ontheedgeever
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I'm quite opinionated when it comes to Agatha Christie's books-turned-movies, but this one was simply great (ignoring a minute comparison with the book).
I liked pretty much everything, from the actors, and I LOVED Rachael Stirling's performance as Caroline Crale, to the directing filled with flashbacks. Everything was so tense that you could even feel the powerful emotions and feelings the characters were going through. You could even feel sorry for the murderer in the end, as you were made to understand exactly what he was going through. Once again, I have to say that the acting was top quality.
One of my favourite episodes!
I liked pretty much everything, from the actors, and I LOVED Rachael Stirling's performance as Caroline Crale, to the directing filled with flashbacks. Everything was so tense that you could even feel the powerful emotions and feelings the characters were going through. You could even feel sorry for the murderer in the end, as you were made to understand exactly what he was going through. Once again, I have to say that the acting was top quality.
One of my favourite episodes!
First of all, this is an Agatha Christie must. Reading the book is the most effective thing you could do if you really want to take part in the story. Now about the movie, I must say I'm not exactly thrilled about it and here are the positive and negative features.
POSITIVE: the script was well written (with only small flaws), the music was appropriate, the scenery was amazing (I have to say I was even taken away from the story by the wonderful views of Egypt), and there were some wonderful actors in this episode. Suchet is brilliant as always and I really enjoyed seeing the likes of James Fox and Frances de la Tour. I think Emily Blunt/Linett did OK and i loved the acting of JJ Feild as Simon Doyle as he gave the character a certain subtlety and substance unseen before.The ending was truly magnificent: with the departure from the boat and the flashback.There was also a lot of emphasis on Poirot's feelings, and i think this was amazing as we don't usually see this coming from him.
NEGATIVE: I really, really didn't like the actress playing Jacqueline de Bellefort. She seemed way too cold and hard and in my opinion she tried to hard. Never have i felt that she could do what she did out of love, but out of pure sadistic pleasure.I just didn't think she was the Jacqueline Agatha Christie had in mind. Another negative aspect was that, unlike other episodes, it tried to make obvious from the beginning who the culprit was, so as to probably let the viewer to digest the information more easily, without finding it hocus-pocus, but that's the main point of Hercule Poirot' mysteries.
All in all, it was pretty good, that's why I'm giving it an 8. But if you want the real Death on the Nile, then read the book.
POSITIVE: the script was well written (with only small flaws), the music was appropriate, the scenery was amazing (I have to say I was even taken away from the story by the wonderful views of Egypt), and there were some wonderful actors in this episode. Suchet is brilliant as always and I really enjoyed seeing the likes of James Fox and Frances de la Tour. I think Emily Blunt/Linett did OK and i loved the acting of JJ Feild as Simon Doyle as he gave the character a certain subtlety and substance unseen before.The ending was truly magnificent: with the departure from the boat and the flashback.There was also a lot of emphasis on Poirot's feelings, and i think this was amazing as we don't usually see this coming from him.
NEGATIVE: I really, really didn't like the actress playing Jacqueline de Bellefort. She seemed way too cold and hard and in my opinion she tried to hard. Never have i felt that she could do what she did out of love, but out of pure sadistic pleasure.I just didn't think she was the Jacqueline Agatha Christie had in mind. Another negative aspect was that, unlike other episodes, it tried to make obvious from the beginning who the culprit was, so as to probably let the viewer to digest the information more easily, without finding it hocus-pocus, but that's the main point of Hercule Poirot' mysteries.
All in all, it was pretty good, that's why I'm giving it an 8. But if you want the real Death on the Nile, then read the book.
The premises: The Vampire Diaries (TVD) centers around Elena,a high school student that has just lost her parents in a car accident. Soon she finds herself falling in love with the mysterious new guy in town, Stefan, not knowing what is in store for her...
What i like most about this show is that every character has a story of his own and in time you find out every perspective relating to the events. You are constantly made to change your mind about what you thought about someone and you are made to understand the motivation beyond the characters' decisions and actions. You will at some point realize that even what you thought as being good and evil is relative..
Besides, I am not a fan of vampire movies and series, but I really like how they are depicted in this show.
On the minus side, what ruins this show's credibility is the fact that most characters are supposed to be in high school. You might get passed that in the first season, but it can become really annoying in later episodes as you can clearly see they are older than that and some things just seem out of place.
Anyway, I really recommend it to teens that want to be entertained every Thursday evening.
What i like most about this show is that every character has a story of his own and in time you find out every perspective relating to the events. You are constantly made to change your mind about what you thought about someone and you are made to understand the motivation beyond the characters' decisions and actions. You will at some point realize that even what you thought as being good and evil is relative..
Besides, I am not a fan of vampire movies and series, but I really like how they are depicted in this show.
On the minus side, what ruins this show's credibility is the fact that most characters are supposed to be in high school. You might get passed that in the first season, but it can become really annoying in later episodes as you can clearly see they are older than that and some things just seem out of place.
Anyway, I really recommend it to teens that want to be entertained every Thursday evening.