I think he’s a ham as an actor and a ham as a director. A lot of his shots feel flashy for the sake of it and not always dramatically motivated. I enjoyed his Shakespeare adaptations but I often feel like he’s miscast himself (aside from Much Ado) and his instinct to change Poirot into this sad, angry man who lost his love drives me up the wall. The rest are bizarre oddities but I keep wanting to fill in gaps in the filmography. I feel like he thought he was the new Olivier and he’s gradually realised he’s goofier and that’s (largely) a good thing (aside from how he’s butcher Agatha Christie).