I can't remember a more entertaining boozehound than Tuppence in this film. Her performance could be the definition of British understatement. But it's the vicar who steals every scene he's in, and his furtive tippling in the churchyard brings back memories of my adolescence.
I agree with you. It's a good adaptation if you just pretend that's some other middle-aged, uppercrust British couple and not our beloved Tommy and Tuppence. They did an excellent job of fitting Miss Marple in.
Like others I love your channel. My mother would have loved this two as she was a big fan of the Agatha Christie TV series. Geraldine was her favorite actress to play Ms. Marple and even if she watched all of the other movies David Suchet was her one and only Poirot.
I really liked this adaptation even if it was very liberal with plot adaptations in order to incorporate Miss Marple into the proceedings. June Whitfield as Mrs Lancaster / Julia Stark is a particular delight, playing such a dark role when we are far more used to hearing her play Miss Marple herself in all the BBC radio adaptations of the books. Quite a role reversal for her!
Such a fun channel. I just finished collecting and reading all of her works plus many of the current novels about her writing and life. I am continuously entertained by them
I know I'm in the minority, but this is one of my favourite Christie books. I adore Tuppence & it's fun to see her fall into this gothic horror atmosphere. I'm willing to overlook some of the more convoluted elements, bcs the story works for T&T. (Every T&T book involves a concussion & a house with secret criminal operations😂). I was thrilled about this adaptation, but eded up disappointed & angry. They turned my Tuppence into a self-pitying weakling when she's anything but +Miss Marple steals her thunder!😢 T&T should be very happily married & complement each other perfectly, precisely bcs they're so different. This Tommy's a misogynist jerk! Although some of the other changes were improvements,the MANY additions ironically didn't add much😢 I want another adaptation, also starring Charles Dance😊❤
I would love to hear your thoughts on another adaptation that added Miss Marple: Towards Zero. I Love the set-up and the twist and actually might prefer the adaptation to the book in this instance.
I actually did do a video on Marple: Towards Zero, but CZcams blocked it along with a few others, including this one. Hopefully I'll have them all back up soon!
French movie "Mon petit doigt m'a dit" 2005 also is interesting movie! the most funny was crazy auntie of French Tommy and other more craziest old madames. they lived in an old beautiful palace once belonged to aristocratic family
Love your channel and hearing about the differences between mediums. I am strictly a watcher not reader so my perception of the show/movies are different. But the main reason I’m commenting is… love you put the Clue secret passage in here 😂👏🏼👏🏼
I loved Tommy and Tuppence so much! By far my favourite characters from Dame Agatha Christie. While I am uncertain that anyone could do 'The Young Adventurers" better than I imagined them (Certainly, no one has so far) this was an exceptionally disgusting adaptation. I will add - that is NOT Miss Marple.
Having read the stories, the portrayals of Tommy and Tuppence in that film didn't work for me at all. The 1983 TV version had them coming across as 'an old married couple', but they weren't played like sticks in the mud that seemed to have forgotten how to have any fun.
I never really warmed to Tommy and Tuppence so I was glad they added Marple. In fact, steal all their stories for her and Poirot. I always thought this story particularly creepy.
I love Tuppence and Tommy. Somebody should do a version of _Sleeping Murder_ with Tuppence and Tommy instead of Miss Marple in revenge for this. (And because it would be an interesting contrast with the young couple, Gwenda and Giles. I want to say I read somewhere they were considered by Christie for this, but I may be making that up.) Wasn't that another book where the old lady asks about the dead child? I know there is another one, anyway.
“…in revenge for this” 😂. Indeed. And yes, there is an old lady in a sanatorium who says the same thing to Gwenda. It’s not key to the plot per se but I love the little tidbits that tie the Christie-verse together.
I wouldn't get your hopes up about the David Walliams T&T. I like Jessica Raine but they have no chemistry and Tommy doesn't seem clever at all. Somehow they make stories that should be thrilling very dead. I love the Francesca Annis version
In the adaptation, the killer loses her child and goes crazy because she's from the same family as her husband-cousins in that family seem to have intermarried for generations, which has consequences. This type of nasty detail has been added in other episodes as well, which makes me think that the writers have certain complexes. But overall the episode is not bad, albeit inaccurate.
Enjoyed your review, and I would say this combo wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. June Whitfield was a delight as the killer, and most of the acting was fine. However, the actor playing the US soldier may be one of the worst pieces of acting I have ever seen anywhere. As lifeless as Aunt Ada's corpse.
I enjoyed the novel and Tommy and Tuppence very much, I did not like the movie at all, especially with Tuppence slurping on the alcohol all the time. I found her extremely annoying. I won't watch it again.
I can't remember a more entertaining boozehound than Tuppence in this film. Her performance could be the definition of British understatement. But it's the vicar who steals every scene he's in, and his furtive tippling in the churchyard brings back memories of my adolescence.
As soon as I see Charles Dance in something I start to suspect him of crime. He just plays criminals so well.
I loved the Francesca Annis/James Warwick versions of the Beresfords.
I agree with you. It's a good adaptation if you just pretend that's some other middle-aged, uppercrust British couple and not our beloved Tommy and Tuppence. They did an excellent job of fitting Miss Marple in.
Like others I love your channel. My mother would have loved this two as she was a big fan of the Agatha Christie TV series. Geraldine was her favorite actress to play Ms. Marple and even if she watched all of the other movies David Suchet was her one and only Poirot.
