A Mom Reacts to DEATH ON THE NILE (2022) - So many unexpected turns! 

Pretty impressive that you immediately caught on to the fake shot to the leg and theorised that Simon and Jackie were working together

I've actually enjoyed both of Kenneth Branagh's outings as Hercule Poirot. I like that they have that nostalgic feel that's missing in most movies today. I can understand how they're not everyone's cup of tea but they're a nice palate cleanser from all the indie and big budget films out these days (which I also love). Also, Agatha Christie was a genius so... ;-)

Suchet's Poirot was on ITV in the UK and on PBS and A&E in the U.S. (Now on Britbox or Acorn -- I always mix them up.)

I really wish you had seen the original 1978 version of Death on The Nile with Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot.

Thank you for this reaction!

Linnett Ridgeway is neither a spiteful nor a malicious person. But she is still a spoiled and arrogant person. Because life has always been good to her she has genuinely tried to be nice to everyone else. But even though she doesn't set out to hurt people she won't hesitate to hurt people if it means she'll get what she wants. And because she's always managed to get what she wants, she never holds back and lets well enough alone. That's why she went for Simon soon as she realised she wanted him, knowing that she could stand back and let Jackie marry him because she knew how much it meant to Jackie, but she went for him. She tells herself and everyone else that it didn't happen like that, that these things just happen even though she was sorry that Jackie was so upset about it, and that if Simon had married Jackie after realising he actually loved her (Linnett) then he couldn't really have made Jackie happy, and that Jackie should just accept it and move on because it's the future that counts not the past, she felt guilty because of what she did, and that was why seeing Jackie always made her so upset. SPOILER: And that arrogance of hers also proved to be not only her biggest character fault but also her downfall, because she genuinely believed in her arrogance that she had successfully stolen Simon away from Jackie, when the truth was that actually Simon never even liked her because he found her to be bossy and possessive and found her going after him to be embarrassing, and though he liked her money he wouldn't have wanted to marry her because he didn't want to be dependent on his wife for money for the rest of his life. His fault is that he never grasped the seriousness of what he was doing or how wrong it was morally, he just viewed the whole thing as 'nothing venture, nothing have' and justified himself by saying it was the only chance he'd ever get to having that much money. His other fault being that he liked the things you buy with money too much to be satisfied with a steady job and income. But Jackie's fault was that she loved Simon too much to pull back when she realised he'd made up his mind to marry Linnett, kill her and inherit her money. She could've said no like Linnett could've said no but she chose not to so that she could get an easy life with the man she loved. And she took part in it because she knew that Simon didn't have the brains to plan and pull off a successful murder.

This movie makes a lot of changes to the original story (not saying which changes) but then again so do the two earlier adaptations of it (smaller changes but still) meaning the David Suchet tv adaptation and the 1978 Peter Ustinov movie. Either omitting a subplot, combining characters, rewriting characters, I don't think there's ever been a wholly accurate adaptation of any of Christie's works.

I don't know how faithful the movie is to the book (although I would like to read it one day), but the twist was a little too easy to figure out for my friend and me. We actually took issue with writing, although the directing, music, cinematography, and performances are all great. That being said, the real star of this movie is definitely Emma Mackey as Jacqueline (aka Jackie). She did an amazing job portraying a crazy person. I wouldn't be surprised if she was the one who invented the term "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend".

Good Reaction Video!

4:17 I wouldn't be so sure

0:22 reading?? 🤣🤣🤣

I think the 1978 version was more fun and did a better job of tricking the viewer despite also not having a Poirot who looks much like the book character.

Prisoners

i would highly recommend the film 1917 (2019)

This just reminded me of how much I dislike this movie. The cinamatography and and acting was great but the writing was way to simplistic. I have no problem with them making adjustments to the plot to make it playable on screen but the changes were really unecessary and watered down the plot. Please go read the book if you haven't it was really good