I just want to find out "Who Done It"??
The ending was not clear to me. I don't know if the ones who had an agenda really committed the murder or just one person. I suspected the owner of the train.
Please offer any comments to clear up my confusion.
Thanks
The deed was definately done, as outlined by Hercule, by all the involved parties.. he and the Orient Express executive decided that because the victim was despicably linked and unquestionably guilty of the kidnap/murder that they would present the police with theory 1 and let everyone get away with basically a perfect murder...
It's been a long time since I saw some of the older movies based on the story.. and I don't think I've ever read the book.. but in at least one of the other movie versions a big deal was made of the fact there were 12 conspirators.. '12 men tried and true' as makes up a jury.. the parallel that the 12 murderers comprised a 'vigilante' jury establishing guilt, defining the sentence and carrying out the punishment..
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they left some of the characters out though, it was a bit crap
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading
I agree, it was done by all the involved parties and since this was kinda unbelievable, they simply said towards the authorities that the one who did it was a mysterious person.
A more personal note on this movie (I don't feel like writing a full review lol): I like a lot of Agatha's stories and this one is no exception as I liked it a lot. I have some side thoughts however, the outcome as Mr. Poirot said it happened towards the authorities (that it was a mysterious person instead of all of those involved people) is a bit saying like that it's ok to play for your own judge.. I have to agree to the fact that I would probably do the same if it was a relative/good friend of myself who was murdered and the murderer was walking freely and I do understand their motives but still, when you look towards all kinds of different ethics, laws and so on, it is not entirely right imho.. then again, it's only fictional hehe ;)
The guy deserved what he got. He would have gotten away otherwise, and in Poirot's situation, I would gladly have let them go scott free. In the other Poirot stories, I would gladly lock the culprits away, this is the only story where I felt the killer(s) had good enough reason for doing the deed.
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I agree. I was always surprised by the shocked comments on Poirot's final decision. By no means am I a cynical person but I would have done the same thing if I were him. They had the best motive for revenge ever.
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