This is a perfect example how casting can spoil a good script.
I have just finished reading 12 works of Hercules Poirot and somewhere in the middle I have realized why most of the books and stories have been filmed. The answer is simple - Agatha Christie uses very few words to describe her characters. So you as a director or cast responsible person have full freedom to choose and build. However Poirot is always a small tiny man with mustache...
Molina is big..... big man..... Dr Octavius.... and other very good roles.
Peter Strauss is very good as a villain since he is simply a very good actor able to be good and bad - just like Johnny Depp in other adaptation what probably lead him to Fantastic Beasts bad guy - very good performance unfortunately destroyed by personal scandals.
The rest - so so.
Anyway - it is rather a theater school attempt to film this book. I enjoyed Keneth Brannagh version too. But this one is simply someone's idea and someone's version. It proves how versatile Agatha's writing is.
My low rating comes out of Molina yet I love him as an actor.
I have just finished reading 12 works of Hercules Poirot and somewhere in the middle I have realized why most of the books and stories have been filmed. The answer is simple - Agatha Christie uses very few words to describe her characters. So you as a director or cast responsible person have full freedom to choose and build. However Poirot is always a small tiny man with mustache...
Molina is big..... big man..... Dr Octavius.... and other very good roles.
Peter Strauss is very good as a villain since he is simply a very good actor able to be good and bad - just like Johnny Depp in other adaptation what probably lead him to Fantastic Beasts bad guy - very good performance unfortunately destroyed by personal scandals.
The rest - so so.
Anyway - it is rather a theater school attempt to film this book. I enjoyed Keneth Brannagh version too. But this one is simply someone's idea and someone's version. It proves how versatile Agatha's writing is.
My low rating comes out of Molina yet I love him as an actor.