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I refer of course to the recent Guy Ritchie version.

What did you think?

I loved it. To me, this is the truest film adaption of Sherlock Holmes to date. He is portrayed as a borderline manic depressive eccentric who cannot function unless he has a goal to accomplish. In other words: Robert Downey Jr. The film has fun exploring the part of Holmes left untouched by the films done by varying Television productions for many years. Namely: the physical side of Holmes. Yes, Holmes is a boxer, stick/sword fighter, and a martial artist. It was in the books, and it is done in this film as well. He flung Moriarty down a chasm with jujitsu in one of the stories for God's sake! It always bothered me that Holmes's eccentricities and drug-use seemed to be shelved on the screen in favor of a more well-put together stern man who would never deign to get his hands dirty. Holmes was never meant to be a symbol of stiff-upper lip Britain, yet that's what he became. The obvious reasons behind these choices were probably finances (or lack thereof concerning fight co-ordination) and censorship.

It's funny how interpretations work. Icons are taken down such a strange path that, when someone decides to bring them to where they started, the old looks new. Batman was always noir. Bond was a quipless suave killer. Holmes could fight.

Guy Ritchie is a king

This movie is awesome, I'd definitely recommend it

still have to watch it..

SuperSaiyan wrote:My brother told me it was awesome, so I look forward to seeing it

Yup it is awesome!

They even had a character called Clarkey!

I enjoyed this movie.

Although, the rights holder of the Sherlock Holmes has threatened to cancel the rights given to the film producer if they make a single reference to a homosexual relationship between Watson and Holmes ever again.

She said something about staying true to the story, so thank god for that woman in my opinion!

great movie.. good mix of action and comedy

pretty good

glad to see that Holmes was portrayed as the gritty character he is in the books

just saw it today, was good. i take it there will be a second one coming as the way the story went

I enjoyed the movie, dont know or care if it was true to the books because I never read them. The characters were funny and likable, it was entertaining as an action comedy in a popcorn disposable way, and I will watch the sequel.

BUT

I would not watch it again, it will not be a classic in any sense, and as a crime thriller it did not work because the audience had no way of trying to solve the plot themselves while watching.

I liked the movie... Once was enough for me though.

Noobert wrote:
Although, the rights holder of the Sherlock Holmes has threatened to cancel the rights given to the film producer if they make a single reference to a homosexual relationship between Watson and Holmes ever again.

She said something about staying true to the story, so thank god for that woman in my opinion!

I must have missed that part

It was in the news, stumbled on it when reading up on IMDB.

uy board me to hell watching it

i expected much much more

Locke wrote:I liked the movie... Once was enough for me though.

Noobert wrote:
Although, the rights holder of the Sherlock Holmes has threatened to cancel the rights given to the film producer if they make a single reference to a homosexual relationship between Watson and Holmes ever again.

She said something about staying true to the story, so thank god for that woman in my opinion!

I must have missed that part

Uhm, yeah. It was really, really subtle and most people probably wouldn't even notice. No worse than any of the other 'bromance' depictions in contemporary culture. It's not as though they started gaying off in one of the carriages or anything, but there we go.

decent enough movie...

Zeratul wrote:decent enough movie...

Seconded.