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Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts) Sun Oct 22, 2017, 09:01 PM Oct 2017

OK, this is a bad idea...

Re-doing Murder on the Orient Express as an updated 21st Century action flick is just wrong.

Worst idea since Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock Holmes.

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OK, this is a bad idea... (Original Post) Wounded Bear Oct 2017 OP

Ooh I am looking forward to it.....such a cast. 😉 MLAA Oct 2017 #1

I am too! Looks fun and I've never been that bonded to the original. nt Laffy Kat Oct 2017 #2

I'd Like to See It Leith Oct 2017 #3

Why? Just WHY??? Nac Mac Feegle Oct 2017 #4

MLAA

(17,298 posts)

1. Ooh I am looking forward to it.....such a cast. 😉

Reply to Wounded Bear (Original post)

Sun Oct 22, 2017, 10:32 PM

Oct 2017

I will go as soon as it opens and hopefully be able to tell you it was terrific

Laffy Kat

(16,383 posts)

2. I am too! Looks fun and I've never been that bonded to the original. nt

Reply to MLAA (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 23, 2017, 09:27 PM

Oct 2017

Leith

(7,809 posts)

3. I'd Like to See It

Reply to Wounded Bear (Original post)

Tue Oct 24, 2017, 12:22 AM

Oct 2017

I've seen the one from the 70s several times and the made for TV version with David Suchet once.

It will be interesting to see another take on the story.

Nac Mac Feegle

(971 posts)

4. Why? Just WHY???

Reply to Wounded Bear (Original post)

Tue Oct 24, 2017, 09:15 PM

Oct 2017

Why mess with perfection?

It was LOVINGLY done as a period piece.

Faithful to the source, an Agatha Christie mystery.

The actors were chosen for their talent and Names. Gielgud, Bacall, Finney, Bergman, Bisset, Perkins, and Redgrave. Widmark provides an excellent villain. It was beautiful.

This isn't some children's "blood and explosions" chase fest. It's a recreation of a novel set in a specific time and place.

So, you can count me as a "No" vote on this one.

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