ger-56071
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I suppose I am a purist and I've read all Christie's detective stories, some several times. So I ought to hate this adaption.
The basic crime plot in the book is pretty good, but not one of Christie's best. The many changes made in this adaption are neither especially good nor especially bad. They will upset some fans but not me.
BUT what I really like about the adaption is the completely new take on Poirot. You can't say the adaption is "based on Agatha Christie's novel", because it isn't. It is more as if Hercule Poirot was a real person and Agatha Christie his authorised biographer in 1936. 80 years later someone else comes along, discovers a huge cache of new documents, and writes a new biography which makes you see the original Hercule in a completely different way. Why not?
I'm sure many Christie fans will HATE this. Well, if you want Christie and nothing but Christie, why not just read the book?
The basic crime plot in the book is pretty good, but not one of Christie's best. The many changes made in this adaption are neither especially good nor especially bad. They will upset some fans but not me.
BUT what I really like about the adaption is the completely new take on Poirot. You can't say the adaption is "based on Agatha Christie's novel", because it isn't. It is more as if Hercule Poirot was a real person and Agatha Christie his authorised biographer in 1936. 80 years later someone else comes along, discovers a huge cache of new documents, and writes a new biography which makes you see the original Hercule in a completely different way. Why not?
I'm sure many Christie fans will HATE this. Well, if you want Christie and nothing but Christie, why not just read the book?