a view from someone who hasn't read the novel / the 74 movie, yet.

Rating: 6/10 (3 December 2017)

i'm writing this review from a perspective of someone who hasn't read the famous novel nor see the 1974 feature film based on it.
first of all, i do hope the character, Hercule Poirot played by Kenneth Branagh can be present in another movie(s) with another case(s) despite of what happened with this one.
Murder on the Orient Express is starting as an intriguing and appealing movie, with the beautiful 1930s background, with the quirky Poirot solving a rather quick opening exposition. I don't get hyped because of the casts but i expect something grand from the main case and how 2017 can squeeze the elaborate occurrence happened in the train.
the positive vibe that i get from the beginning of the movie is constantly becoming bland repertoire among the detective and his suspects. i wish they prepare this movie more serious, in a sense, with an exception of the ending, the whole movie is rather boring, there's no suspense or thrill. i am clueless on how much the movie deviates from the book but i lost the same excitement i got in seeing other distinguished detectives or crime-solving movies.
however, it is concluded with a stunning ending that in my opinion can do some amend to salvage the movie.
i am not sure how much were skewed from the source due to the filmmaker interpretation, and certainly as someone who hasn't read the book i cant compare both of them, but after seeing this movie, i think it's rather a disappointing one, again, with an exception of the mind-blown reveal at the end accompanied by a question about the value of justice when justice is fail to be served.
i am quite satisfied with the start and the end but i think the movie can be more interesting in the middle, its just too plain. i wish i can give 7 but 6.5 for me.