Sherlock Holmes (2009)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/sherlock-holmes/trailer

There is a trailer, finally, to Guy Ritchies' Sherlock Holmes movie, starring Robert Downey Jr.

:eee

[Dasquian Belargic]

When he jumped out of that window, I laughed out loud.

Do we have Iron Man to thank for Robert Downey Jr getting big parts again? If so, :eee He has something about him, the same something that Johnny Depp has, that makes him very entertaining to watch, whatever part he's playing.

[Tear]

LOL beneath this pillow lies the key to my release. That was too funny.

[Jedi Master Carr]

It looks great.

[Droo]

It looks fun, but it also looks dumb, and with what's-his-face Ritchie at the helm, I'm not surprised. The hammer and the pillow bit gave me a good laugh but this trailer reminds me too much of the Pirates' Dead Man's Chest trailer. Which is strange, I mean this is supposed to be Sherlock Holmes. So I'm not quite sure what to think.

[Peter McCoy]

I think I'll enjoy it. I like Rob. Jnr. Loved him and Val Kilmer in Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang - they had great on-screen chemisty.

[CMJ]

I love Holmes, enjoy all 3 leads, and McAdams is utterly sexy in this.

But that looks like total garbage

[J'ktal Anajii]

Hmm, and here I was somehow under the previous impression that Sherlock Holmes was a respectable, stately gentelman, not a bumbling Indiana Jones type.

I'd probably be more excited about this had it just been done under another name, with original characters, because nothing I just saw reminds me at all of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's characters.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

He plays the violin. Duh. :p

I remember seeing a Sherlock Holmes movie at one time that had Watson being the real brains behind Holmes, and Holmes was a bumbling idiot. I shall watch this with the same grain of salt and giggle with glee. :)

[Dasquian Belargic]

Hollywood is taking it's usual liberties, but Holmes did have a bit of an ego, was definitely a little eccentric, had a very sharp/dry wit and was far from being 'normal' in his approach to his work. You might even go so far to say that, in the context of the stories he appears in, he's really only respectable because he get's the job done with such amazing accuracy.

Not that I'm trying to excuse Hollywood's methods, but it's not entirely falsified. The popular stereotype of Holmes is the silohuette of him with the pipe and deerstalker, looking quite stately as you say, but there is a lot more to him than that.

[Wei Wu Wei]

This is not Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is not an action hero. He's astute, addicted to opiates, and carries a riding crop. And yes, he's really eccentric. He's an awesome problem solver and crime fighter. But a gun slinging fist fighting action hero? I don't think the people who wrote this ever read the books.

I really don't get it. And who's the villain in this movie?

[Mu Satach]

Made me laugh. Will carry salt lick with me to theater when I see it.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Aye, I was about to mention the coke addiction but Wei beat me to it.

[Dasquian Belargic]

The villain is some guy called Lord Blackwood, who is apparently modelled after Aleister Crowley... a cultist/Satanist type.

If you look into interviews on this, it seems Guy Ritchie was a big fan of Holmes as a kid. Same goes for the producer. One comment that's made:


A lot of the action that Conan Doyle refers to was actually made manifest in our film. Very often, Sherlock Holmes will say things like, 'If I hadn't been such an expert short stick person, I would have died in that' or he would refer to a fight off screen. We're putting those fights on screen.

[Cam Montegue]

Wheeee it looks like a fun film. Although man, why is it slated to come out in the winter? That's a waste of summer fun right there, son. :(

[JMK]

I don't know when Sherlock Holmes became James Bond, because this is what this movie looks like, except set in the 1800's.

[Mu Satach]

A lot of the action that Conan Doyle refers to was actually made manifest in our film. Very often, Sherlock Holmes will say things like, 'If I hadn't been such an expert short stick person, I would have died in that' or he would refer to a fight off screen. We're putting those fights on screen.
That vaguely sounds about right. Been ages since I read any Holmes... I *think* I've always been a bit disappointed by the telly/film versions of Holmes and Watson. I read some of the short stories and Hound of the Baskervilles before trying to watch any of them, and they've always struck me as being off base. (Actually I think my favorite version of "Holmes" is Basil in the Great Mouse Detective.)

But I'm more of an Agatha Christie than Doyle fan. So I have a much better informed hatred for Peter Ustinov as Poirot than anything pushed off on us as Holmes. :)

On my next trip to the library, maybe I'll pick up a book and refresh my memory.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

[quote]
But I'm more of an Agatha Christie than Doyle fan. So I have a much better informed hatred for Peter Ustinov as Poirot than anything pushed off on us as Holmes. :)



David Suchet *swoon*

[Droo]

David Suchet *swoon*

Yes! David Suchet was a legend as Poirot. I used to watch that religiously!

