Death on the Nile

In March 2022, I watched Death on the Nile for the first time at Movix Kameari. The mystery film was released in 2022 and is based on the detective novel with the same title written by Agatha Christie in 1937. Kenneth Branagh directed it and acted Detective Poirot.

It follows Detective Poirot who struggles to solve the mystery of the murder cases that happen on a luxury liner.

In August 2021, I did Murder on the Orient Express on the television set. It was based on the book with the same name written by Christie. Branagh acted the famous detective and directed the film. Moreover, Famous actors, such as Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley and Michelle Pfeiffer, acted together, so it was worth watching, however, the ending did not satisfy me so much, though it might have entertained me if I had read the original novel or watched the old movie released in 1974. Anyway, I did not plan to view the next one at a theater but I, after all, decided to do it because I knew that the currently famous and gorgeous stunner Gal Gadot would appear in it following Wonder Woman 1984. Then I went to the theater in order to feast my eyes on her.

Although Gal was really beautiful, yet I ended up vaguely watching the actors' acting and just viewing the drama on the screen especially after Detective Poirot started to infer the murder cases because I could barely keep up with the development of the story with many riddles and I was sort of tired due to the day's work. Moreover, the show was filmed to some extent on the assumption that the viewers had knew the story from the old one and the novel, so it would not have been able to fully entertain a person like me who first watched it without previous knowledge. Anyway, I think that it would entertain the viewers many times because it has the complicated story and many famous actors. At the same time, I could recognize that I do not like mysterious stories so much and I just want to enjoy watching actors' wonderful performances without thinking of extra things as long as possible at theaters. Come to think of it, I do not like magic tricks because I am basically not interested in the gimmicks.

As for the players except for Gal, Rose Leslie impressed me. The pretty woman looked humble but had presence. I liked the way she devoted herself to making the Israeli stunner look better. Annette Bening as an old lady also amazed me, for I remembered Bening as a middle-aged pretty woman in American Beauty. Honestly, I did not notice that the actor was her maybe because I had seen her for the first time since a long time. I was filled with deep emotion to think that she finally performed an elderly woman. In addition, I felt that I naturally looked old in the mirror. I had heard that Armie Hammer had difficulties in continuing to be an film actor due to a scandal, so I was surprised when I saw him in it. He must have been forgiven. I will be happy if I hear the news that the sequel to my favorite spy picture The Man from U.N.C.L.E. will be filmed in the near future.

As I wrote, I was not satisfied with watching the film at the theater but it was good. I think that I would come to like it when I slowly and closely watch it relaxing at home with the remote control to review scenes on my hand.