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The only unfilled hole, atonement
Corene 2022-09-06 23:33:31
Haven't read the original, but there is a question nobody mentioned? The deceased knew that someone would kill him. He was not afraid of death, but he had to go to Calais to atone for his sins, and then he would take the initiative to face death. So what does he mean by atonement? Certainly not just the two hundred thousand dollars, because there is no need to go to Calais, and it will be atonement to be killed and taken away. So what is he going to do to atone for his sins? I don't know if there is a follow-up in the original work, or the director slipped.
Extended Reading
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Wilford 2022-03-15 09:01:11
Compared with the 2017 version, this is what Poirot should look like. It is not like Sherlock Holmes's physical evidence reasoning or Poirot in the 17th version, but restores the truth from the motivation of personal behavior and language, especially in the car. Interacting with the sentient beings of 11 people is more touching than the dramatic tension of the 17th edition
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Roberto 2022-03-18 09:01:09
I seem to like Poirot more than Sherlock Holmes, and the last image of Poirot walking alone in the snow is very lonely.
Murder on the Orient Express quotes
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Greta Ohlsson: There is a higher justice than the rule of law, monsieur!
Hercule Poirot: Then you let *God* administer it... not *you*!
Greta Ohlsson: And when he doesn't? When he creates a Hell on Earth for those wronged? When priests who are supposed to act in his name forgive what must never be forgiven? Jesus said, "Let those without sin throw the first stone."
Hercule Poirot: Oui!
Greta Ohlsson: Well, we were without sin, monsieur! *I* was without sin!
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Mary Debenham: You said of the woman in Istanbul that she knew the rules of her culture and knew what breaking them would mean. So did Cassetti.
Hercule Poirot: [harshly] And so do you!
Mary Debenham: When you've been denied justice... you are incomplete. It feels that God has abandoned you in a stark place. I asked God... I think we all did... what we should do, and he said do what is right. And I thought if I did, it would make me complete again.
Hercule Poirot: [coldly] And are you?
Mary Debenham: [long pause, then] But I did what was right.