I really liked this adaptation even if it was very liberal with plot adaptations in order to incorporate Miss Marple into the proceedings.
June Whitfield as Mrs Lancaster / Julia Stark is a particular delight, playing such a dark role when we are far more used to hearing her play Miss Marple herself in all the BBC radio adaptations of the books.
Quite a role reversal for her!
Such a fun channel. I just finished collecting and reading all of her works plus many of the current novels about her writing and life. I am continuously entertained by them
I love Tommy and Tuppence. I love how you related them to Nick and Nora. So true but with respect for one another.
I know I'm in the minority, but this is one of my favourite Christie books. I adore Tuppence & it's fun to see her fall into this gothic horror atmosphere. I'm willing to overlook some of the more convoluted elements, bcs the story works for T&T. (Every T&T book involves a concussion & a house with secret criminal operations😂). I was thrilled about this adaptation, but eded up disappointed & angry. They turned my Tuppence into a self-pitying weakling when she's anything but +Miss Marple steals her thunder!😢
T&T should be very happily married & complement each other perfectly, precisely bcs they're so different. This Tommy's a misogynist jerk!
Although some of the other changes were improvements,the MANY additions ironically didn't add much😢
I want another adaptation, also starring Charles Dance😊❤
I would love to hear your thoughts on another adaptation that added Miss Marple: Towards Zero. I Love the set-up and the twist and actually might prefer the adaptation to the book in this instance.
I actually did do a video on Marple: Towards Zero, but CZcams blocked it along with a few others, including this one. Hopefully I'll have them all back up soon!
@@MysteryMiles Yay, I’m looking forward to that then. 😁 Good luck getting them back on here.
@leedowx Why did CZcams block it? It's not like you upload the whole movie. You just did a commentary like plenty other videos on CZcams.🤔
French movie "Mon petit doigt m'a dit" 2005 also is interesting movie!
the most funny was crazy auntie of French Tommy and other more craziest old madames. they lived in an old beautiful palace once belonged to aristocratic family
I loved this episode of Miss Marple. Charles Dance and Greta Sacchi are wonderful. And the ending was so creepy.
Another has been restored to us. Hoorah!
Love your channel and hearing about the differences between mediums. I am strictly a watcher not reader so my perception of the show/movies are different. But the main reason I’m commenting is… love you put the Clue secret passage in here 😂👏🏼👏🏼
I loved Tommy and Tuppence so much! By far my favourite characters from Dame Agatha Christie. While I am uncertain that anyone could do 'The Young Adventurers" better than I imagined them (Certainly, no one has so far) this was an exceptionally disgusting adaptation.
I will add - that is NOT Miss Marple.
I enjoyed the movie. But this movie isn’t Tommy and Tuppence.
Having read the stories, the portrayals of Tommy and Tuppence in that film didn't work for me at all. The 1983 TV version had them coming across as 'an old married couple', but they weren't played like sticks in the mud that seemed to have forgotten how to have any fun.
I like this adaptation, I think the story and the characters are good and the actors - especially Charles Dance - gives a good performance.
I never really warmed to Tommy and Tuppence so I was glad they added Marple. In fact, steal all their stories for her and Poirot. I always thought this story particularly creepy.
I love Tuppence and Tommy.
Somebody should do a version of _Sleeping Murder_ with Tuppence and Tommy instead of Miss Marple in revenge for this. (And because it would be an interesting contrast with the young couple, Gwenda and Giles. I want to say I read somewhere they were considered by Christie for this, but I may be making that up.) Wasn't that another book where the old lady asks about the dead child? I know there is another one, anyway.
“…in revenge for this” 😂. Indeed. And yes, there is an old lady in a sanatorium who says the same thing to Gwenda. It’s not key to the plot per se but I love the little tidbits that tie the Christie-verse together.
@@allibaby24 I think this dead child reference may have come up one or two more times as well.
The new "A Haunting in Venice" trailer came out recently. Would you ever discuss your thoughts on it in a video? I'm curious on your take.
Nellie Bly -- like the reporter.
Septimus -- isn't that the name of the clergyman in _The Mystery of Edwin Drood?_ -- Septimus Crisparkle?
I wouldn't get your hopes up about the David Walliams T&T. I like Jessica Raine but they have no chemistry and Tommy doesn't seem clever at all. Somehow they make stories that should be thrilling very dead. I love the Francesca Annis version
In the adaptation, the killer loses her child and goes crazy because she's from the same family as her husband-cousins in that family seem to have intermarried for generations, which has consequences. This type of nasty detail has been added in other episodes as well, which makes me think that the writers have certain complexes.
But overall the episode is not bad, albeit inaccurate.
Loved the Québec joke! Although I must add that your pronunciation of "petit" near the end was terrible. It should be "p'TEE."
Enjoyed your review, and I would say this combo wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. June Whitfield was a delight as the killer, and most of the acting was fine. However, the actor playing the US soldier may be one of the worst pieces of acting I have ever seen anywhere. As lifeless as Aunt Ada's corpse.
Lifeless as Aunt Ada’s corpse 😂. Indeed.
I enjoyed the novel and Tommy and Tuppence very much, I did not like the movie at all, especially with Tuppence slurping on the alcohol all the time. I found her extremely annoying. I won't watch it again.
It wasn’t our Tuppence, was it? They drowned her spirit in well, spirits 🙃.
I do not like Tommy and Tuppence. 😫 I've read one and that was one too many. 🧐