Saturday 29 December 2018

The Great Hercule

We were disappointed in the new ABC Murders on the Beeb.  It is a wonderful Christie book - vintage Poirot.  And I know its been made many times, so its hard to find the new angle. But shouldn't it be an angle that is in harmony with the plot, not one that works against it.

And all those continually arty shots and camera angles...  I am sure they are great fun for the crew to do, but they make it boring for us, the boring old audience. We have seen it all before, a trillion times. And Agatha Christie never bores.

Rupert Grint was good. As, actually, was John Malkovich.  Though, and a possible Spoiler Alert here, isn't this exactly the wrong Christie in which to be giving us a washed-up and forgotten Poirot?

Surely a very important plot point is that he is at the height of his fame, so that it does seem feasible these murders could be a direct challenge to him?  I will have to read the book to make sure, but it looked as if they were going to throw away a wonderful bit of Christie misdirection...

And where is Hastings?   One clue to the whole thing lies in a remark he makes.

Oh well - we retreated into a series of Jonathan Creek repeats. Which are great fun - and scary too.

The thing is if you want a new Poirot, why not write your own?

I don't know what to say about the year that is going...  I am just so grateful we are still here, and hope we all will be this time next year.

And we are another year nearer to our rescue - to the time that Jehovah will remove all the unrepentant violent and wicked from the earth.

And to end my blogyear on another positive note - a minor one - I just got a compliment from a reader in Oz to say how much they enjoyed "Waiting for Gordo"!

It is lovely to hear that someone has enjoyed something I have written.  And thanks so much to Jehovah for the gift of language, and the ability to use it to create something that can interest and entertain.

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