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As a fan of David Suchet's portrayal of Poirot, I had been looking forward to seeing him in Appointment With Death--only to be hugely disappointed with the whole thing. It was dreadful! Agatha Christie must be spinning in her grave! The movie hardly resembled the book at all. Why do idiots feel they must rewrite classics?! Without dwelling on details, let me just say that the plot had everything thrown in but aliens landing from outer space! I kept expecting Tim Curry to start singing "Let's Do The Time Warp Again" or something.It was as if the writers/producers/whomever felt they had to "update" or "lengthen" the story. Wrong! The original was fine as written. Don't they realize that most of their target market is comprised of Agatha Christie fans who have read her books and expect the movie version to follow the author's original storyline.If they think they "know better" than Christie, in terms of how to write her stories, than they should have the decency to call the movie something else so as not to mislead viewers.What a wasted opportunity. Suchet's is still the best Poirot, but even he couldn't rescue this dreck.Two thumbs down for this mess, I'm sorry to say.
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