~ Can't wait to see this new version. I'd like to see if its as good as the 1974 version.
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No offense SF but after reading all the novels, then seeing every film/TV version, I think I can say that Phinney was most assuredly the worst of the bunch of Poirots. David Suchet really had him nailed but I'm such a fan of KB that I really believe that his will be the definitive version of that particular story. He is a genius for detail and a wonderful story-teller.
Um, wow. Again, no hope for the future of our species.
David Suchet is Poirot. Another Christie fan here, and I love his performance in the stories. And as much as I love Branagh, I don't know if he can pull this off. But he did do Hamlet justice, so maybe I'll be proven wrong.
Same for me with Raymond Chandler - oddly, I'm quite relaxed about Jane Austen, though.
Best chuckle all day - I wonder if the film will bend over backwards to explain to the offenderati that the name Orient Express refers to a railway route/ service whose eastern-most terminus was in Istanbul, where Asia "starts". Now, though not in the blessed Agatha's day, it's the only place in the world where a pedestrian can change continents by walking across a bridge - although I'm sure the locals refer to it as just "going downtown".
"Pres'is a mon, mon ami"! David is as Poirot as Poirot will ever be and although I don't accord her grandson the laurels everyone else does, I think even Aggie herself would have approved of DS. The only thing I ever found fault with was the fact of anything with curves instead of edges being used in his apartment as: "even the site of the rounded edges of cooked eggs seemed untidy and offensive to him" or something pretty much to that effect. This was a man who wanted everything squared off, perfectly aligned and/or parallel and was utterly obsessed with all of it. Black patent-leather shoes with spats in the country just says something about a man don't you think? She put an enormous amount of effort in describing both him and his characteristics and flaws and DS researched every single one of them in order to do the character justice.
) !!!!! But then JD has become as much of a "character" as Poirot is over the years and I'm not particularly comfortable with him even being in the production but what can you do? Hope for the best and be there first thing in the morning on the day it opens.... I'm a bit "obsessed" with this particular movie myself so there you have it!
DS has retired and Aggie is dead so the DB's are just for how excited I am for the show... 
I know this may sound like a dumb question, but, I'm assuming that the 'reveal' will be the same as the original?? The reason I ask, is because I thought the twist was really good in the original. Little point in watching it, if you've seen the first film (if reveal is the same).Thanks for the heads up regarding this remake duzit.
Cheers Doc. That cast is unbelievable. Do you know who's in the Ingrid Bergman role, by any chance. I'm guessing it's Dench; could be serious Oscar-bait.
And yet I must have seen 3 dozen assorted versions of Hamlet (including 3 of young Branagh's) and watch my favourite films and TV series on a fairly regular basis. Don't you find there's more to enjoying a good story than a simple surprise ending?
So you only watch a film once and never again because you already know what will happen?
I've seen both, but prefer the 4 hour version, as Hamlet is my favorite Shakespeare play. For acting ability, I do like Zeffirelli's version, but it's like the Cliff's Notes version of the play.
I think because it's a murder mystery, and the reveal is so unpredictable
Because it's a murder mystery, and the reveal is so surprising, it'll take away from the remake's overall impact (knowing how it ends). No?
Wise one, have you ever had the chance to see Peter Brook's version starring Adrian Lester? You will not regret tracking it down! David Tennant was also hot stuff in the part - not sure if it was recorded for DVD though.
