Rate Sherlock Holmes (2009)

[Desdichado]

Not the worst Holmes movie that I have ever seen (I reserve that for The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) directed and starring Gene Wilder), and a trifle better than Without a Clue - which is to say, it was still really, really bad.

How could anyone dislike Without a Clue?

What I really did not like was the interaction between Holmes and Watson - it grated like sand in the gear box.

I thought that was one of the aspects that worked best in the movie.

Brett remains the best Holmes, so far.

Basil Rathbone is easily the most iconic. What to you mean by "best" exactly?

If Jude Law had the diction a trifle closer he might be the best Watson,

You seem really hung up on diction. Huh?

 

[Plane Sailing]

Happened to see a Jeremy Brett 'Sherlock' on TV last night. It was "The Crooked Man" and we didn't like him as Sherlock much. Didn't seem to do much detecting or deducing in it either, as it pretty much seemed that he just talked to people and they explained everything significant to him!

Maybe it was just a bad example of him?

 

[Jeremy Ackerman-Yost]

A bit shallow compared to the literary characters. As if Munsey instead of Doyle had written it, maybe. Still, tons of fun. 8.

Perhaps I need to re-read the original Holmes books again, but they never struck me as all that deep, outside of the fact that Watson is clearly writing his journals of these events to cover up how whacked out Holmes must be most of the time.

I shall have to revisit.

 

[Desdichado]

They're not super deep, but they're certainly deeper than a pulp writer like Munsey.

 

[Jeremy Ackerman-Yost]

I'm not familiar with Munsey, but I guess I don't see the pulp/non-pulp divide having much to do with depth. Leastways not reliably.

 

[Desdichado]

I mean pulp as a literary aesthetic. The whole point of the pulp aesthetic was that it was cheap thrills at a cheap price. It reeked of shallowness.

Luckily for me, I happen to have rather shallow tastes, so I love the pulp aesthetic.

 

[delericho]

I thoroughly enjoyed it, so gave it 8/10.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I thoroughly enjoyed it, so gave it 9/10.

I was pretty certain from the beginning that the "magic" was an elaborate hoax. I think the only part that I didn't like was the electro-shocker device that Holmes found. That seemed a little too "powerful" to feel believable. But that's an incredibly minor quibble, along with the fact that they used the Holmes-describes-his-combat-moves device only in the beginning. Though I do wonder if he did plan the final fight against Blackwood?

I really liked the interaction and the teamwork of Holmes and Watson.

 

[Plane Sailing]

along with the fact that they used the Holmes-describes-his-combat-moves device only in the beginning.

Don't forget the pit-fight, they used it there too.

(admittedly not in any of the other plot-important fights though)

Cheers

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Don't forget the pit-fight, they used it there too.

(admittedly not in any of the other plot-important fights though)

Cheers

I consider this "in the beginning". I think it was still before Blackwood

Spoiler

left his grave

, and that's where I'd say the beginning is over and the "real" story started.