[Mu Satach]

Returned book to the lib today - picked up a little bit of Holmes for bedtime reading. :)

I feel like a kid again. Summer time, no school... browsing the library for fun instead of frantically trying to find something I can use as reference for a lame paper I could care less about. =)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

My Dad has a huge Sherlock Holmes anthology that I believe I read through at least twice.

...:uhoh Granted, it was a long time ago....

[Lilaena De'Ville]

http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/episodes/#vid=1187035

Jude Law was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon recently, and they did a Sherlock bit that was hilarious. You can advance to the Jimmy's Sherlock Holmes Screen Test chapter to see it. :)

"I'm Sherlock, holmes!"

[Jedi Master Carr]

I saw it today and thought it was wonderful. I really enjoyed RDJ and Jude Law. They made a great duo and had some very funny scenes. I also really liked the hints for a sequel They set up Professor Moriarty very well. I liked the little hints throughout the film. It is good to keep him in the shadows for now since he was really only in two books .

[Maggie Wren]

I've heard a lot of good things about this movie now. Yay :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I know three people who've seen it and they all said it was great. :)

I can't wait to go myself. :D

[Yog]

It's doing great at box office too, with a projected 65M over the weekend, up against that other movie..

[Rutabaga]

Saw the movie today and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's NOT your mother's Sherlock Holmes, I suppose some real purists might not like it, but I really appreciated the new take on it. I walked away from it with feeling like this Holmes proves the old adage about there being a fine line between genius and insanity O_o. Witty dialogue, an engaging story, and fine support from most especially Jude Law as Watson. This Watson is a full-fledged partner in the enterprise, not just a stuffy old doctor along for the ride writing things down for future generations to read.

I was also very struck by Hans Zimmer's score for the movie, it was somewhat unique and really interesting.

Without a doubt, Robert Downey Jr. has himself another hot franchise. I'd heard from multiple sources that the movie screams out for a sequel at the end. Being quite familiar with the Holmes lexicon, I figured there was only one way it could end. And it turns out I was right on the money. When Holmes pointed out to Irene Adler that the man she was working for must be a professor because of the chalk on his caller, I squealed quite loudly on the inside. Moriarity, here we come!!!! :eee

[Serrena Alcine]

I couldn't agree with you more! Saw the movie myself on Saturday and was just beyond pleased with it. :eee

[Peter McCoy]

I went to see this with my girlfriend last night. Don't let the fact that she kept falling asleep for a few minutes at a time put you off - she does that with most films (Se7en, The Usual Suspects, The Dark Knight, all 4 Aliens films) even ones she picks (I refuse to utter them here in this hallowed place.

I came out of the cinema smiling my head off, it was just so enjoyable. I'm going again on Wednesday and Droo's comking with me.

Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. had excellent on-screen chemistry and really gave a good show.

There were some shots in the film that were simply gorgeous. The shots of Tower Bridge were just brilliant, and one shot in particular where it was raining and you can see these black slated rooves, overlooking the skyline, then the camera slowly pans and tilts down into a sort of alley/courtyard, with the rain just falling 'into' the screen - my girlfriend picked up on my facial expression, I thought it was awesome!

[Vince]

From the very first moment I saw the FACELESS MAN, I knew he was Moriarty.

As thoroughly enjoyable as Holmes was, I think they really pumped the Bartitsu. It's not too bad, but I ended up feeling like it was a stab at making Holmes a bit more enjoyable for this generation's crowd instead of a look into another part of his character.

It was Watson and Holmes's chemistry that made this movie for me. Their back and forth was very enjoyable. Jude Law did very, very well, in my opinion.

Hans Zimmer really did well this time. I didn't even know he wrote it until afterward; which says something about Zimmer, since almost all the stuff he's written sounds very much alike with the little changes in hooks to fit the various movies.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I must listen to way too much Hans Zimmer, but I knew this was his soundtrack within about 5 minutes of the movie starting :lol

Just watched it this afternoon and as I was expecting, RDJ was what made this movie for me. He is always a lot of fun to watch on screen. It helped that the overall pacing of the movie never grew sluggish and that, as has been said, RDJ and Jude Law had great chemistry together. I am also always pleased to see Hans Matheson (who played Lord Coward) on screen.