Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

It is hard to exactly put your finger on why this movie is so mediocre.  Maybe the hidden fact is that we all know the plot, so don't take quite so long to get to the point might have helped.
There is oodles of talent in this film (much like the version made in 1974, which was also not that great).  Kenneth Branagh, apparently in an attempt to portray each and every one of his favorite fictional detectives, is a very good Poirot.  I didn't think that I could get over the fact that he is not the David Suchet, but I did.  He has a way more elaborate mustache, and he is a more action figure kind of Poirot, both of which kind of grew on me over the course of the film.  The setting is flat out gorgeous, but the cinematography is just mediocre.  There are all kinds of odd blown off roof shots that do not work well.  The characters come across as wooden, and again, remember, we all know who did it and why, so here is hoping that Poirot's allusion to a murder on the Nile leads to a better outcome for the viewer should it materialize.