christmas break part 1

[mhalachai]

I SAW SHERLOCK HOLMES AND IT'S THE BEST MOVIE EVAR (in tiny part because it was preceded by five of the crappiest trailers in the history of humanity, including the one where Gerard Butler throws Jennifer Aniston in the trunk.)

The second-best part was Robert Downey Jr.'s Holmes. of course, Jeremy Brett is Holmes, but comparing this Holmes to the source material (the ticks and the OCD and the fisticuffs) works really well. This is the sort of Holmes who would be found whacking corpses to test postmortem bruising.

The best part was Jude Law's John Watson. He's awesome. He's exasperated with Holmes and still right by his side at every moment. He's a recovering gambler and an honestly good man, and he was the Watson I read in those books when I was a kid. Love love.

Yeah, it's not the Sherlock Holmes we've come to expect after years of Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett, but at the tail end of a decade of epic reboots, it settles nicely in place. I'm going to go see it again.

Haven't seen Avatar yet but I'm looking forward to that.

Have been writing on the fanfics again, now that I have time (and yes, that includes mainly Inevitable).

Will have something for you in a few minutes. Stay tuned.

Comments

[elle-blessing.livejournal.com]

HOLMES!! I loved it too!! (And was expecting SO much more out of the trailers). RDJ and Jude Law ... everyone else's performances paled next to theirs, and especially their onscreen time together. LOVE.

(WOO! Inevitable!! *cheers!*)

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

That scene in the movie where Holmes is all like, "Glad you're here" and Watson's like "It might not suck after all", only all British and stuff, was awesome. Those actors together are made of awesome.

[elle-blessing.livejournal.com]

Seriously. SERIOUSLY. Am so seeing it again.

[syien_island]

Still holding on desperately to my images of Jeremy Brett as Holmes, but I shall give this reboot a looksie, only because I trust your judgement!

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

I think if you go into it with the reboot mindset, it's best. Just like Chris Pine did a good Kirk, but Shatner will always be *the* Kirk, such are RDJ and Jeremy Brett.

Also, it's sorta steampunk, and I love me some steampunk.

[deepfishy.livejournal.com]

Yes! It was so awesome :D. I loved - well, everything, because it tapped into my love of steampunk and Victorian story tropes liek whoa. And banter! There was banter, and it was good!

Going to see it again today, in fact :). The game is afoot.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

it was steampunk like steampunk might have existed back in the day. It was so, so lovely.

And the banter! Jude Law and RDJ can star in anything together, trufax.

[goddessvicky.livejournal.com]

I actually lucked out in the trailers department. We had Iron Man 2 (MY GLEE CANNOT BE CONTAINED), Clash of the Titans, Inception, Hot Tub Time Machine... and some others that I forget.

Either way... LOVED LOVED LOVED HOLMES! *dies* I need to read the books again... all of them. *grin*

A sequel has already been greenlit... AWESOME

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

We saw Clash of the Titans, but it was after four shite trailers and I was too annoyed to enjoy it.

We didn't get Iron Man 2, which makes me sad :(

I can't find my SH anthology, which is strange because my flat is 400 square feet and the book is large, but I'm reading Study in Scarlet on the internets and it's lovely. Army!Doctor!Watson rocks my socks.

[deepfishy.livejournal.com]

Tangentially, have you read Neil Gaiman's Holmes/Cthulhu Mythos crossover, A Study in Emerald (http://www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles/exclusive/shortstories/emerald.pdf)? It is Holmes's world, just a little...askew.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Dude, I totally have that audibook(lette) and haven't ever listened to it! What's wrong with me? *offs to listen*

[laney-1974.livejournal.com]

*hides eyes from spoilers* I haven't seen Sherlock Holmes and was debating whether or not to see it but will now that you've rec'd it.

I strongly recommend Avatar - it's one of the best movies I've seen in a long, long time.

*hugs*

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

It's a good reboot movie. Like Star Trek was a good reboot, IMO. Plus it does Steampunk as if steampunk could actually exist, and it's filmed so pretty and the actors are so into their roles.


Avatar is on the to-do list... when we went to the theatre yesterday to see SH, the line for Avatar was out the door. I'll go when it calms down a little ;)

[jenna_marianne]

Yes on both counts! Watson was the best; finally a Watson that's true to the books and not a bumbling idiot. Really liked Holmes too.

Avatar is great fun (worth seeing in 3-D & really liked the main actor), but the message is a little ham-handed and there's some cheesey dialog. But it's all worth it for the visuals and the sci-fi and Sigorney Weaver is awesome

[ranlynn.livejournal.com]

I always love seeing different interpretations of old favorites. RDJ & Jude law did a great job.

I also loved both Christofer Plummer in 'Murder by Decree' & Jeremy Brett in TV 'Holmes' (sadly I can't remember their 'Watsons').