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Saw it for the first time last night...

posted 17 years ago by karmala2
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and rather liked it. (Have not read the book.) But I did find it a little flawed. **Spoilers*** For instance, after the first victim was poisoned no one seemed to be too concerend about eating or drinking the food being served to them. And, by the way, what became of the bodies, post mortem? That's never mentioned, excepting the character played by Judith Anderson, whose body was kept in her room, so I am assuming the other corpses were kept in their respective rooms. No one seemed unnerved by this. A house full of dead bodies! Anyway, minor points, I suppose because I still liked it.

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[–] BigGreenYamo 17 years ago

You know.....I don't think it's really necessary to warn of 'spoilers' for a movie that's over 60 years old.

Read the book, it has a much different ending, and an aftermath with Scotland Yard's investigation.

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[–] Mister_Scratch 16 years ago

Also, they paid little attention to the ten Indian statues. If it were me, I'd insist that everyone stay together at all times and keep a close eye on the statues. Instead, they largley disregarded the statues until after another body was found and were constantly splitting up into groups of 3 or less.

[–] Jimmy-128 16 years ago

"And I thought the same thing after that first poisoining...I would have been quite wary of eating or drinking anything in the house. But the stranded people at the house certainly weren't. "

The first poisoning is generally considered to be a suicide, until the third murder makes it clear that they ARE dealing with murder, not suicide or accident.

Once the third murder happens, the survivors do tend to take things too much on trust--but don't forget, Rogers can hardly manage to poison one of them without poisoning them all, and everyone else handles the food in full view of the others.

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[–] Harold_Robbins 16 years ago

"I don't think it's really necessary to warn of 'spoilers' for a movie that's over 60 years old."

Personally, I rather think it is - although the story is familiar due to subsequent remakes, remember that many members of IMDB are under 30 and aren't likely to have seen this - I mean, it's in black-and-white, and although it's rarely shown on television many consider that a good reason to keep flipping the dial or not renting a film. . .

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