simple hindsight

Mable 2022-03-21 09:02:11

I finished reading the original two days ago, so I quickly watched this version of the movie with the highest score. The movie attracted people from the very beginning, the atmosphere was very rich, the strange and powerful background music grabbed people's hearts, and the background was introduced when they were afraid and couldn't help but want to watch it.

As soon as the camera turned, it came to our lovely protagonist, Mr. Poirot, who briefly introduced Poirot and Bianchi, and then came to the scene before getting into the car. I like this whole scene very much, each character appears, and the whole background of the era is reflected through a small environment at the station, which is really immersive. It turned out that the conductors at that time needed to know the voices of so many countries, including English, French, Italian, Hungarian, and German. It turned out that the dealers at the station could swarm up and sell their products as soon as they saw customers coming. It was really an interception type of sales. Some stood directly in front of the customers, which directly reduced the speed of the customers entering the carriage. Of course, I will also watch people eat dishes, see more noble and rich people crowding around, and see weaker ones and directly surround them and sell them. The earl and the American women who appeared on the stage were just as beautiful as they were on the runway.

There are corresponding changes to the plot and characters, and some details are not as comprehensive as those in the book, but it may be due to personal reasons. I think watching movies is smoother than reading books, and it kind of helps me sort out the timeline in the book.

Poirot and Bianchi contracted a lot of laughs, and after seeing it, I felt that these two characters came out of the book.

The most wonderful "Poirot's Two Inferences", which tells the background crimes of twelve people in one breath, has to sigh at the high acting skills of Albert Finney, which firmly grasps the emotions of the audience and follows him. Up and down.

But in the final part of drinking champagne, is it from the perspective of 12 people, from the perspective of justice, I look a little weird, Poirot sees whether it is a mixed taste.

2020.7.21

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Extended Reading
  • Darron 2022-03-26 09:01:07

    There are 2 changes to the original book, but the big-name performances completely make up for it! ...When the last 12 people were sentenced to trial, the German maid's sentence Schweinehund was the most domineering! !

  • Constantin 2022-03-27 09:01:10

    Agatha Christie is already amazing as a female detective novelist, and that alone makes this movie worth watching. I haven't read the novel before, but when I watched the film, I felt quite suspenseful and looked forward to the reveal of the answer. But when the truth comes out, the feeling is just one - exaggeration! Twelve people in a car are murderers, not only unexpectedly, but also beyond reason! Later, I heard that it was adapted from a true story, and I couldn't help but feel sorry for myself.

Murder on the Orient Express quotes

  • [last lines]

    Countess Andrenyi: [to Mrs. Hubbard] Mama.

  • [the sound of a distant train whistle]

    Bianchi: I fear that help is at hand. Even if it is only a working party with picks and shovels, we must make haste to complete this inquiry before we reach Brod. If it is an engine with a snowplow, our troubles will really begin.

    Dr. Constantine: Who's next?

    Hercule Poirot: Mrs. Hubbard.

    [Bianchi reacts as if his troubles HAVE already begun]

    Bianchi: Oh, my God.