#they banned all green screens after dotn now the only fake thing on screen is branagh's atrocious accent

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hm. I'm gonna have to do a full rewatch of all 3 Branagh Poirot movies but I think A Haunting in Venice is gonna turn out to be my favorite of the bunch.

They made a ton of changes to the source material (agatha christie's lesser known halloween party) but I do generally like what they did with it. If I were a book purist I'd be deeply unhappy, but I'm more of a vibes based critic so I'm not upset by it lmao. It's a very good cozy fall mystery movie. There's a touch of the supernatual that gets explained away in a very agatha christie ass way (said affectionately). Hard to figure out who the killer is, just enough red herrings that you think you've got it before you realize you absolutely don't. great screenplay and clever writing (somewhat surprising coming from the man who brought us the hot mess of death on the nile)

I think the reason this one worked the best is that it had the least amount of A list actors there being A list actors, if that makes sense? It had a few bigger names but nobody on the level of the other films. (Michelle Yeoh is the exception, but she can actually act so I wouldn't group her with the other A listers.) (Tina Fey is also the exception because her character was meant to be flat and one dimensional)

I think this was the most well shot of Branagh's Poirot films, the color grading is especially nice compared to the mountains of dull cgi marvel films I've been watching recently.

overall 8/10, fun movie, -2 points for branagh's accent