraordinary case. I prefer to set aside the fact that he denied ever having spoken to Colonel Armstrong in India, and yet he remembered in great detail the decorations which Colonel Armstrong had won years earlier in France. I prefer to remember his views on the British jury system:

    Colonel Arbuthnott: [in a brief flashback] Trial by twelve good men and true... is a sound system.