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Post by Tibidabo on Apr 16, 2018 14:06:52 GMT
Well I liked it a lot and no, lynette, I actually didn't work it out. The difference between reading and watching these things is having time to assimilate all the information. Last night we were given several massive pieces of information in quick succession, meaning all of them had some sort of motive, but we weren't given enough time to really think it all through. Was it just Kirsten who locked him up? (Which is what I thought.) Or were the others in on it? |
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Post by kathryn on Apr 16, 2018 14:42:41 GMT
I got the impression they were all in on it.
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Post by peggs on Apr 16, 2018 17:13:49 GMT
Yes grandson gave permission for changes, apparently this is something of a first to make such big changes. It didn't end up resembling the plot I knew much at all apart from the family set up but thought it worked. I always like to think with Agatha Christie that I could work out who done it if I gave it the time but choose not to as rather like the surprise (and don't have to find out if I really have any deducting skills or not 😉).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 17:53:18 GMT
I quite enjoyed it. Don't know the book at all, so I have no idea if they change things or whether it's better or worse. As a standalone drama I found it entertaining.
I don't really understand why Bill Nighy suddenly popped out and killed her though to be honest. She was vile to everyone, yes, but what prompted him to bash her in just then?
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Post by musicalfloozie on Apr 16, 2018 18:01:18 GMT
I quite enjoyed it. Don't know the book at all, so I have no idea if they change things or whether it's better or worse. As a standalone drama I found it entertaining. I don't really understand why Bill Nighy suddenly popped out and killed her though to be honest. She was vile to everyone, yes, but what prompted him to bash her in just then? I think it might have been as she said she would divorce him and he would be penniless. But might have imagine that I was doing other things whilst watching it haha. I did really enjoy it, having never read the books I didn't know who would have done it. I can't say I noticed a lot of swearing although maybe coming from my workplace I'm desensitised to it now!! |
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Post by Tibidabo on Apr 16, 2018 18:07:00 GMT
Yes, definitely the divorce and money - but this information was fed to us late in the day so all the deducing I'd been doing about the children's motives suddenly changed in importance. Anyone else apart from kathryn think they were all in on locking Bill Nighy up at the end? I still think it was just Kirsten and the others thought he was at the bottom of the lake. |
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Post by d'James on Apr 16, 2018 18:07:44 GMT
Yes, definitely the divorce and money - but this information was fed to us late in the day so all the deducing I'd been doing about the children's motives suddenly changed in importance. Anyone else apart from kathryn think they were all in on locking Bill Nighy up at the end? I still think it was just Kirsten and the others thought he was at the bottom of the lake. I assumed they were all in on it. |
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Post by peggs on Apr 16, 2018 19:43:13 GMT
I thought they all knew, that it had been the result of the confrontation and the boat was the set up for everyone else. She couldn't have got him down there otherwise?
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Post by crabtree on Apr 16, 2018 20:52:54 GMT
I saw the earlier TV adaptation in the DVD shop this weekend, with Miss Marple shoehorned in somehow. I might buy it out of fascination.
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 17, 2018 11:43:18 GMT
I'm another in the 'all in on it' camp.
Maybe the children persuaded father to kill mother, then got revenge on father?
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Post by Tibidabo on Apr 17, 2018 15:03:59 GMT
So just me then. I'm still not sure - what about Alice Eve who was spliced into shot in her bridal dress standing on the jetty? Would she have been in on it too?
I just got the impression from the way Kirsten was acting immediately before The Final Reveal that she was hugging a big, happy secret all to herself. Whatever, I enjoyed it.
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Post by peggs on Apr 17, 2018 16:50:43 GMT
Oh I assumed they just told her they'd been a terrible tragedy and pointed at the empty boat and looked sad?
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Post by justfran on Apr 22, 2018 20:18:01 GMT
I thought they all knew, that it had been the result of the confrontation and the boat was the set up for everyone else. She couldn't have got him down there otherwise? I agree with this theory as well. Did I miss something about why the father killed the Matthew Goode character? Was it because he thought MG had figured out he killed the mother? |
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Post by peggs on Apr 22, 2018 21:51:29 GMT
I think so, or at least would continue to encourage the examination of what had happened and wouldn't be easily shut up like his actual children.
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Post by crowblack on Apr 22, 2018 22:22:11 GMT
Was it because he thought MG had figured out he killed the mother? When he's drunk in the hallway in episode 3 he looks up to an unseen character and says "oh, of course - it was you" or words to that effect. Fate sealed! |
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Post by Mr Snow on Apr 23, 2018 5:42:29 GMT
Was it because he thought MG had figured out he killed the mother? When he's drunk in the hallway in episode 3 he looks up to an unseen character and says "oh, of course - it was you" or words to that effect. Fate sealed! Did I miss something? How did Nighy get him upstairs, undress him, get him into the shower, inject him....all unobserved. Quite enjoyed it but not Bill Nighy or the accents of the kids grown up, they all seemed a little forced. And the direction was a little indulgently artistic... I'll stop now. "Quite enjoyed it", will do. |
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Post by Jan on Apr 30, 2018 6:07:02 GMT
I quite enjoyed it. Don't know the book at all, so I have no idea if they change things or whether it's better or worse. As a standalone drama I found it entertaining. I don't really understand why Bill Nighy suddenly popped out and killed her though to be honest. She was vile to everyone, yes, but what prompted him to bash her in just then? And having found he killed her why didn't the kids say "Oh well done !!" ? Anna Chancellor was excellent, but I didn't believe for a moment she'd even know what a fall-out shelter was let alone build one - the chance of a bomb falling within 500 miles of that remote place was unlikely anyway. Same as most here I sort-of guessed who did it and thought it was entertaining. It had high production values - I kept thinking of the cost and inconvenience of them re-filming all those scenes though. |
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Post by lynette on Apr 30, 2018 13:22:05 GMT
1. Wife controlled the money. We had that quick scene where wifey indicates the money comes from her so divorce not an option for him ( those were the days, eh?)
2. The rooms of the disabled guy were on the ground floor. We saw comment of wife asking for that earlier and it was then established his rooms were round to the right of the staircase.
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Post by Jan on Apr 30, 2018 17:23:26 GMT
1. Wife controlled the money. We had that quick scene where wifey indicates the money comes from her so divorce not an option for him ( those were the days, eh?) 2. The rooms of the disabled guy were on the ground floor. We saw comment of wife asking for that earlier and it was then established his rooms were round to the right of the staircase. Felt sorry for the wheelchair guy, his best friend was killed in a car crash in Downton Abbey and then he was paralysed in a car crash himself in this one - no wonder he was a bit grumpy. |
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Post by crowblack on Jun 21, 2018 8:03:18 GMT
More cast announced on this Christmas's offering, The ABC Murders, including Shirley Henderson (yay!). And a more Colonel Sanders look for Poirot.
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