All right. Let's get one thing straight. This movie was NOTHING like the book. Here are a few points (I won't bother listing them all like I did for my review in "THE SITTAFORD MYSTERY") - Gwenda has a romance with someone else. She does not marry Giles. - Giles never even appears on screen! - A whole band of characters were changed COMPLETELY to include a traveling theater group called "The Funnybones" - Characters not included in the original novel are in this dreadful adaptation.
Up until that point, I would've forgiven them, had they included the novel's original ending. But no! If they are going to butcher up an Agatha Christie novel, they are going to butcher the whole thing! They ditched the whole scary ending and made a "one-of-the-people-in-this-room-is-a-killer" climax. Not only that, they reveal the murderer before the climax! As soon as the killer walks through the door, Miss Marple calls the police.
A dreadful adaptation! Now, onwards to Series 3! And hopefully it will be good!
Up until that point, I would've forgiven them, had they included the novel's original ending. But no! If they are going to butcher up an Agatha Christie novel, they are going to butcher the whole thing! They ditched the whole scary ending and made a "one-of-the-people-in-this-room-is-a-killer" climax. Not only that, they reveal the murderer before the climax! As soon as the killer walks through the door, Miss Marple calls the police.
A dreadful adaptation! Now, onwards to Series 3! And hopefully it will be good!