Another Agatha Christie re-make

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10-18-2017, 04:28 AM

Charleen DiSante

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Another Agatha Christie re-make

Did anyone notice the new Murder on the Orient Express film that is coming out? Was that Johnny Depp and who is playing M. Poirot?

10-18-2017, 05:18 AM

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i always rely on imdb for entertainment info. it looks like kenneth branagh is playing hercule poirot.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3402236/...=tt_cl_sm#cast

10-18-2017, 12:45 PM

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I just looked at that long list of characters.
I have ADD, and have a hard time keeping track of characters if they look the same.
like 2 blond men, or 3 old ladies.
how will I ever keep track of these people???
what is the story about, other than someone getting murdered on a train?

10-18-2017, 02:20 PM

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Lynnie, you have to read the book. It is quite the mystery. A true classic twist.

10-18-2017, 05:18 PM

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Depp is Ratchett. When Richard Widmark played that part he was the victim.

Lynnie, if you can find the older one, it shows that he kidnapped and murdered a little girl. Twelve people were affected by this, and all twelve stabbed him. It was very well done, and I hope this one will live up to that, as Jim and I are planning to see it.

10-18-2017, 05:26 PM

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It's an awesome story. So far, I've read it numerous times and seen 2 movies made from it.

10-19-2017, 02:18 AM

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Can't wait to see it!

10-19-2017, 06:34 AM

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I haven't seen the new Murder on the Orient Express yet, but I absolutely loved the old Maigret (Michael Gambon), which now stars Rowan Atkinson, and it's all wrong. So wrong. I simply cannot take Mr. Atkinson seriously in the series.

10-20-2017, 10:42 AM

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Is this a movie coming out or is it a PBS movie?

10-20-2017, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Endora

I must disagree - I think Rowan Atkinson is brilliant in the role; initially, I was of the same opinion as you, but a little while into the first episode with Rowan Atkinson, I thought it was inspired casting. Michael Gambon also played the role well, and I loved him as Maigret, but Rowan Atkinson does the character justice.
Murder on the Orient Express is excellent as a TV serial and the book is wonderful, I am not sure that a film can bring the same nuance that David Suchet bought to the character. He is the perfect Hercule Poirot - to me anyway.