The Kenneth Brannagh Hercule Poirot Trilogy(?)
Is this a trilogy or are they making more of these?
I didn’t expect to like these much, as their reputation is not great, but I had a good time. I’ve not read much Agatha Christie, but she’s legendary for a reason. I think the source material is strong enough to save these movies from their filmmaking flaws.
People seem to dunk on Death on the Nile in particular, but it was actually my favourite. The character relationships have real emotional weight, especially because one of the victims is personally connected to Poirot.
Murder on the Orient Express, on the other hand, has too many characters to connect together. It probably works way better in book form. But what a stacked cast!
A Haunting in Venice is effectively creepy. It seems that Brannagh was trying to be creative with all the wide-angle lenses and weird camera angles. I say, go for it, Kenny! It worked for Thor, remember that?
