Watching Branagh as Poirot in Orient Express. Not liking him so far. Something really off about his Belgian accent. And overall something really off about the whole characterization. It’s not coming together somehow.
Well I’ll give it a bit more time.
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I’m fine with breaking with the portrayal in the books (I liked Robert Downey Jr version of Holmes for example) but Branagh Poirot just isn’t working well even on its own terms.
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That version of Holmes was unintelligible. Even worse than Branagh as Poirot. Holmes’ dominating characteristic is his precision - how can you be precise when all you do is mumble and jumble words?
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I just thought of it as a different steampunk character with the same loose concept

