New Sherlock Holmer Trailer, New Footage [Video]. Kudos to Guy Ritchie and Robert Downey Jr. for turning a dry and somewhat stuffy series into a potential blockbuster.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 9:23:31 PM
Disappointing. Sherlock Holmes is mystery, not action! Plus I desperately wanted to see Hugh Laurie in that role. >.> I have read a few of the stories, just in case I sound ignorant.
Saturday, July 25, 2009 6:24:38 PM
"So instead of "pandering" to the "elitists" who want quality and character and drama, you'd rather Hollywood pander to the proles who want loud noises and explosions?"
I want both, at different times in different contexts.
I`ve read all the Holmes stories and think they are brilliant, vibrant stories with beautiful use of language.
I`ve also seen and enjoyed many simple action films, such as Schwarzenegger`s earlier films.
I wouldn`t mind a simple action film set in Victorian/Edwardian England.
What I mind is this attempt to delete the original Sherlock Holmes by over-writing them with this new film, which should be called something like "Enter The Victorian Dragon and Die Hard with Sherlock Holmes"
Saturday, July 25, 2009 6:12:45 PM
Well, that was expected... I mean, it's Hollywood and when you give them material, they blow it out of proportion. Though this is not the Sherlock Holmes most of you expect, some of its aspects is still there. Just placed in a more modern style that they figured would attract an audience. It`s just typical...
Saturday, July 25, 2009 6:12:15 PM
dreadqueen00: You have completely missed the point, which you prove by stating "If the movie wasn't called "Sherlock Holmes," I guarantee you would be saying, "Looks pretty cool, I`ll see it" instead of ranting about how Hollywood ruins everything." as if it was a counter-argument.
The argument isn`t that the film looks crap or boring.
The argument is that (a) the film is abusing someone else`s work for profit and (b) it is going to diminish that work by at least partially over-writing it. In the future, `Sherlock Holmes` will be at least partially associated with this film and not with the original work.
You only need to look at the OP for an example - it appears they didn`t even know that the original Sherlock Holmes stories existed!
You also say that the books and stories were stuffy, which I think is a bizarre way to refer to them.
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