Sherlock Holmes

[lynn]

I went and saw this on the weekend. It was ok. Explosions and stuff. There's a fight between Irene and Sherlock in the trailer that wasn't in the movie. It's ok, she's ok, Robert Downey Jr is ok, Jude Law is great. None of is has anything to do with Sherlock Holmes cannon or anything, there's crumbs for those who do read, but the rest... but worth a watch, I think. My mum enjoyed it.

[professordave]

Might go see one New Years eve, or maybe Avatar. It's clearly not a faithful adaptation, but there have been a lot of really good film and television versions of Holmes that were, so I don't mind a version that goes off script. Many years ago there was a movie called Young Sherlock Holmes. It wasn't based on any of Doyle's stories and reminded me of an Indiana Jones movie, but it was still fun. This new movie is kinda like that.

[drivebyluna]

I really enjoyed it but then again I really enjoy Guy Ritchie films. I loved how Holmes would describe his plan of attack in fighting someone before he actually did it.

[professordave]

Okay, I got to see this over the weekend and I did enjoy it. Holmes fight plans were funny, the dialog was good, and the acting was pretty decent, too. Good action scenes set against the nicely realized backdrop of late Victorian London. Not exactly Doyle's Holmes, but close enough.

[Gilberto]

I found it to be faithful to the spirit of the stories while going in a fun new direction. I really liked it. It reminded me of Young Sherlock Holmes at first, and there were moments I was afraid they were going to take it in that kind of direction, but in the end it reminded me more of Hound of the Baskervilles.

I like the Holmes-Watson relationship in this one. House is sort of a modern Sherlock Holmes and he has more of a fun hostile rapport with his Watson, the oncologist on the show. It seems like they're drawing on that here, where there's a dependency on Holmes' part and a resentment on Watson's, but they need each other. It's also more of an equal partnership, which you never get in the stories.

[lynn]

I felt they should have kept this buddy movie thing and left out the Holmes love interest, since she wasn't that good, and did more work with Watson's girl, who didn't get enough time in my opinion. I thought Jude Law did a great job getting into his role.

[Gilberto]

Yeah, the femme fatale thing is a typical device in big movies that wasn't fully necessary. I think they could have done without the respective love interests and focused on the Holmes/Watson dynamic. That's really what drove the story.

[ctupa]

I agree. Watson was great in this movie, I like how they made him more of a tough, no-nonsense guy instead of Holmes' tag-along sidekick. Jude Law was great. Love the set designs, and how Holmes explained what he was going to do.

[gretl]

I took my mom and sister to see this after Christmas. Decent movie; I liked all the quirky character traits for Holmes, and the obligatory "love interest" was handled with a pretty light touch. Great score ... I'm not usually one to notice such things, but I stayed through the end credits (worth watching just for the visuals) to find out it was by Hans Zimmer.

[Gilberto]

I'm reading the original stories (up til now I'd only read the first two stories and Hound of the Baskervilles), and I have to say, the movie feels respectful to the characters and the stories. And it got me reading the stories again. I like it.