book vs movie

So did I, but I usually do.

I don't mind the changed ending--Christie okayed it, and that's the end of the discussion. But what I do mind are changes made that make the plot even more improbable than it is. Example (and possible spoiler): Emily Brent can clearly see the General from where she's sitting--so why doesn't she notice the murder?

yea i preferred the book too, but they did pretty well with the movie and the ending was amusing

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I agree with everyone that we need a version faithful to the book ending. When Agatha Christi approved of the movie ending we have to remember that the movie version she was talking about was the first one made. Now it is time to have one faithful to the book. All of the versions have basically the same ending as the 1945 version in that the last two planned victims were really innocent and the Judge is killed off. That ending is old so let's get one that ties with the book. Anthony Hopkins would be great as the judge.

Saw the movie when I was a kid, and really enjoyed it. Watched it again recently, and then read the book. The movie is definitely a bit creaky, showing its age here and there, and has perhaps been superseded by all the movies that have pilfered from it through the years !

But compared to the book, I found the movie much more enjoyable. It was easier to feel for and relate to the characters in the movie --- in the book, they very much come across as stick figures, put in stressful situations.

Ir was also really smashing to see all of those superlative character actors working together on-screen !

It was fun in one way to read the book (knowing the probable outcome) by trying to look for clues and red herrings along the way that may have pointed to the killer, but in the end the movie really does a better job of foreshadowing the villain.

Having seen the movie first, I felt that the first 10 pages and the last 10 pages of the book were really good --- the setting-up of the story, and the final unraveling of the mystery.

The rest of it --- meh.

Perhaps a good audio recording of the story, with great voice actors, might do the trick, but in the end, I found most of the book pretty dry going, compared to the movie.

J'ai l'œil AMÉRICAIN !

The book. I was so disappointed when I saw this movie. I didn't realize at the time that Christie wrote the revised ending with two people surviving. But even knowing Christie wrote it, I still don't like it.