Everything GREAT About Murder on the Orient Express!

Death on the Nile is out this weekend! So I wanted to see what the rub on Murder on the Orient Express is. It's…a different one. Here's everything right with Murder on the Orient Express!

CinemaWins Socials:

[Scrumbumbler]

The “reveal inside the reveal” was a great thing to show my grandma with dementia- because she could remember the twist she read at a younger age
It made it her feel like she won against her illness, like she had to often

This was something I felt like I watched dozens of times because of that and thanks for that feeling

[BuckShockley]

One thing I'm surprised you didn't win was how the color tone changes over the course of the film. Everything leading up to the Orient Express getting derailed in the snow is full of warm brown tones, but after Cassetti is found dead and the murder mystery unravels, the film grows more and more blue, with cool color tones overtaking the warmth as it slowly fades away, matching the darker tone of the mystery. The warmth finally returns after Poirot realizes that the people on the train aren't murderers, but broken people who need to heal and mend above all else. It's not in FULL, though, as they're only halfway out of the dark. The ending is still apprehensive, as there's plenty of cool blues, but the train rides away into the brilliant golden sunset, implying that these people will be able to heal in time and move on with their lives.

[andreo]

Full disclosure: I LOVED this movie. The original book is, quite possibly, my favorite murder mystery ever, if not my favorite book ever. Branagh is my second favorite Poirot besides Suchet.

[egalomon]

When that sassy burn counter arrived on the screen I was ONCE AGAIN baffeled by the fact that it's Kenneth Branagh. Just like the first time I found out - when the credits rolled. He completely disappears behind that moustache and accent

[lorenzomommaerts]

I love it because it's a FAMOUS Belgian character created by someone who isn't Belgian. Agatha Christie could have just made him French and almost nothing would change, I bet even of the people watching this they think he's French.

Since our little country is usually ignored in favour of our bigger neighbours, he's a bit of a national icon :)

Only thing better would have been a Belgian actor playing the part of Hercule Poirot :p

[connorgonzalez]

In case you might not have known, a "batman" in this context is a fairly low-ranking soldier assigned to a commissioned military officer to serve as his personal assistant, similar to the concept of a squire. "Bat" is derived from an old French word meaning "packsaddle, " so a batman would be responsible for keeping his master's uniforms and equipment in good condition, taking care of his horse if he had one, and fighting as his bodyguard in battle, among other service duties.

[frie-anne]

I really love that this Poirot when looking for the word fudge also says the Flemish word for chocolate (chocolade) as a Belgian, that just warms my heart
It also plays into the "not above anything vibe" of this iteration. Back then, Flemish was seen as the language of the common man. All the educated bourgeois spoke French.

[nna]

There is an amazing scene in the television version of Murder on The Orient Express with David Suchet, where it has a flashback to part of Casetti’s murder that doesn’t happen in the movie. It’s been a while since I’ve seen it but from what I remember what basically happens is Casetti is drugged during his murder so he’s paralysed but completely aware but can’t scream for help so he’s utterly helpless (a point they make to say that he is now as helpless as poor Daisy Armstrong was). Then Princess Dragomiroff enters to sit on the chair beside his bed and starts to calmly explain what’s going on and why they are doing this as the others all enter one by one to stab Casetti. Then when the others have all done their part, Princess Dragomiroff stands, stabs him and then leaves while the others begin the cover up. (Dragomiroff explaining everything is the part that sadly doesn’t make it into the movie) It’s chilling to watch. The David Suchet version is so good that I can’t recommend it enough!

[vikingsdet]

Just want to say, for people who liked this film, there's a great Poirot tv series with David Suchet. He does an amazing job and there's like 11 seasons, so it's worth checking out.

[matthijscalje]

I watched this movie when it came out. Really really liked it, and it introduced me to Agatha

[rleutz]

can I just say, Sir Derek jacobi is a criminally underrated thespian here in the states. a contemporary of both Dame Judy Dentch and Sir Ian McKellen, with a long and illustrious career spaning 50 plus years. Here he gives it his all as Edward Masterman. For me, he's *Always* a win!

[averymerrick]

He Really Can Act:
-Though not many people ever doubted Kenneth Branagh's abilities as an actor, his turn as Poirot takes things to a whole new level. He seamlessly disappears into the character.
*-For those who haven't been paying attention, * this is also the breakout for Josh Gad's impressive dramatic talents. He is quite the buffoon at the start, but the second half of the film really shows off his character's torment.

[raynacarraway]

I remember watching this on theaters, and though I haven't seen it since I know I liked it well enough. All I've heard since though is that people thought it was terrible and only bring it up to talk about how bad it is, so it's nice to see something positive about it after all these years (quite literally the point of this channel, and I'm grateful to have discovered it. Now of y'all were to do that with Space Jam: A New Legacy, which got way too much hate imo, that'd be a real treat)

[Ehh]

My family usually watches dramatic and bombastic action-type movies, so when I saw this in theaters I was blown away. I didn't read the books, so I was genuinely trying to figure out who did it while watching it the first time. Its so rare that movies make me think like that and I definitely feel like it sparked my interest in murder mystery movies!

[SalumarLP]

12:57 That was the moment I knew, that this movie was special. As an Austrian, Willem Dafoes accent immediately stuck out to me and bothered me because he doesn't sound austrian at all. Decent german accent, but in no way austrian. I brushed it off as the usual Hollywood neglect of finer european language or cultural differences, but when he got called out for it, I had this big smile on my face as if I solved the riddle already. It's incredibly rare for movies to pay this attention to detail that barely anyone will notice (almost no english native will realize, most german natives watch the dub). It was probably in the book, idk but it's still so well done.

Finally for those (who non-german native speakers) wondering why it's so clear, compare Christoph Waltz' accent in Django (yeahhh... you can't convince me he's actually a german in that movie) or generally his accent, to the german officer's accent in the Bar scene in Inglorious Basterds. Overall Tarantino movies are great for this sort of thing.

[zom]

Saw the sequel last night, when a movie gives a mustache a backstory you know you got a winner on your hands

[ferndodd]

I highly recommend watching a few episodes of the Poirot series with David Suchet as the titular detective. He's amazing and is genuinely iconic in the role.

[chaoticbells]

I never understood why this movie received so bad reviews. Sure it's not the best ever, but this cast? The story? This set? So amazing. I've always loved the book, and I left the cinema happy when I saw this movie for the first time.

[MaxWelton]

6:16 my favorite line in the whole 2-movie series. It’s so satisfying to watch Mary stand up to discrimination with that level of sass and cleverness. Daisy did a good job capturing the smug thrill of challenging a douchey worldview.

[michaelcostello]

they did the ending scene where the detective connects all the dots very well imo