What did you think of the BBC 2015 remake?
IMO it sucked compared to this and the book.
sharehaven't seen it yet, is it out in the usa yet???
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I thought it was 100 times better than this movie. And I thought it was a pretty good adaptation of the book, capturing the claustrophobic feeling very well. I could see where they changed somethings to heighten the drama, but that's typical in going from page to screen.
The casting wasn't what I had in mind. But it never is. Christie doesn't do long descriptions of her characters, but she gives enough details to form an image, yet the producers didn't follow even that limited description. But I'm used to that with Christie adaptations.
I thought it was 100 times better than this movie.
Agreed. The BBC version is far and away the best of the English-language ones, and not just because of the original ending. My only nitpick is Blore's crime; I can't see Mister Owen viewing that as worse than Armstrong's or the Rogers'. share
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shareMy only nitpick is Blore's crime; I can't see Mister Owen viewing that as worse than Armstrong's or the Rogers'.
Really? Blore literally stomped a man to death. Gay or not, that's a HORRIBLE crime. Compared to Armstrong's botched operation and Rogers' suffocation of the employer, it's not only the most brutal, but the most unnecessary. Armstrong didn't plan to murder his patient, he just ignored the fact he was too drunk to perform his procedure and killed her. Rogers' murder of the employer was nasty, but there was at least a motive of financial gain.
There was nothing of that in Blore's crime. He just didn't like the guy and stomped him to death because of it. There's no reference to him even gaining a promotion or money out of it. It's definitely more horrible than Armstrong's and Rogers' crimes.