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Sherlock Holmes-

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I know my Conan Doyle perfectly well.
I grew up with.

Now what did Ritchie with it.
A bit of digital haze, but not too much.
A few inventive camera works.
More or less inventive since Cosner Robin Hood.
He got an excellent Charlie Chaplin actor. And the rest was perfectly enjoyable.
Shake and a modern sauce poured over the whole, et voila you got a modern film.

Now did he fit in the spirit of the novels. Yes it did.
What is lush? Yes it was.
Was it boring.
No it was not.

Nicely done I would say, Ritchie.
I hope you got another one in this range.
Good show.

Follow Ups:

It was fairly pedestrian, it had some wit and imagination - PhilJ 18:13:17 07/16/10 (0)
and the banter was occasionaly biting. The entire movie was summed up nicely in the end by Downey in a manner that reminded me of Sherlock Holmes. Rachel McAdams had some pluck and overall everything was nicely done. But I was bored. I actually stopped the movie half way thru because my mind was wandering and I finished it off a bit later.

Bottom line is that I was thinking about how they pieced the movie together instead of enjoying the film itself.
Phil
I had planned to see this... - tunenut 15:28:28 07/14/10 (2)
as I really like Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels, Snatch, and Rocknrolla- Guy Ritchie can make a fine movie....always remembering of course that he also made at lest one really bad one (Swept Away). But reviews were tepid and it slipped out of the theaters. I will probably give it a try sooner or later.
- Don't see Swept away - Brian A 21:24:32 07/14/10 (0)
  I started watching it on HBO and had to change the channel. Nothing comes off worse than a spoiled star acting like a spoiled star.
  
  We'll have to agree to disagree about global warming until the next global cooling scare comes along
- Rocknrolla? - mkuller 16:12:20 07/14/10 (0)
  ...if you like that one, you'll love Sherlock.
It was more like Batman and Robin... - mkuller 19:16:48 07/13/10 (15)
...with all of the chases, fights and explosions.

Marginally entertaining popcorn movie.
- RE: Don�t know much about them, BUT-- - patrickU 23:42:39 07/13/10 (12)
  The spirit of Doyle has been preserved.
  That is much important.
  - No, Doyle would faint. There is none of the cerebral, none of the - tinear 09:31:11 07/14/10 (11)
    brilliant rumination about this. Oh, yes, there is a soupcon but it is all subsumed to the ACTION genre. This is an ACTION film. Fights. Chases. Explosions.
    Dialogue and character development? Negligible.
    Actually, my first thought when viewing was that the leads should have been reversed. Law is a far more interesting, nuanced actor. And... he's British. I'm sick of hearing these awful attempts by American actors to mimic the British. God awful. They get the sound right but tempi is all wrong. It jangles.
    - RE: Of course it is an action film! - patrickU 09:41:43 07/14/10 (10)
      But it stand on its own. And it is in the spirit of the creator.
      That show the intelligence of the script.
      And it was not boring. For an action film of today a compliment.
      
      Just think of 2012. Now that was boring. At least this one was lush and had taken an earnest point for the set, very well made and authentic.
      
      But I knew that you did not like it. And don�t get me wrong, it will never fill my videotheque.
      - 2012 was FUN! One simply cannot forget this is supposedly Sherlock Holmes. - tinear 20:57:52 07/15/10 (7)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Of course it is an action film! posted by patrickU on July 14, 2010 at 09:41:43
        
        One cannot forget this is Robert Downey, a clownish actor.
        If one were unacquainted with Basil Rathmore, this film might be mildly amusing. Really, Patrick, did you find the fight with the giant in that warehouse the least bit amusing? Those fight scenes were fantastic, yes, but in the wrong movie.
        Holmes was an intellectual: that is his soul. Downey? Hardly Eton material.....
        
        I still cannot believe you liked 2012, very uncharacteristic nt - Brian A 21:14:49 07/16/10 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: 2012 was FUN! One simply cannot forget this is supposedly Sherlock Holmes. posted by tinear on July 15, 2010 at 20:57:52
        
        We'll have to agree to disagree about global warming until the next global cooling scare comes along
        
        RE: Jeremy Breet was maybe the best. peter Cushing was not bad. 2012 the most boring film of the decade. - patrickU 03:31:08 07/16/10 (5)
        
        In Reply to: RE: 2012 was FUN! One simply cannot forget this is supposedly Sherlock Holmes. posted by tinear on July 15, 2010 at 20:57:52
        
        Downey is a good actor even his best was and will remain his Chaplin.
        Basil was ok but the series, shit.
        
        Now I don�t pretend this film is good. I just pretend that it is a good trasposition of a MODERN Sherlock.
        
        One that fit in our time. And one with excellent decors. Like it was back then.
        
        RE: The wrong BEST SH Link, soory, here. - patrickU 10:26:44 07/16/10 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Jeremy Breet was maybe the best. peter Cushing was not bad. 2012 the most boring film of the decade. posted by patrickU on July 16, 2010 at 03:31:08
        
        --
        http://www.amazon.de/Sherlock-Dr-Watson-Complete-collection- (Open in New Window)
        
        Jeremy and Cushing more or less imitated Basil. I grew up with those - tinear 07:54:01 07/16/10 (3)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Jeremy Breet was maybe the best. peter Cushing was not bad. 2012 the most boring film of the decade. posted by patrickU on July 16, 2010 at 03:31:08
        
        so they're still dear to my heart.
        Imagine Jeremy Irons.
        Paul Rickman!
        Now, Downey.....
        See?
        Childish.
        
        RE: Jeremy and Cushing more or less imitated Basil. I grew up with those - patrickU 10:29:15 07/16/10 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Jeremy and Cushing more or less imitated Basil. I grew up with those posted by tinear on July 16, 2010 at 07:54:01
        
        --
        http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083100/ (Open in New Window)
        
        RE: Everett and Stephens were not bad either- Michael Caine.... Leslie Howard... - patrickU 10:24:03 07/16/10 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Jeremy and Cushing more or less imitated Basil. I grew up with those posted by tinear on July 16, 2010 at 07:54:01
        
        Now the US Basil series is so bad, I can�t not tell how.
        It has less to do with Doyle hero that Richtie�s film.
        
        Now it you tell me, and you did, it is a part of your childwood then I keep quite.
        
        But the best SH I ever saw is:
        http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429032/ (Open in New Window)
        
        Thanks, Patrick, I'll check out the Russian and the Brit. nt - tinear 15:07:40 07/18/10 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Everett and Stephens were not bad either- Michael Caine.... Leslie Howard... posted by patrickU on July 16, 2010 at 10:24:03
        
        dfs
      - More like an ADHD film...(nt) - mkuller 15:08:17 07/15/10 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Of course it is an action film! posted by patrickU on July 14, 2010 at 09:41:43
        
        (nt)
        
        RE: Well that is what I got---nt. - patrickU 23:13:05 07/15/10 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: More like an ADHD film...(nt) posted by mkuller on July 15, 2010 at 15:08:17
        
        nt
- RE: It was more like Batman and Robin... - volunteer 20:22:46 07/13/10 (0)
  That's what I thought and was disappointed. My wife enjoyed it.
  
  -Wendell
- Then you loved it. * - mr grits 19:30:33 07/13/10 (0)
  .
  Share a bowl of grits with someone you love tonight.
Now I will watch it - thanks - PhilJ 14:39:43 07/13/10 (0)
I hope to enjoy it...
Phil

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