WARNING: This post discusses the ending of an 83 year old story.
The first trailer for the new "Murder on the Orient Express" movie was released today.
I was in a movie discussion group on Facebook making a comment on how this is an unnecessary remake (this is the fourth adaptation since 1974). Part of my point was that even if somebody had never read the book or seen a movie adaptation (like me), they still knew that the twist ending reveal is that all of the suspects killed the victim. I assumed that over the last eight decades since the book was first published, and four decades since the first movie was released, the ending became common knowledge. The story has been referenced in or inspired many movies and TV shows. It's one of the most popular murder mysteries in the world. How could there be people who don't know the plot? Movies from 20 years ago (like "The Usual Suspects" and "The Sixth Sense") have endings that are part of the pop culture; if a person has only seen them recently (again, like me) they already know the twists even before watching. So it makes sense that a story four times that old would also be well known.
Whatever. My point is, Kenneth Branagh shouldn't have re-re-remade "Murder on the Orient Express" when he should be making the "Artemis Fowl" movie. I've been waiting 15 years for it!!!
