Alas, what a waste

Rating: 2/10 (5 January 2018)

I was amazed at how completely untouched I was by this film. I really wanted to like it. Kenneth Branagh is a talented fellow, and there was a vast array of talented actors here, and yet, it was strangely uninvolving. It was all so disjointed and pointless, the murder, the journey, the suspects, the raison d'etre of the story. And Branagh uttering these words, as Hercule Poirot: 'I am probably the greatest detective in the world' took things to a new level of banality. It's a great pity, though. I'm sure he started with a half-decent idea. If I damn it, it's also because it's a product of modern cinema, plagued by some very untalented artists, or those too easily swayed by the executives who call the shots. Drama is a very old principle. This film had no drama, no interesting interaction, a complete failure of dialogue. The makers should watch old films and take copious notes. And then use their imagination.