More of the 50 movies: 3 of my dad's mystery movies
I've been very bad about recording what movies I've watched this year, and I was only up to #7 when I left off. So I have a whole lot to cover, and thought I'd start with some of the mysteries I watched with my dad this spring. He likes to record his favorites, and then shows them to me when I come to visit, so I never know what's gonna be on offer.
Margaret Rutherford's Miss Marple was the cornerstone of movies #8 Murder, she said and #9 Murder at the Gallop. Gosh, but they were delightful! I've never seen her version of Jane Marple before, but Miss Marple was always my favorite of Agatha Christie's characters. And goodness, she was a perfect Miss Marple! She personified the character, from her looks and her attitude, to, well, everything about her. The other amazing thing to me was how in modern movie casting there is almost no way she would have been allowed to play the character, not with her aging bloodhound looks and portly manner. But she was so charming and delightful, I loved every moment she was on screen. *pfft* to modern casting.
Movie #10 was a Hercule Pirot movie, "Cat Among the Pigeons", and I loved the English schoolgirl setting. But I'm afraid that I don't remember much about it, as the plot was interesting but not terribly creative; I remember guessing things a little bit before each piece of the plot was revealed. So I wasn't ahead of the movie by leaps and bounds, but it was pretty predictable overall.
Margaret Rutherford's Miss Marple was the cornerstone of movies #8 Murder, she said and #9 Murder at the Gallop. Gosh, but they were delightful! I've never seen her version of Jane Marple before, but Miss Marple was always my favorite of Agatha Christie's characters. And goodness, she was a perfect Miss Marple! She personified the character, from her looks and her attitude, to, well, everything about her. The other amazing thing to me was how in modern movie casting there is almost no way she would have been allowed to play the character, not with her aging bloodhound looks and portly manner. But she was so charming and delightful, I loved every moment she was on screen. *pfft* to modern casting.
Movie #10 was a Hercule Pirot movie, "Cat Among the Pigeons", and I loved the English schoolgirl setting. But I'm afraid that I don't remember much about it, as the plot was interesting but not terribly creative; I remember guessing things a little bit before each piece of the plot was revealed. So I wasn't ahead of the movie by leaps and bounds, but it was pretty predictable overall.