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Poirot getting seasick

posted 10 years ago by w0304577
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In the beginning of the film when Poirot and Sir Horace Blatt are talking on the yacht, Sir Horace offers to bring Poirot to the island with him. But Poirot tells him he can't because he suffers from "mal de mar" which is sea sickness. He says that it took all his courage just to go onto the yacht at all. And later when he and the Marshalls take that small boat to get to the island, we see him visibly getting queasy. But if that's true, then why did he seem to have no problems at all in Death on the Nile? The majority of that film took place on a boat and he never once mentioned having an issue with sea sickness. I've seen both films many times and I never noticed this before.

[–] pc-daisy 9 years ago

Me neither! But it was glaringly obvious last viewing of EUTS. Can't say I know Christie's work all that well, but that one is certainly a huge inconsistency.

[–] Petaine 9 years ago

I was wondering about the same thing. Maybe, and I'm just trying to find a logical explanation here, there's a difference between a large ship in a river than a smaller one (a yacht or even a small boat) in the sea. But I doubt that answers it; it must be a mistake.

[–] Fran_Kubelick 9 years ago

It seems you all do not have a lot of experience with ships. I get seasick quite easily, but never never have experienced that sensation on a river - let alone on a large ship. Of course, being on a small ship on sea can make most people seasick. On a river, there may be small waves, but never a swell as on sea. It is perfectly logical - and even the norm - that someone feeling fine during a river cruise does get severely seasick on sea.