Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

And I had already paid for this. SIGH!! I knew it would suck 15 minutes in. And it did.

No more remakes for me. I am done.

By the way, the film looked all grey throughout. Why?

Fmovies: Sidney Lumet directed this Agatha Christie classic back in 1974. Albert Finney played Poirot and he was delicious and got an Oscar nomination for it. The rest of the cast was a cohesive group of heavyweights from Ingrid Bergman to Vanessa Redgrave, from Sean Connery to John Gielgud it also had a period reconstruction in scrumptious detail, wit, elegance and an infectious score. None of it is present in this new incarnation. None of it. No, the new version reeks of thoughtlessness and CGI. The actors seem to have been invited, not to play characters, but to watch Kenneth Brannagh act.

... and I was correct.

Wow yet another remake: unwanted, unrequested and inferior. Does Hollywood know that we have video technology and can watch the first 3 versions? Or that we have books?

And we know how bad this 'actress' is and word will get out???

This film was boring, obvious and I have to say had a strange dark gray tint...

Murder on the Orient Express fmovies. This movie is actually a piece of art. It takes a really true artist to ruin Agatha Christie at her best and a Dench-lead cast and come up with a boring Branagh soliloquy. What he has made out of Poirot, it's just unbelievable. I don't remember him being described as a walrus in any of the books where he also has converstations with all involved so that readers/audience can participate somehow. In this movie it's just Branagh, he knows it all, he sees it all and he understands it all. Out of thin air. Such wonderful actors were gathered for this monstrosity and it felt as is they were there only a set for Branagh. And oh yes, when talking about scenery - which ignorant fool came up with alps between Vinkovci and Brod??????? The thing is, there is nothing going on in this film, no suspension building up, no substance. It is just a pale vessel for Kenneth Branagh to try shining. Watch 1974 Lumet version. And from what i hear, it's going to be a sequel, Death on the Nile. Watch 1978 John Guillermin version. Branagh should. My review does not contain spoilers, there's not enough substance to spoil anything.

As director and leading actor, Branagh has turned this movie into one of the most excessive, narcissistic films ever made. With so many great actors and actresses, one is left wondering why they would waste their time to be in this production. The director gives none of them a chance to shine. Branagh's mustache is the star of the show and, unfortunately, the only part of the movie I'm likely to remember. With so much star power, I made the mistake of not reading reviews first. If I had, I probably would have avoided this terrible ego trip. Most viewers would do well to skip this one.

Hollywood's remake and sequel cycle is accelerating (moral and creative bankruptcy) so there will be another one of these in 2022 with a sequel called Murder On The Far Orient Express coming in 2024 (surely).

With that said, as expected this film sucked. It is a remake (sigh), has the chick from kiddy Star Wars (Daisy something - sigh) and Cruz used to be pretty but she is ugly now (or here).

In other words no reason to watch