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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 321773" data-attributes="member: 33"><p>I watched this last night and I enjoyed it more than Branagh's <em>Murder On The Orient Express</em> but that was probably due to me thinking <em>Death On The Nile</em> is a better story overall. </p><p></p><p>I agree with a lot of your comments. I liked that this film didn't overload the audience with CGI this time but sadly Mr Branagh's direction was just as annoying as it was in the previous film, possibly more so. Too many camera shots were trying to be too clever, for example several scenes being shot through textured glass windows and another one in which the camera panned between 2 windows, neither of which added anything to the viewing experience, in fact it only served to be a distraction from what was going on in those scenes. </p><p></p><p>Your observation about how he liked to stage scenes in a symmetrical way was spot on. Probably done to reflect the precision and order that Poirot usually displays (although this was less of a feature in Branagh's interpretation of the character) it was an interesting idea but it was overused to the point of being another distraction. There was one scene when Poirot walks from the middle of the bow of the ship into the cabin and all of the furniture and ropes on the left of the deck were exactly mirrored on the right and in the cabin all of the chairs, tables, lamps and people were in the same positions on the left and right of the screen. The whole thing had a vibe of stylish <em>mise-en-scene</em> being more important than the storytelling to the point where it felt very gimmicky. Speaking of gimmicks, the opening scene explaining why Poirot has such a ridiculously moustache just seemed like Branagh trying to justify his gimmicky choice of facial hair rather than adding anything of interest to the storytelling. </p><p></p><p>The other annoying distraction in the film was that almost everyone was speaking in an obviously fake accent. The exception was Gal Gadot who spoke in her normal voice and I thought she was one of the the best things in the film: she was stunningly beautiful, great screen presence and pulled out a great performance even though she was surrounded by a lot of mediocrity. I really would like to see her in a significant role in a strong drama to really showcase her talents.</p><p></p><p>I am being overly critical of the film because I didn't think it was bad but it deserved to be so much better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 321773, member: 33"] I watched this last night and I enjoyed it more than Branagh's [I]Murder On The Orient Express[/I] but that was probably due to me thinking [I]Death On The Nile[/I] is a better story overall. I agree with a lot of your comments. I liked that this film didn't overload the audience with CGI this time but sadly Mr Branagh's direction was just as annoying as it was in the previous film, possibly more so. Too many camera shots were trying to be too clever, for example several scenes being shot through textured glass windows and another one in which the camera panned between 2 windows, neither of which added anything to the viewing experience, in fact it only served to be a distraction from what was going on in those scenes. Your observation about how he liked to stage scenes in a symmetrical way was spot on. Probably done to reflect the precision and order that Poirot usually displays (although this was less of a feature in Branagh's interpretation of the character) it was an interesting idea but it was overused to the point of being another distraction. There was one scene when Poirot walks from the middle of the bow of the ship into the cabin and all of the furniture and ropes on the left of the deck were exactly mirrored on the right and in the cabin all of the chairs, tables, lamps and people were in the same positions on the left and right of the screen. The whole thing had a vibe of stylish [I]mise-en-scene[/I] being more important than the storytelling to the point where it felt very gimmicky. Speaking of gimmicks, the opening scene explaining why Poirot has such a ridiculously moustache just seemed like Branagh trying to justify his gimmicky choice of facial hair rather than adding anything of interest to the storytelling. The other annoying distraction in the film was that almost everyone was speaking in an obviously fake accent. The exception was Gal Gadot who spoke in her normal voice and I thought she was one of the the best things in the film: she was stunningly beautiful, great screen presence and pulled out a great performance even though she was surrounded by a lot of mediocrity. I really would like to see her in a significant role in a strong drama to really showcase her talents. I am being overly critical of the film because I didn't think it was bad but it deserved to be so much better. [/QUOTE]
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