EPT
Just saw the Sherlock Holmes trailer
| Blogs > {CC}StealthBlue |
|
{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
| ||
|
Licmyobelisk
Philippines3682 Posts
 | ||
|
paper
13196 Posts
not so bad :D | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
Sadly, this will probably become the new image of Sherlock Holmes in the mind of the ignorant people who have up until now only heard the name :S | ||
|
genwar
Canada537 Posts
| ||
|
zerotol
Belgium508 Posts
| ||
|
DoX.)
Singapore6164 Posts
Sherlock Holmes was about sitting down and thinking over a problem for days. And then hearing him monologue about his powers of deduction Not this crap | ||
|
Klive5ive
United Kingdom6056 Posts
This is just another Hollywood remake, it might even be watchable. It's stupid to get worked up over it. If you don't like the Hollywood style; don't watch it. | ||
|
Garnet
Vietnam9036 Posts
| ||
Daigomi
South Africa4316 Posts
That said, I can't get over Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes. He's got a proper American accent, he's way too buff to be Sherlock, he looks like he just moved from the Iron Man set to the Sherlock set, and he never looks intelligent, much less like a genius. Jude Law would have made a better Sherlock, as would someone like Christian Bale, or perhaps even a cleaned up Hugh Laurie. Other than that, I think the movie looks like fun  | ||
|
Schnake
Germany2819 Posts
On August 21 2009 19:18 Daigomi wrote: I think the best way to understand wtf is going on in this film is to realise that it's directed by Guy Ritchie. Everything he touches is like 90% attitude, 10% content, which is what makes it as much fun to watch. That said, I can't get over Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes. He's got a proper American accent, he's way too buff to be Sherlock, he looks like he just moved from the Iron Man set to the Sherlock set, and he never looks intelligent, much less like a genius. Jude Law would have made a better Sherlock, as would someone like Christian Bale, or perhaps even a cleaned up Hugh Laurie. Other than that, I think the movie looks like fun To me, a neat physical reflection of Sherlock would be Johnny Depp. Maybe even a little bit like he played in "the ninth gate" / "from hell". Sleek, smart looking, not buff at all but still managing to pull through every time. There are prolly other good actors who could resemble Sherlock accurately too but seeing as it is a Guy Ritchie movie, this is most likely not the focus of the movie. :O | ||
FakeSteve[TPR]
Valhalla18444 Posts
hes like a drug-abusing pitfighter slash detective hobbyist in this movie and its looks like fun | ||
|
madnessman
United States1581 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Holmes himself was a morphine and cocaine addict, a formidable martial artist and a self-proclaimed bohemian who'd gladly stay up all night to puzzle out a case. As described in Conan Doyle's 56 stories and four short novels -- written mostly between the 1880s and 1910s -- the sleuth also played by his own rules. "I generally have chemicals about, and occasionally do experiments," Holmes says to Watson while auditioning him as a potential roommate. "Would that annoy you?" But he's been domesticated by the years and come to be seen as what Roden calls "a Victorian fuddy-duddy." As Michael Chabon points out in his essay "Fan Fictions: On Sherlock Holmes," Conan Doyle's stories have been met with condescension for more than 100 years, the suspicion that their popularity came not from quality but from "the bourgeois thirst for a tidy adventure, or nostalgia for a vanished age (Victorian, or adolescent)." | ||
|
Cloud
Sexico5880 Posts
There are no monologues, he just explains his reasoning to watson who is considerably dumber and gets praised for it. He is a cocaine, morphine addict, although at a time when those were legal. Those saying this is a crap hollywood version of holmes, have not read the actual stories or have seen too many old movies where theres almost no action and probably no hint at his vices. | ||
|
WeSt
Portugal918 Posts
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/187269 And now hollywood raped sherlock too? Srsly: It's just an hollywood style production bro, what did you expect? | ||
|
Athos
United States2484 Posts
| ||
|
SwEEt[TearS]
Canada1575 Posts
RDJr is so not the right guy for this role, even if he's good. but somehow stop the hate on how the movie will turn out, guy ritchie is brilliant ~_~ | ||
|
iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
| ||
|
Jonoman92
United States9107 Posts
| ||
|
Achromic
773 Posts
| ||
|
Arnic
81 Posts
Yes, it's going to be an all out ballfest of making Holmes as manly as possible and I wouldn't be surprised if he fights a bear at some point but I don't care. Some films, however differently they portray loved and well known characters can still be extremely enjoyable to watch if you take them at face value and suspend the temptation to indulge in indepth criticism. One of my favourite childhood films was "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes", it's very impressive visually and dealt with some taboo subjects for the time. I don't see it often on TV but it's worth watching if you get the chance. Plus it has midgets and the Loch Ness Monster which give it instant bonus points. | ||
|
food
United States1951 Posts
On September 04 2009 20:54 Cloud wrote: Heh i dont get why everyone is so upset abiout this. Theres plenty of acton in the books. Ive read 2 novels and 3 short stories and so far it has been implied that hes an expert fencer, a boxer, knows japanese wrestling, is an expert fighter with the short stick, etc. Then you have stuff like the villain going through a window or holmes and watson emptying their guns on some indian native. There are no monologues, he just explains his reasoning to watson who is considerably dumber and gets praised for it. He is a cocaine, morphine addict, although at a time when those were legal. Those saying this is a crap hollywood version of holmes, have not read the actual stories or have seen too many old movies where theres almost no action and probably no hint at his vices. i dont rem half of this shit in the original, did you read remakes? | ||
|
CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
| ||
|
Cloud
Sexico5880 Posts
On September 05 2009 08:38 food wrote: i dont rem half of this shit in the original, did you read remakes? No and the fencing and boxing is basically explained as watson meets holmes. Or you could have read the wiki link you know. | ||
|
OhThatDang
United States4685 Posts
| ||
|
food
United States1951 Posts
On September 05 2009 12:04 Cloud wrote: No and the fencing and boxing is basically explained as watson meets holmes. Or you could have read the wiki link you know. i remember fencing and boxing clearly but i never heard about japanese wrestling or short sticks seems it gets mentioned once though | ||
| ||
