So... Murder on the Orient Express

Rating: 6/10 (3 January 2018)

So...
Murder on the Orient Express
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I was in two minds about going to see this as I do like Kenneth Branagh as a director, (though I still haven't really forgiven him for Frankenstein), but it is an all-star cast and it looks very beautiful and made me want to drink champagne out of dead posh cut crystal glasses (rather than just swigging it from the bottle as per usual).
But see it I did. It looks fabulous though a strange lack of frosty breaths during lengthy conversations in the freezing cold and a lot of hugeous long exposition that just felt like a TV movie.
Then I realised it was just a very very expensive TV movie.
I got a bit bored at one point.
Some of the VFX and CGI or whatever it was was a bit rubbish, I don't understand why when there is so much money they can't just fix an incongruous shot or even just cut it.
And I got a bit bored again.
And I wondered why in 1934 they used a neon sign for the titles - felt out of place and if I was feeling that then I was missing something somewhere.
Some of the acting was alright and then some of the actors were doing 'The Acting' which was rather annoying.
I didn't really 'feel' anything for anyone, Ken is supposed to be able to get performances out of a wooden chair but clearly he was just working on characters here rather than performance.
And then it was over.
We know Ken can do better so he really should.
3 out of 5 - could do better.