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Rosor, kyssar och döden (2013)
excellent episode
This series have some interesting episodes - and this is by far the best. Old sins cast long shadows, people are not what they seem to be - and the main characters have some ambiguous motives. Maybe a bit too Christien for some of you, but set in Sweden, a lot of Scandinavian atmosphere too.
The main female character, Puck, is very curious and has a "nose" for mysteries, and maybe she's a bit too fascinated of her husband's friend, the Chief Inspector Wijk, who's trying to solve the crime. And it seems as if he's "in love with his best friends baby - cause she's drop dead beautiful." Another review states, that "Christer chooses to return to his fiancée's arms right at the end." This is a mistake. In the end he is flirting with the murderer's wife - I guess some kind of consolation for both of them!
The atmosphere of the fifties is very nice performed - I really loved to see all this smoking and drinking - nowadays a single cigarette is abandoned in a TV-movie. So if you're "political correct" - forget about it!
Poirot: Five Little Pigs (2003)
an excellent adaption
What is to say? One of the best of Christies' novels adapted as close to the original story as possible, if you neglect the homosexual stuff. Some minor flaws (esp. the age and looks of Julie Fox) have been mentioned elsewhere. But if you don't like this one, I gather you're not able to appreciate any Christie at all. "Five Litte Pigs" is on the very top rung and maybe the most touching Christie of them all. Anyone is allowed to cry out loud even though most are engaged in solving the mystery.
David Suchet makes one of his most convincing performances here and as many other states, Rachel Stirling is unbelievably good as Caroline Crale. Any man with a touch of "gentle" in his blood would fight for this woman until his death.. some clue to the denouement might be stated here!
Marple: By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2006)
Counsel for the defense
Most reviews of the adaption seem to be counsel for the prosecution in the murder case against ITV. I'd rather be witness for the defense. I read my first Christie, "Endless Night", in the late sixties and was fascinated. Fortunately I read some of the old crime novels before I had the newest Christie, "By the Pricking of my Thumbs", as a present. It began rather well but declined into endless conversations of nonsense and the plot was bad structured with many loose ends. So I was about to give up Christie, but offered her a second chance, read "Five Little Pigs" and fascination turned into addiction. Most of her novels I've read 4-7 times and except for Bobby Jones and Frankie Derwent ("Why didn't They ask Evans?"), T&T must be the most bumbling amateurs, Christie ever created. In the adaption they're at least living people, not pieces from a cupboard. Tuppece is performed with sympathy and affection and has a perfect alibi for her drinking problem. Her husband, as a MI6 colonel, is spending most of his time travelling around the world doing "business", but in the end rediscovering her existence. Sounds pretty much like late Christie and works better than the novel.
Poirot: Cards on the Table (2006)
Disappointing episode of Christie's Hercule Poirot
The TV adaption of one of Christie's masterpieces includes some major flaws. Several of the suspects are dramatically changed with no obvious reason. Why should the nice little Rhoda be turned into a monster? And why is Dr. Roberts chasing men instead of women? And why add a figure as Superintendent Wheeler to the cast? David Suchet is trying to speed up the investigation, but everyone else seems to slow down the tempo. Mtrs. Oliver glooms large here, but will be even more significant in the future. Some of the episodes in Agatha Christie's Poirot is brilliant, some is good, and most are average. This one fails to convince those addicted to Christie's puzzles.