Who’s Ready To Be Detailed While On A Boat!
Well… Was I right yesterday? Did it till out exactly as I thought it would?… Hey! I, like a broken clock, turn out to be right occasionally.
Not a broken digital clock that’s right never because it’s not displaying anything. But yes. I was spot on. Wow. Amazing. I think I’ll order me some cookies with my restock of cocoa and creamer to celebrate. And Miss Congeniality 2000 on Amazon Prime for $5.
So why was the husband shot in the leg by the ex? To keep him away from Linnet. Last he realized she was dying from a drug overdose or drug poisoning.
Did someone later after the fact go to get room and out a bullet in her head? To dissuade a doctor (who turns out to be Linnet’s own spurned not quite ex lover) from checking her for poison? Yes.
Is there still a chance to uncover that poison? Yes. Fancy ship has giant walk in freezer. Where Linnet is now stowed away. Her body ready for a proper autopsy.
Poirot once again digs in his heels and investigates. The acting and directing chips of Kenneth Brannagh on full power as he weaves masterful scenes as Poirot investigates.
This movie is enjoyable intense with light moments drizzled in to bring a smile to your face. Well crafted by people who know how to make a great mystery. Enjoyable. Which kinda saddens me that this movie only broke even at best.
Not that Disney was going to keep Poirot after acquiring FOX. I feel Brannagh has reached the end of his Poirot journey. But if someone does 20s era movies in an Alternate Reality with Poirot & Katherine? Consider me returning for more.
All the pieces slowly behind to come together, at times colliding with rage filled force, as Linnet’s fear of those around her becomes clear. Crystal even.
Not all on board are evil. Though Poirot’s friends mother is an ass. Turns out Poirot wasn’t on vacation after all. He was investigating the blues duo of mother & daughter for the mom. Too bad for her, they got Poirot’s stamp of approval.
After he pitted the mother to the son revealing her deception, and making sure he knew that the girl he chose is right for him. Awesome. But it does place Poirot in bad with the dsughter… Then…
Oh wait. Other reveals first. The lawyer that got Linnet to sign suspicious papers? Turns out he was stealing from her. Poirot reveals his schemes.
The ship’s doctor? Former man who was in love with Linnet. Is he the killer though? That depends on whether he does the autopsy on her body and reveals the true cause of death.
That 30s era social activist lady with a maid? Turns out her maid is really the lady’s lesbian lover in disguise… Wait. Was this in the original Agatha Christie book? If I go back to 1978 and Peter Ustinof will that also have a lesbian couple?
On Poirot’s orders the crew dredge the Nile. And turn up the gun used to shoot Linnet. The .22. But it turns out that the lawyer didn’t do it… He had his own .45 caliber to kill with… (Though again she didn’t really die from gunshot so doesn’t matter what shot her).
The missing necklace bought at the start of the cruise pops up after supposedly being stolen. That reveals… That leads to the mother’s interference in her son’s love being revealed.
While trying to apologize to the young singer? A very dramatic reveal is made that the body count has been upped to 2. Louise, who found Linnet? And had a story about how Kinney ruined her chance at marriage? Now she’s dead too.
No Time to find a gun to shoot her. She had her throat slit, and tossed into the ship’s paddleboat wheel. To insure she’s found, detailing the investigation.
Or, as I suspect, to keep anyone from doing that autopsy on Linnet. And uncovering her poisoning. Yes I am on a roll with my theory, though I promise not to be killed in this bill if I am wrong.
As the husband of Linnet (present when Poirot revealed him for the scum he is) and the lawyer decide to WWE each other in front of everyone? Poirot… Suddenly realizes they were doing her examination in the room where she was killed.
It looks like we are drawing close to the reveal. With the ship returning to port and Egyptian police come morning? We are just about ready for a reveal. But Poirot doesn’t have all the answers. Yet.
So will I be proven right? Or was it really just a gunshot to the head she slept through… Along with the loud screamy shooting incident that could have some the dead. We shall see.
So I will need sometime to buy A Haunting In Venice to complete our Kenneth Brannagh Poirot trilogy. We will probably get that squared away before year end. Oh well. Stay tuned.
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