History YMMV / MurderOnTheOrientExpress2017

* BrokenBase: Inevitable given the original 1974 film is held in such high regard; you either like this adaptation or you don't. Neither "Rotten Tomatoes" or Meta Critic have given it a high rating; professional critics have given it mixed to negative reviews; their main critique is that Branagh has forgotten the lessons he learned after the disastrous ''Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein'' a decade earlier, while the average viewer seems to be more generous. Amongst Christie fans, they can at least agree it was truer to the spirit of the book than the very [[Series/{{Poirot}} decisive David Suchet version from 2010]].

** When the second trailer revealed that the movie would contain a fight scene Christie fans were decidedly less than thrilled, though it was far from the AdrenalineTime slugfests that were inserted into the Robert Downey Jr Sherlock movies.
** Giving Poirot a LostLenore; in the books Poirot is famously celibate

* BrokenBase: Inevitable given the original 1974 film is held in such high regard; you either like this adaptation or you don't. Neither "Rotten Tomatoes" or Meta Critic have given it a high rating; professional critics have given it mixed to negative reviews; their main critique is that Branagh has forgotten the lessons he learned after the disastrous ''Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein'' while the average viewer seems to be more generous. Amongst Christie fans, they can at least agree it was truer to the spirit of the book than the very [[Series/{{Poirot}} ''decisive'' David Suchet version from 2010'']].

* BrokenBase: Inevitable given the original 1974 film is held in such high regard; you either like this adaptation or you don't. Neither "Rotten Tomatoes" or Meta Critic have given it a high rating; professional critics have given it mixed to negative reviews; their main critique is that Branagh has forgotten the lessons he learned after the disastrous ''Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein'' while the average viewer seems to be more generous. Amongst Christie fans, they can at least agree it was truer to the spirit of the book than the very [[Series/Poirot ''decisive'' David Suchet version from 2010'']].

* BrokenBase: Inevitable given the original 1974 film is held in such high regard; you either like this adaptation or you don't. Neither "Rotten Tomatoes" or Meta Critic have given it a high rating; professional critics have given it mixed to negative reviews, while the average viewer seems to be more generous. Amongst Christie fans, they can at least agree it was truer to the spirit of the book than the very ''decisive'' David Suchet version.

** [[https://ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/000253779hr.jpg?w=669 The first promotional photos raised some eyebrows]] due to Branagh's Poirot looking radically different from Christie's description. Instead of a nice neat black mustache, this Poirot has a gray walrus type mustache and soul patch on his chin. This is only made worse in the film itself, where the ‘tache is so huge it stretches back over his cheeks and looks like the ends have been glued to his cheekbones.

** Giving Poirot a LostLenore; in the books Poiort is famously celibate

** And if that wasn't bad enough, the second trailer has revealed that the movie is going to contain a ''fight scene''. The response from Christie fans has been exactly what one would expect.

* BrokenBase: Inevitable given the original 1974 film is held in such high regard; you either like this adaptation or you don't. Neither "Rotten Tomatoes" or Meta Critic have given it a high rating; professional critics have given it mixed to negative reviews, while the average viewer seems to be more generous.

** And if that wasn't bad enough, the second trailer has revealed that the movie is going to contain a ''fight scene''. The response from Christie fans has been exactly what one would expect.

* Any time Poirot starts talking to his picture of TheLostLenore, Katherine, is quite narmful. It comes across as a blatant HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday, and the scenes are silly and laughable rather than heartstring-tugging.

** [[https://ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/000253779hr.jpg?w=669 The first promotional photos raised some eyebrows]] due to Branagh's Poirot looking radically different from Christie's description. Instead of a nice neat black mustache, this Poirot has a gray walrus type mustache and soul patch on his chin.

** The inevitable reaction from Christie purists over Branagh's decision to radically change Poirot's iconic look, especially the moustache. Although the moustache at least may actually be TruerToTheText; Christie describes Poirot as having a large moustache, to the point where a criticism she had of Albert Finney's 'tasche in the 1974 adaptation was that it was too small (she passed away long before Peter Ustinov and David Suchet took over the role, but they both had similarly small moustaches).

** The inevitable reaction from Christie purists over Branagh's decision to radically change Poirot's iconic look, especially the moustache. Although the moustache at least may actually be TruerToTheText; Christie describes Poirot as having a large moustache, to the point where a criticism she had of Albert Finney's 'tasche in the 1974 adaptation was that it was too small (she passed away long before David Suchet took over the role, but FWIW his moustache was even smaller).

** The inevitable reaction from Christie purists over Branagh's decision to radically change Poirot's iconic look, especially the mustache.

* ParanoiaFuel: You're traveling on a train that gets stuck in a snowbank and somebody's murdered meaning a fellow passenger could be the murder. This causes the passengers to turn on each other accusing each other of the crime --- something that didn't happen in the original novel.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The inevitable reaction from Christie purists over Branagh's decision to radically change Poirot's iconic look, especially the mustache.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The inevitable reaction from Christie purists over Branagh's decision to radically change Poirot's iconic look, especially the mustache.

** This seems to be the fans' general reaction to the use of Imagine Dragons' "Believer" as the [[SoundtrackDissonance song choice]] for the first trailer. It doesn't help that it had recently been featured over the closing montage in the Season 1 finale of ''Series/{{Riverdale}}''... and the Super Bowl ad for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. This song is getting ''a lot'' of airplay.

* {{Narm}}: [[https://ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/000253779hr.jpg?w=669 The first promotional photos raised some eyebrows]] due to Branagh's Poirot looking radically different from Christie's description. Instead of a nice neat black mustache, this Poirot has a gray walrus type mustache and soul patch on his chin.

* {{Narm}}: [[https://ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/000253779hr.jpg?w=669 The first promotional photos raised some eyebrows]] due to Branagh's Poirot looking radically different from Christie's description. Instead a nice neat black mustache, this Poirot has a grey walrus type mustache and soul patch on his chin.
** This seems to be the fans' general reaction to the use of Imagine Dragons' "Believer" as the [[SoundtrackDissonance song choice]] for the first trailer. It doesn't help that it had recently been featured over the closing montage in the Season 1 finale of ''Series/{{Riverdale}}''.

* NightmareFuel: The scream as the body is discovered in the teaser trailer will seep into your soul.

** This seems to be the fans' general reaction to the use of Imagine Dragons' "Believer" as the [[SoundtrackDissonance song choice]] for the first trailer.

* {{Narm}}: [[https://ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/000253779hr.jpg?w=669 The first promotional photos raised some eyebrows]] due to Branagh's Poirot looking radically different from Christie's description. Instead a nice neat black mustache, this Poirot has a grey walrus type mustache and soul patch on his chin.

* {{Narm}}: The first promotional photos raised some eyebrows due to Branagh's Poirot looking radically different from the book. Instead a nice neat black mustache, this Poirot has a grey walrus type mustache and soul patch on his chin.