Poirot - Classic Crimes Collection (1990)

Poirot Classic Crime Collection

This is the greatest crime collection available, Poirot is the best, especially with Hugh Frasier, as Capt. Hastings. Good mystery with just the right amount of humor. David Suchet as Poirot could not be better. Have the entire series, wish there were more. My wife enjoys it as much as I do.
Don August 20, 2008

Viewer

David Suchet is always good, but these newer shows lack the writing and production talent shown in the earlier collections. At first, I thought the trouble might be the missing characters of the Inspector, Hastings or the secretary who added so much to the show, but it is something more.

There is difficulty with choppy scene transitions and the script adds nonsense sex scenes, etc., that do not move the plot along and seem out of place for the series. Usually, this indicates lazy writing. So, I'm somewhat disappointed, but David Suchet saves the collection with his excellent acting.

Bring back the earlier script writers and the other characters that truly round out the Hercule Poirot character. August 17, 2008

sharp and witty

THIS IS A SERIES OF STORIES BASED ON AGATHA CHRISTIE'S
DETECTIVE HERCULE POIROT. I SAY BASED ON BECAUSE SOME
SERIOUS CHANGES TOOK PLACE. THE CHARACTER OF THE DETECTIVE
IS MARVELOUS. I LIKED THEM ALL EXCEPT CARDS ON THE TABLE.
THE DIRECTOR AND THE WRITERS HAVE TAKEN LIBERTIES TO ADD
THEIR OWN VIEWPOINTS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE MAIN PLOT. THESE VIEWPOINTS ARE NOT FOR EVERYONE
AND THEY WERE NOT SEEN IN THE BOOKS. IT'S A REAL SHAME TO RUIN
STORIES THAT WERE VERY POPULAR FOR MANY YEARS. July 28, 2008

Another Great series

We have all the Poirot DVDs. They seem to get better and better. I do miss his secretary and Hastings in this latest collection. As long as David Suchet is Poirot I will watch them. I am not a reader of fiction. So the mysteries are all entertaining. This group from A&E seemed a bit better quality in the video work. Great acting by Suchet and others. It was good to see Samantha from Foyles War in one of this series. We rarely watch any current movies as they are all so vulgar. So the British mystery movies are about our only video entertainment. July 21, 2008

An intellectual challenge, but something has gone...

The A&E Poirot series is very different from the earlier, more light-hearted series that most Poirot fans are familiar with. It lacks the light-hearted playfulness of the earlier series. It is MUCH more melodramatic - much darker in plot, music, photography, and mood. None of Poirot's previous friends appear - the isolation of old age? All these things are enough to put off some viewers (my wife included). The only thing that hasn't changed much is Poirot himself - Suchet does a great job as usual. I did enjoy the intellectual challenge of these films - I often had to take notes in order to keep all the names and relationships straight! But the charm has gone. Four stars is about right, I think.

July 21, 2008

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