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
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
Anya ,'Touched'
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-t - Nov 13, 2023 10:13:28 am PST #3336 of 3431
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Dana - Nov 13, 2023 10:14:15 am PST #3337 of 3431
"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 3431
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 3431
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 3431
"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.
-t - Nov 13, 2023 10:38:39 am PST #3341 of 3431
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't know what these people are thinking.
megan walker - Nov 13, 2023 1:32:49 pm PST #3342 of 3431
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I wish. They added a tragic backstory where her MARRIED lover was killed in WWI.
Miss Marple would NEVER.
See this is why I generally stick to the books. I have actually seen very few adaptations.
Laura - Nov 13, 2023 6:21:09 pm PST #3343 of 3431
Our wings are not tired.
Congrats, amych! That is really cool! eta: yes, this was for Natter
Consuela - Nov 13, 2023 10:56:33 pm PST #3344 of 3431
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Special one-night theatrical release of the remastered version of The Abyss [link]
I may have to go, if only for my young crush on both Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Laura - Nov 14, 2023 5:51:36 am PST #3345 of 3431
Our wings are not tired.
I'll have to watch that again. I had watched The Abyss too soon after I read the book and was seriously aggravated over the missing parts. It has now been enough time that I can watch it for the beauty of the film without that factor to distract me.