In the mood for Agatha Christie. And Benedict Cumberbatch.

[layne67]

I've just finished watching the 1957 Agatha Christie's Witness For The Prosecution. Loved it. I don't remember watching the movie before but I was hit by this deja-vu feeling, that I had seen it and I knew exactly how it was going to turn out ( and I was right! ). I thought the movie was made from her stage-play and I know with certainty that I've never seen any of AC's plays before.

It turned out that it was originally a short story from her Hound of Death collection which I had read. Haha, and I thought that I was so well-versed with her stories that not only had I guessed the conclusion of the story correctly but had also accurately guessed how the story was going to play out lol.

Anyway, googling the movie up, I wasn't surprised to see that it had several nominations for that year's Oscar including Charles Laughton who played Sir Wilfrid. I thought he was the best thing in the movie!

Coming up next - Murder Is Easy. I was planning to watch The Murder of Roger Ackroyd first but I just found out that BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH was in it OMGOMG be still my heart!! I love Agatha Christie and I adore Benedict Cumberbatch ( at least, I adore Sherlock, I haven't seen the actor in anything else. Yet. ) and Murder Is Easy is one of my favourite AC's. I'm a happy girl.

Also, I've just found out that Emily Blunt was in Death In The Nile! I've seen the Peter Ustinov's one but not the Suchet's version yet. I'm so looking forward to watching that and Emily Blunt even though I don't remember Lynnet Doyle being one of my favourite characters from the book. And David Soul ( HUTCH!! ) was in it too. I'm a happy girl.

Comments

[arabia764.livejournal.com]

Did you see the David Suchet version of Murder on the Orient Express? It was shown here last Christmas. Darker than normal and wonderful.

My favourite Agatha Christie film's are Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple. So adorable, so English!

[i-o-r-h-a-e-l.livejournal.com]

Sorry for butting in but I just want to say I love Inspector Craddock in that Miss Marple series. :D

[arabia764.livejournal.com]

You know, I had to think about Inspector Craddock and the I remembered him. Yes, a great foil for Miss Marple.

Maybe he was a relation of my Mrs Craddock!

[i-o-r-h-a-e-l.livejournal.com]

Probably he is her nephew. :D

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Maybe he was a relation of my Mrs Craddock!

You can make it so. The power is in your hands!! *nods*

:D

[arabia764.livejournal.com]

Oh it would be fun! But it would be all about Mrs C and nothing else.

Maybe one day I'll write a book about her. I'd like taht.

:-)

[layne67.livejournal.com]

I'd certainly like that, too. Doooo eeeeet!!

:D

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I've seen Suchet's MotOE. A few times! The book was the first AC that I read and I was totally hooked thereafter. I didn't see that one coming at all. Even after Poirot revealed everything, I still didn't quite grasp it, I was so flabbergasted! In a way, I was glad that that was the first book of her that I read. After the 10th book or so, you're kind of able to guess who did it - ie the LEAST likely person!!

The only Miss Marples that I've seen so far is Julia McKenzie.

[arabia764.livejournal.com]

I think Julia McKenzie is a great Miss Marple. Margaret Rutherford is very old fashioned and very, very different. I adore her.

[i-o-r-h-a-e-l.livejournal.com]

Have you seen this? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479977/ - After the Funeral

Fassy is there! \o/

I haven't watched it though. :D

[layne67.livejournal.com]

I've read the book but haven't seen the show yet. Now that one has been pushed up on my list of AC shows to watch and I'll see for myself what's all this fuss about Fassy ;P

[i-o-r-h-a-e-l.livejournal.com]

Uh-oh. :D

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

Wow. Enjoy your movie.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

So many things to watch, so little time!! And it's always a wonderful surprise when I see the younger versions of my favourite people on some of the older shows. Emily Blunt for instance!