To this day, when we think of Poirot the Great Detective, it must be David Suchet's mysterious smile and playful little moustache.
This time Poirot showed a human touch in many details. Poirot in 1974 decided to cover up the 12 "murderers" after hesitating for a while after revealing the case. This is the sequelae of contributing to the composition of the Celestial Dynasty since childhood, look at this great adjective) But in the new version, Poirot pondered over and over again, hesitating before and after the cosmic thunderbolt was super invincible, and even almost got shot by the colonel, which instead had dramatic tension and Contradictions are indeed the masterpiece of the British. The contradictions in the stage play are very hot. The film is a masterpiece. I personally think that there are two points that must be mentioned. One is Poirot's prayer on the train. At the time, the film used the method of cross-screening, and inserted Cassetti's prayer at the same time. Unlike Poirot's pious and peaceful prayer, Cassetti was more like seeking short-term tranquility and peace. He panicked, and even prayed because of some reason. He looked around suspiciously, and this kind of prayer was more like a temporary cramming for mercy. Poirot looked up when he prayed, and the carriage in the background was not very obvious. Cassetti looked up, and the carriage shook even more. , I don’t know if this is a mockery. In Poirot, God was willing to look up to him and be with him, but for the murderer, God chose to look up, maybe it already implies that God’s power is not enough to make He avoids danger and retribution. The second one comes from the ending. Snow falls on Cassetti's body, and the blood stains become more and more shocking. The 12 people who are anxiously waiting for Poirot to explain the case are all dressed in gray and black tones, as if they had melted into it. In the snow scene, this should also be regarded as an inadvertent hint, that is, although killing people, it still does not lose its pure original intention, just like pure white snow, only stained with dust and slightly gray and black.
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