Haven't watched Murder on the Orient Express 17 yet, but it's already on my "want to watch" list. Since it is a classic remake, you must watch the previous version, otherwise you will lose the fun of comparison.
Because of the natural allergy to the picture quality of old films, I chose this 10th edition. Although the name of the original book is very famous, I really only knew the name of it before. Seeing her appearance today, I couldn't help itching my hands, and wrote some of my own opinions indiscriminately.
It's late at night, and I don't have time to sort out my thoughts.
My first impression of this film was that it was a good... um... what kind of film? Normally, we would include Murder on the Orient Express as a suspense movie. But as an entry-level fan of suspense movies, I still don't think the process of committing this crime is meticulous and mysterious. I even feel that the author is a bit far-fetched about the design of the case. As a pure suspense film, it is obviously not outstanding, but fortunately "Murder on the Orient Express" has never been a pure suspense film.
So it's a drama? A drama that discusses humanity and is philosophical? Sorry, I don't think it is either! It raises a lot of questions and is the point of discussion between viewers and readers. I won't say more about what the problem is. The film puts the problem in front of the audience like a display cabinet in a shopping mall. What I'm trying to say is that the film only asks questions, but it doesn't discuss in depth. You can have no answers, because there may be many questions in the world that have no answers. But you can't leave all the questions to the audience to think about. What's the difference between reading the outline of the novel directly?
Therefore, I think "Murder on the Orient Express", whether it is a novel or a movie, is a little bit "under the reputation, it is difficult to live up to it".
Suspense is not enough, and philosophy is not deep enough. The ending is too subjective, or too compromising. The "happy ending" in which 12 people escaped justice seems to be the least happy ending.
Speaking of the ending, I have to say two more words. Because I didn't know much about novels and movies before, I was a little confused when I watched the ending. When I watched the protagonist tell the sheriff, I kept expecting some surprise reversal. When the conductor's uniform was taken out, I was naively looking forward to the reversal. Well, the buttons are all out, I guess I'm going to be disappointed. Then the protagonist cried, wow, is this the reversal I was expecting? Or is it an open ending?
However, when I looked through the information on the Internet, I found that my drawings were broken. The final outcome is that all 12 people escaped sanctions, no reversal, no surprises...
One more word, I promise to sleep after one more word, don't hit me (๑´ω`๑)
If it ended up being an open ending, I think I'd give it a very low score. Because I don't like open endings, I always feel that the author is too lazy to answer, or is afraid to answer.
woohoo...zzZZ
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