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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer
We watched A Haunting in Venice last night. The third one in the new Hercule Poirot series by Kenneth Branagh. It was definitely better than the second movie, Death on the Nile, which tried to be funny but failed. This one is the complete opposite of Death on the Nile, it's a spooky story. But there were some things that just didn't ring true to me. I don't think they celebrated Halloween in Venice in the 1940s. Entertaining but forgettable for me.
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Oh, funny...I really hated it. I mean...I'm now accustomed to Branagh having the unmitigated gall to think that he's somehow smarter, wiser, better (a better writer), etc. than the Dame. Oh, fine, sure, think that. (putz). But AHIV is...other than using names, it's 100% unrelated to the original story, which was actually pretty good and creepy in the first damned place.
I admit, I'm a bit of a purist about the whole "new" Poirots. I didn't even much like the reworked DOTN or the like in the Suchet Series. When the last season or so of the Suchet Poirots started piling up--like AWD (Appointment With Death), with the completely nutty plot points all changed in that. I was not a happy camper then, either, so it's not just Branagh that peeves me. But at LEAST the Suchets made a half-baked attempt to be remotely faithful to the plot.
This mess? AHIV? Yeah, no, not for me, I fear.
Although at least the cinematography and the sets are quite nice. I'll give 'em that.
Hitch