tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post3902319381178907405..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Towards ZeroMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-58734795736211617852010-03-18T19:43:14.003+00:002010-03-18T19:43:14.003+00:00Dorte, I think Julia Mackenzie is an improvement, ...Dorte, I think Julia Mackenzie is an improvement, but still not as good as Joan Hickson.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-2277597249147905232010-03-17T15:12:47.086+00:002010-03-17T15:12:47.086+00:00I have watched some of the McEwan films but have p...I have watched some of the McEwan films but have problems with them (like everybody else, it seems). What I mostly dislike is the way she makes Miss Marple seem silly (something she was definitely not).Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-86868848992707657422010-03-16T21:21:19.003+00:002010-03-16T21:21:19.003+00:00I suspect most of us would agree that the Hickson ...I suspect most of us would agree that the Hickson Marple was definitive. But this episode was quite a lot better than some ofthe other McEwens.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-12365100120382836212010-03-16T19:00:44.574+00:002010-03-16T19:00:44.574+00:00I actually just watched that movie and I think the...I actually just watched that movie and I think the opening scene where the older man(I can't remember if he's a colonel) and Mrs. Marple were sitting on the sofa watching the young couples dance and he mentioned the fact that murder happens at the end and it's zero hour.<br /><br />Great post.<br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-34484592784164761732010-03-16T13:05:21.321+00:002010-03-16T13:05:21.321+00:00I have this movie DVR'd and haven't watche...I have this movie DVR'd and haven't watched it yet because I wasn't crazy about McEwan's Marple. But I'll take a look at it now...thanks.<br /><br />ElizabethElizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-16610889723975208792010-03-16T12:30:32.968+00:002010-03-16T12:30:32.968+00:00Maybe because I liked Joan Hickson so much as Miss...Maybe because I liked Joan Hickson so much as Miss Marple (she IS Miss Marple in the same way David Suchet IS Hercule Poirot or Jeremy Brett IS Sherlock Holmes), I've found it very hard to warm to the new Miss Marple or the "harder-edged" mysteries adapted from the Marple stories. I don't like the idea of trying to shoehorn Miss Marple into a story that wasn't a Marple to begin with; but perhaps when this shows up on my library's DVD shelf, I'll give it a look.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-4213850553901246692010-03-16T11:39:30.119+00:002010-03-16T11:39:30.119+00:00Martin - I admit to being a Christie purist, so ye...Martin - I admit to being a Christie purist, so yes, I have much disliked some of the adaptations of her work that have been televised. <i>The Sittaford Mystery</i> - shudder! But this one doesn't sound too bad. I may try it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com