A Haunting in Venice, now on Hulu, is the best of the Branagh Poirot adaptations. Probably not coincidentally, it’s also the one least focused on having A-listers in the cast.
Riley: Oh, yeah. Sorry 'bout last time. Heard I missed out on some fun. Xander: Oh yeah, fun was had. Also frolic, merriment and near-death hijinks.
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Tom Scola - Nov 12, 2023 5:09:35 am PST #3331 of 3432
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Amy - Nov 12, 2023 1:13:34 pm PST #3332 of 3432
Because books.
I loved it, too, Tom, and I agree.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 12, 2023 2:06:49 pm PST #3333 of 3432
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I will have to check it out. It doesn’t sound much like the source material, which is about a Halloween party in England. So maybe more just a movie….
Dana - Nov 12, 2023 2:08:50 pm PST #3334 of 3432
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Yeah, I'm curious to see how they've adapted the book.
megan walker - Nov 12, 2023 3:54:23 pm PST #3335 of 3432
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I will have to check it out. It doesn’t sound much like the source material, which is about a Halloween party in England. So maybe more just a movie….
I enjoyed it quite a bit but the plot has about as much in common with its Agatha Christie source novel as KNIVES OUT did. Maybe less.
-t - Nov 13, 2023 10:13:28 am PST #3336 of 3432
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I really just don't like Branagh's version of Poirot, I think. I found it a very frustrating movie because there were parts of it I liked a lot but the parts that struck me wrong really overshadowed anything else. And that's been true of all three, I'm pretty sure. I did not refamiliarize myself with Halloween Party before watching this one, so I don't think it's divergence from canon as such that bothered me except in a broad that-is-not-how-that-character-is sense that is probably much more headcanon than actual canon
Dana - Nov 13, 2023 10:14:15 am PST #3337 of 3432
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I had many opinions about the Poirot backstory in Death of the Nile. Though the TV adaptations have done worse to Miss Marple.
-t - Nov 13, 2023 10:22:53 am PST #3338 of 3432
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Both of those are wrong and bad (assuming that you are referring to the travesty I am thinking of wrt Marple and I am pretty sure you are)
Tom Scola - Nov 13, 2023 10:26:37 am PST #3339 of 3432
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Did they make Miss Marple a WWI veteran, too?
Dana - Nov 13, 2023 10:32:26 am PST #3340 of 3432
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I wish. They added a tragic backstory where her MARRIED lover was killed in WWI.
Miss Marple would NEVER.