Is anyone looking forward to this?
I wasn't the least bit impressed with MotOE, and don't think it deserves a sequel.
shareI enjoy Gal Gadot's work, so I am looking forward to this.
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MovieChat Forums > Death on the Nile (2022) Discussion > Is anyone looking forward to this?
Look at the topic of the trailer!
shareI kinda was but then I'd heard that terrible Depeche Mode song. I'm going to pay attention to what's on the soundtrack. If it's more garbage like that then I'll be passing on it.
sharePretty sure that's just for the trailer.
Did you see Murder on the Orient Express? The trailer used an Imagine Dragons song but of course the song was nowhere to be found in the film.
I haven't seen his MotOE. What was your take on it?
shareI liked it well enough. One thing that probably blunted my enthusiasm a little was that I was already VERY familiar with the story, having not only read the book but having also seen the '74 and 2010 versions multiple times. So even though I love the story, I felt a little worn down by it heading into Branagh's rendition.
However, I did end up buying it on 4K Blu-Ray, so that should tell you something.
Overall I'd give it a solid 7.5/10. Branagh does some things that make it interesting even for fans who have already seen it done many times before. Other aspects could've been done a little better, so it's certainly not a perfect film by any means, but I walked away thinking he was a good director for a story like this and that it was well-cast also.
I would recommend it. I'd guess that if you watch MOTOE and like it then you'll probably like Death on the Nile as well. On the other hand, if you don't like MOTOE then this one also probably won't be for you.
Well I hated it, I thought Brannaugh totally failed to understand Poirot and that particular Christie story.
So opinions vary.
It was clearly Branagh's own take, but I still thought it was FAITHFUL ENOUGH that I wasn't bothered by his personal flourishes. If anything, I was actually thankful that he gave us something a little different because at least that way I didn't feel like I was seeing the same story told in the same way as before. Though I would also be interested in a very straight, literally by-the-book modern theatrical adaptation as well.
shareWell, I *was* bothered by Brannaugh's "personal flourishes", and by his handling of the finale. And I don't have a high opinion of him as a film director.
So yeah, you could say that Brannaugh's first Poirot film got mixed reviews, both from critics and regular schmoes like us.
Go watch his four-hour rendition of Hamlet and your appreciation of him as a director will probably increase substantially.
shareI saw it back in the day, I don't remember being deeply impressed, and I have no plans to watch it again. He's not completely hopeless as a director, I loved his "Much Ado About Nothing" and have enjoyed other films like "Peter's Friends" and "Thor", but most of his films are somewhere between decent and meh.
He can be a terrific actor but he really is a better actor than a director, and I really don't think he did a good job of directing himself as Poirot. So I don't think the odds of him doing a better job with the next film are good.
nop i would have liked it but it looks too clean too ''polished'' nearly like a top top quality cartoon or sci-fi movie so all in all it feels fake it doesnt feel like you are there on the Nile with them, exactly how i felt watching murder on the orient express.
No. Gal Gadot is too old to play the young and stunningly beautiful Linnet Ridgeway Doyle which is one of the things that the plot hinges on.
I don't think that Linnet needs to be all that young. I believe a plot point hinges on her coming into control over her own assets, but a lot of trust funds are set up to keep control in the hands of a trustee until the heir is grownup - even in their thirties or forties.
So the Linnet of the book is very young, like 18-21, but the Linnet and Jackie of the 1970s movie were grownups pushing 30. Now if I were casting a new version I'd make Jackie and Linnet adults of 30 or so. Modern audiences might forgive a Linnet of 18-21 for being such a bitch on account of her youth (which was not the case in Christie's day), and the audience needs to dislike Linnet and hold her completely responsible for her actions, and they need to think that Jackie is unlikely to find someone new. So while Gadot wouldn't be at the top of my list, I don't see her age as the problem.
The story is that Simon Doyle is in love and engaged to marry Jacqueline De Bellefort who is young and pretty. So far so good. Then he meets Linnet Ridgeway who is so beautiful (and young) that she shines like the sun and Jacqueline by comparison shines like the moon. That is presented as the reason he falls head over heels for Linnet and throws Jacqueline over. It matters and Gal Gadot at 35 is too old for the role.
Bitch, please! A beautiful and wealthy woman of 35 is of great interest to most straight men, and is of special interest to straight men who want to rise in the world. However, a woman of 35 who isn't beautiful or wealthy, and who gets dumped for someone better looking and richer, doesn't have great odds of finding a new hunk, and audiences will sympathize a bit if she seems to go crazy over losing her man.
So yes, if I was casting the role I'd cast the roles of Linnet and Jackie as 30 or more, because they'll blame Linnet for being an asshole when she's old enough to know better, and will assume Jackie doesn't have good odds of finding love again. Neither would be true, if the characters were as young as Christie wrote them.
I enjoyed Murder on the Orient Express. Wasn't by any means great, but enjoyable mystery movie.
I'm looking forward to this one, but I worry it will feel too redundant of the last movie. Looks like it could be almost the exact same movie just set on a ship this time.
i will definitely check this out!
the eye candy is real in this flick