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Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987)
Miss Marple appears to be psychic
I find it hard to believe there are so many great reviews here regarding this movie. In my opinion it is the worst of all Miss Marple movies. Although nicely photographed, the weak plot left me totally unsatisfied. Seems to me the viewer must be taken by the hand throughout the movie, learning clues step by step, until finally every detail is known and you only have to make the puzzle complete. Which is what Miss Marple is so good at. In this movie you get the same 'clues' over and over again (at a very slow pace I might add). And, in the end all is revealed by Miss Marple without hardly any explanation at all. How did she come to this conclusion? She must be psychic! After seeing the movie end, I didn't know if I should laugh or cry. Never a good sign if you've watched a thriller.
Half Light (2006)
Not very outstanding
Everything about this movie is trying too hard to be mysterious and scary. This results in characters reacting unnaturally and irritating. This applies for Rachel, the main character, but especially for the town villagers.
They are strange and sometimes plain rude (switching to talking in Celtic (or whatever) in front of Rachel (=American), because they don't want her to know what they are talking about). What is meant to be a portrayal of small-town cozy Celtic life, becomes a village of unpleasant people where no-one in their right mind would want to live.
And then there's Rachel who never seems to ask the right questions, but keep running around, deranged. I don't find her very sympathetic.
The movie has some nice twists, although somewhat predictable. But this doesn't seem to prevent it from being too long. I have (just) managed too keep watching till the end, but I don't have to see it another time.