Comments on: What Is Even the Deal with People Liking Sherlock Holmes?

By: grendel2000

grendel2000 — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:39:39 +0000

I must say i only watched the trailer and i thought at the time that making an action movie starring sherlock Holmes was pure heresy….. it reminded me of “the league of extraordinary gentlemen” debacle.

By: loonyboi

loonyboi — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:32:10 +0000

I didn’t HATE it, but it was just so much fluff. I actually rather like the idea of remaking Sherlock Holmes as some kind of steampunk action hero, but this wasn’t any of that. It was just a poorly written light action movie. It was well made, just dull.

Hopefully the inevitable sequel does a bit better, although I’ll be renting that, not rushing out to see it.

By: guymont

guymont — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:54:57 +0000

I was beginning to think I was the only one out there who is at least ambivalent about this film. I haven’t seen it yet (and probably don’t plan to), but the trailer definitely looks like the movie turns a well-developed literary character into what igrokspock calls a “caricature” for a 21st century audience.

By: markkammel

markkammel — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:01:53 +0000

I haven’t seen it yet but I completely agree, this movie is getting so much hype for what seems like a large portion of idiocy.

By: igrokspock

igrokspock — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:46:49 +0000

I must have had this same conversation ten times in the last week. The film’s concept is pure folly, yet it succeeds. The whole thing smacks of a Simpsons-type caricature of what Hollywood might do with the Sherlock Holmes franchise, complete with Rainier Wolfcastle playing the lead. When I first saw the trailer, I honestly thought it was a joke – I kept waiting for a punchline, which (alas) never came. Still, at least now I can look forward to that Wizard of Oz reboot with Megan Fox (Dorothy), Mickey Rourke (Lion), Keanu Reeves (Tin Man), etc…

By: tereglith

tereglith — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:03:09 +0000

I rather liked it. The plot makes sense in the same way that the technology on ST:TOS makes sense – i.e., it doesn’t but it’s a lot of fun if you imagine it does.

By: Lev Grossman

Lev Grossman — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:27:58 +0000

And can I just add, in the scene where they have dinner, Holmes sniffs the wine cork before he takes a drink. Such a sucker move.

By: jeffreytz

jeffreytz — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:33:22 +0000

I agree completely, I have no idea why this movie is getting positive reviews. The movie’s biggest crime is it’s BORING. I found myself checking my watch about halfway through wondering how much longer it could go on.