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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 415578" data-attributes="member: 23">And the evening film was...
Appointment With Death (1988)

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Since I&nbsp; remember owning a boxset of Ustinov&#039;s Poirot films I feel reasonably sure I&#039;ve watched this before. Typically, I can&#039;t remember watching it at all. Blessed as I am with a terrible memory for films, I can endlessly re-watch and re-read most Agatha Christie mysteries without knowing whodunnit (for obvious reasons, Murder On The Orient Express is the main exception, though it&#039;s still nothing but enjoyable to re-watch).

Poirot seems to be a character who translates to American adaptions far better than others (unlike poor Jane Marple). I&#039;m sure the globe-trotting nature helps, and this one looks wonderfully glossy and expansive. As always in these films, the cast helps, packed to the rafters as it is with big names. At this point, David Suchet is so indelibly associated with the role it&#039;s always a little strange to see anyone else playing Hercule Poirot. Ustinov&#039;s portrayal loses a lot of the character&#039;s preciseness and quirkiness, but is so easy and enjoyable to watch that it&#039;s no hardship to simply view this as a non-canon, alternative universe adventure.

There&#039;s really little to say about this. It does exactly what is required and it does so in an accessible and charming way. 

Incidentally, [ISPOILER]the poster is very spoiler-ish.[/ISPOILER]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 415578, member: 23"] And the evening film was... [CENTER] [B][SIZE=6]Appointment With Death[/SIZE][/B] (1988) [IMG]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fvignette1.wikia.nocookie.net%2Fagathachristie%2Fimages%2Fc%2Fc5%2FAppointment.jpg%2Frevision%2Flatest%3Fcb%3D20120923153910&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=6d69414045e197b0a51c399a0785a2b22c030544785b1abe1a895662b87e8756&ipo=images[/IMG] Since I remember owning a boxset of Ustinov's Poirot films I feel reasonably sure I've watched this before. Typically, I can't remember watching it at all. Blessed as I am with a terrible memory for films, I can endlessly re-watch and re-read most Agatha Christie mysteries without knowing whodunnit (for obvious reasons, [I]Murder On The Orient Express [/I]is the main exception, though it's still nothing but enjoyable to re-watch). Poirot seems to be a character who translates to American adaptions far better than others (unlike poor Jane Marple). I'm sure the globe-trotting nature helps, and this one looks wonderfully glossy and expansive. As always in these films, the cast helps, packed to the rafters as it is with big names. At this point, David Suchet is so indelibly associated with the role it's always a little strange to see anyone else playing Hercule Poirot. Ustinov's portrayal loses a lot of the character's preciseness and quirkiness, but is so easy and enjoyable to watch that it's no hardship to simply view this as a non-canon, alternative universe adventure. There's really little to say about this. It does exactly what is required and it does so in an accessible and charming way. Incidentally, [ISPOILER]the poster is very spoiler-ish.[/ISPOILER][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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