Tenseless

Rating: 6/10 (24 November 2017)

Let me start of by saying that I loved the scenery/decors, the costumes, the hair, the accents and most definitely the mustache! The idiosyncrasy of nearly every character was also delightful I must add. As such the movie was a wonderful experience for the eye indeed. The unexpected humor of Poirot and the pile of poop he steps into is also an add-on to the authenticity of his character.
However, unaware of the book by A. Christie it tries to capture, it was a bit of a disappointment to only be able to experience Johnny Depp for such a short period of time. I understand that he was the one to be murdered but why not let him have another character so we can adore him so much longer? Now Poirot was definitely an interesting character as well, but not close to the performance of Depp. Poirot does make we want to have a walking stick very badly though...
Onto the main problem of this movie and that is the lack of any real tension. I simply felt none of it, I never was sucked into the movie that much that I actually was waiting for the murderer to be discovered. The fear of having to sleep on that train with a potential murderer was completely lacking. Even the ending, where Poirot comes to his final conclusion that every single suspect is the murderer, feels anti-climatic. The gun being dry fired didn't manage to pull me in.
Summarized: eyes say yes; brain says no; heart says no.