Comments on: Holmesie Don’t Play That

By: Hugh

Hugh — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:24:39 +0000

1) Guy Ritchie is no Jeremy Brett.

2) In the “Infancy Gospel of Thomas” (one of the gospels that didn’t make the cut) Jesus does all sorts of things that, as my favorite theology professor put it “you would do if you were a little kid and you were also god”. At 3:3-5 and in following verses he withers and smites other kids who upset him until Joseph takes him aside, admonishes him, and eventually has to yank on his ear to get him to stop. Apparently some of the early Christians had similar ideas about “Jesus-magic”.

By: m65

m65 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:41:37 +0000

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By: Bill jones

Bill jones — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:21:20 +0000

It’s a fucking movie, you clown.
Go and see it.
It’s good

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:33:02 +0000

Which is not to say that I don’t love them, by the bye. I just love them for the same reasons that I love the Ritchie movie.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:29:47 +0000

It’s pretty true to tone; the original Doyle stories are, quite honestly, horrible schlock, so any reasonable adaptation would also have to be. The fact that they are horrible schlock that avoids trying to describe fight scenes doesn’t mean that translating them to the big screen shouldn’t change the emphasis.

By: Greg N.

Greg N. — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:13:14 +0000

I’ll echo E.Z. and Glen; the fight scenes are actually pretty cool, even if they are shot exactly the way you’d think Ritchie would shoot it (maybe because of that). Also, if I recall correctly the fighting moves the plot forward, so it’s not completely indulgent.

Glen: my wife and I just finished season 1 after a friend bought us the DVD for Xmas (he loved the show so much he bought season 1 for all of his friends and family). We LOVE IT and we can’t wait to watch season 2!

By: Michael B Sullivan

Michael B Sullivan — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:25:44 +0000

I thought that it was weird that two introductory fight scenes have the whole “plan/analysis” combat thing going on, and then it never comes up in any of the more serious fights.

I wasn’t wildly thrilled with this movie, but while the trailers make it look like Holmes does nothing but kick ass and has never heard of detecting, the movie does have a reasonable amount of detective work in it.

By: sam

sam — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:00:44 +0000

“What I like best about the film (in addition to the ‘master of disguise’ bit mentioned above) is that it shows the antisocial behavior, slovenliness, and drug use that was in Doyle’s stories but seems missing from most screen versions of Holmes.”

That reminded me that in the 1939 version of The Hound of the Baskervilles (Rathbone, edition), the last line of the movie is, “Watson, the needle!”

By: Glen

Glen — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:29:35 +0000

Overall, I was somewhat disappointed with the movie — but not because of the action scenes. As E.Z. indicates, the fighting is depicted as an application of intellect. I think you’ll appreciate how it’s handled.

By: E.Z.

E.Z. — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:18:35 +0000

It’s not clear from the trailers, but Holmes’s combat skills in the movie come largely from his ability to analyze his opponents’ weaknesses incredibly quickly. It’s portrayed more as a natural extension of his reasoning abilities than anything else.

What I like best about the film (in addition to the ‘master of disguise’ bit mentioned above) is that it shows the antisocial behavior, slovenliness, and drug use that was in Doyle’s stories but seems missing from most screen versions of Holmes.