A great movie that blew me away

Rating: 9/10 (14 December 2017)

Pre-Spoiler: The movie is great with the focus more on the people and less on the murder.

I can't agree with the negative Reviews of this movie.
When i went into the cinema, i was expecting a movie that tries too hard to showcase it's stars but not the Story. And in my opinion... i was dead wrong.
The movie begins very lighthearted. Not only showing Hercule Poirots remarkable skill, but also explaning and especially showing, that he is not a genius, but in fact a broken human being who needs to right the wrongs, so his inner balance can remain.
Hercule Poirot explains, that he sees the world as it is supposed to be. Perfect. And all the little flaws are therefor much more noticeable.
The movie reflects this wonderfully when introducing the cast. All the characters are slightly over the top. It appears that their acting is just a tad too much.
Johnny Depp is the obvious Gangster.
MacQueen is the typical lackey
Mr. Masterman is a typical Butler without any special features.
Caroline Hubbard is a mancrazy (and crazy) woman
Count Rudolph Andrenyi is a violent Psychopath.
etc.
The movie shows us... and Poirot...these people the way we are supposed to perceive them. In Black and White. Right and wrong.
After the murder, the whole perspective starts to shift. The more time we spend with the characters, the more they become 3-dimensional.
The black and white starts to blur into grey. This contrasts with how Poirot sees the world and he needs to come to grips with the world being grey.
That's why the focus of the movie doesn't really lie on the actual murder itself, but on the Impact it has on our hero.
When he discovers the real reasons for the murder and how it happened, the movie gives us one obvious but very strong Picture.
The last supper. The orchestrator sitting in the middle. 11 collaborators around her. But one seat remains empty. The seat of Judas.
Because Judas isn't part of the collective. Poirot is Judas. And he needs to decide if he will do the "right" thing and betray them, or if he will have to accept grey... for the first time in his life.

The movie showcased the pain of Hercule Poirot perfectly and leaves you with an ending where there are only victims.
The murder victims.
The murderers.
and the last big victim
Hercule Poirot