Originally Posted By jasmine7 Am I the only one who's gone to see this movie yet? I went largely for Robert Downey Jr, and I just found myself thrown into a completely enjoyable film. It's been a long time since I read any of the original Holmes stories & even longer since I saw any of the Basil Rathbone films, so this was a pretty fresh experience for me. I went in just expecting a fun, popcorn movie, but it was actually pretty smartly written with some nice plot twists (and a hidden character for the Holmes fans). I also really, really enjoyed the Holmes/Watson subtext (yeah, I'm a big old slasher, lol). I'm hoping to go see it again when I get paid next week, and I hope it does well enough to bring about the sequel it set up so well. Any thoughts on this movie?
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 I am hoping to see it when it comes to the Army post I am on. Unfortunately it wasn't out yet when I was stateside recently. The reason why not many people are talking about Sherlock Holmes is because the movie is being overshadowed by Avatar.... It looks like a fantastic movie and I love RDJ as an actor.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <even longer since I saw any of the Basil Rathbone films, so this was a pretty fresh experience for me. > Perhaps because of the new movie, TCM just ran a marathon of them. Most were only about 65-75 minutes long. Very entertaining, usually. The spider woman one is probably the best. Interestingly, they set them in (then) present-day 40's England, as opposed to the time they were written.
Originally Posted By FilmNoir I thought Sherlock would be just ok but was interested enough to make sure we saw this one. Am I ever glad we went! It far exceeded my expectations!!
Originally Posted By lesmisfan my brother, dad and i went to go see it last night. I went mainly to see what robert downey jr, who is one of my favorite actors, could do with the role of sherlock. And i loved the film from beginning to end. And there were times i was thinking to myself that whoever wrote this film needs to write the pirate movies! i think this type of humor is right up the alley for a new pirate film.
Originally Posted By dshyates I just saw it, and I thought it was great. Smart and funny. I also loved the oh so cute subtext of the relationship between Sherlock and Watson.
Originally Posted By Clopin Saw this flick last night and thought it was great! Downey Jr and Jude Law were excellent. There were Good action scenes, mixed with funny and witty dialogue. I had the same thought as lemisfan, about how the writers of Sherlock Holmes should write a Pirates movie!
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin I thought the movie was fine, yep, just fine. Maybe I'm tainted by expectations of a movie with this name having something to do with the Sherlock Holmes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. My DH loved it.
Originally Posted By AuroraRose WDWdreamin I'm with you. this movie is banned from our household : ) can someone please tell me when SACD's Holmes was an action hereo?? UGH! at least they didn't have him wear a deer stalker cap : )
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 We saw the movie last night and both liked it a lot. I couldn't bear to watch the pig scene, not because of the people but because of the pigs. Hmm, maybe I wasn't connecting with the people as much as I thought?
Originally Posted By xrayvision ^ Agreed fkurucs. The film WAS entertaining and I did like the dialogue, but this was not the best interpretation of classic Sherlock Holmes. My only real issues was (as AuroraRose already stated) Holmes being portrayed as more of an action hero than a detective, with somewhat pre-meditated psychic powers. The gritty action was almost Batman-y, or a rustic old-English version of Watchmen. And, in my theater, the darkness of the film seem to engulf the characters and props so that we just saw deep brown & black or just shadows on the screen at several points of the movie. As a joke was made about a prop in Holmes' hand, which we the audience could not see as his hand was lost in darkness, I think that our theater's projector was maybe the problem and not the film. Again, it was an entertaining film, but was really darkly lit and Holmes' actions were interpreted differently from past movies and books.
