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It was more like Batman and Robin...

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mkuller

In Reply to: RE: Sherlock Holmes- posted by patrickU on July 13, 2010 at 13:07:45

...with all of the chases, fights and explosions.

Marginally entertaining popcorn movie.

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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)
      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)
      (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)
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