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I've seen this several times and I'm still not sure how to take it. I wish they had shown each person speaking, put their name up, and explained what their credentials are. I also am not sure what the movie Demons has to do with any of this, and I'm not sure whether the documentarians are taking any of the theories seriously. It almost seems like a documentary on ridiculous critical analysis more than a doc on The Shining. Other than that it's interesting.
I wish you happiness too. Thank you life!
I watched Real People all the time as a kid! I remember really liking the host named Skip. It was this show and That's Incredible if you wanted to see clips, both were pretty awesome as I recall. In the 90s they did a similar thing on The Daily Show before it became all politics, except they would sort of make fun of the unique people they interviewed. I remember Real People as being more sincere.
Oh crap, no, didn't mean to imply I knew a lot about Poirot. I just like mysteries in general. I also read a lot of complaints about the tone being wrong. I will definitely start back at the beginning then to see the playful Poirot. I'm glad to have found something else to binge on Acorn, since I mostly use it just to watch Lovejoy!
Hey again, we must have similar taste! They started with only one season of Stack, and now there are two, so I'm hoping for more.
I don't think I've ever watched one of these before today when I watched the Murder on the Orient Express episode. I'm impressed that they made 70 of these with Suchet. I know they're TV eps, but they're feature length, so that's 70 Poirot movies, which blows my mind. David Suchet basically became the character. He had some big shoes to fill taking up where Peter Ustinov left off, no doubt. Most of the Christie films I have seen as an adult are the Margaret Rutherford Miss Marple ones from the 60s. I like those just because I like her so much; it's not the character, it's her persona. I saw the Ustinov ones on HBO when my mother watched them in the 80s, but other than knowing they probably got me started on a lifetime spent watching British mysteries, I don't remember enough to discuss.
On the Orient Express episode in particular. I noticed that a lot of people who have discussed it online in the past have had a big problem with the honor killing incident at the beginning, thinking it was a "ripped from the headlines" unnecessary addition. I think it was hard to watch, but at the end of the story it (and the subsequent confrontation with Jessica Chastain's character) definitely had an influence on Poirot's ultimate decision regarding how the investigation of the later murder on the train was handled. The incident at the beginning needed to happen for the story to be interpreted the way that screenwriter wanted to tell it. It wasn't just a random pandering to today's news, IMO, but a catalyst for Poirot's character to evolve.
I will watch anything he directs so that sounds intriguing.
Also a good way to be.
I shall report back by the end of the weekend! Here's to trending topics.
That's a good way to be.
And it's easier to feel strongly about a disagreement, I'm afraid!
I stopped by this thread because it's trending and I haven't seen the episode but just for anyone else's info it's on Acorn right now if they want to check it out. I probably will.
Here's to Toddy! Have a good night my friend.
Last night I dreamed I gave him a hug. I'm just not getting over this one easily. These celebrity deaths get harder and harder as more of my 80s heroes pass.
I never commented much on IMDb but I lurked like a sonofabitch for almost 12 years. I think the smaller amount of people relative to the huge number of IMDb members is making people like me come out of the woodwork.
I'm an autism parent; thanks for the recommendation! I love 70s movies best of all and there aren't enough from any decade on the subject of autism.
I'm watching Victor/Victoria on the Sling app's TCM on demand and loving it. Drinking the wine that's left in the house and wishing I had a friend like Robert Preston.
I wanted to know why it was trending too! I looked at it and thought it was a sex comedy, an 80s sex comedy I've not seen, but no posts to tell me what it is.