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Carlyle on 21 Jun 2009 at 10:31 p.m. GMT
I saw "Murder is easy" last week... Julia McKenzie is good as miss Marple, the second best in my opinion after Joan Hickson of course. But the movie... oh dear... Actually, I´m not a puritan when it comes to dramatising books, but I do have some demands - at least I expect the storyline to be... at least recognisible from the book. But in "Murder is easy"... The beginning with miss Pinkerton was good, faithful. After that... nothing remains. Most of the murders have been altered and the motive for the murderer... well, I don´t know why its called Christie because the story is certainly not hers at all.
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Saw Julia MacKenzie for my first time portraying Miss Marple. She is the best since Joan Hickson. She's plays her very low key, unlike the last Miss Marple with that constant simpering smile on her face. I'm looking forward to seeing her do more Miss Marples. She has a lovely face with that wide-eyed - surprise or curious - expression. My only question is why was the small screen adaptation changed so much from the Christie story? I would really like to understand the reasoning behind changing her stories.