Last Film You Saw

[fanatic1]

Evil Under The Sun - An Agatha Christie, "Hercule Poirot" novel with an all-star cast featuring Peter Ustinov as Poirot.

An excellent watch - the cast is fabulous . Over-the-top moments are spot on, intentional, and fit the narrative. Of course the plot as presented is a bit far-fetched and would never occur in real life - but it's a fun watch nonetheless.

9/10

Thought this film was below the standard of the first 2 Christie screen adaptations: Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile. Cast wasn't quite so star studded too.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Thought this film was below the standard of the first 2 Christie screen adaptations: Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile. Cast wasn't quite so star studded too.

Cheers - I'll have to give those a watch.

At the same time, I really liked 1982's Evil Under the Sun - in spite of it being "camp" at times - intentionally so. For me, the over-the-top acting fit perfectly into the atmosphere that the director presumably intended. And I loved Peter Ustinov and Diana Rigg... and well, all of the actors and actresses actually.

What I didn't like was

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The overall story. But that, IMO, is a fault of Agatha Christie's.

Why on earth would anyone plan to kill his love-partner in this fashion? It's way too complicated. And, with a moment's reflection, entirely unbelievable. But, I suppose, most (all?) Christie's novels suffer from the same complaint.