Sherlock Holmes

[Geekyfanboy]

Trailer is out...

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810045845/video/13526202

or

http://www.traileraddict.com/emb/11073

[M-5]

Looks like it's going to be a good one :metallica:.

[Meds]

Now that looks like a big pile of fun. I'm a Holmsian as you all know and I can't wait to see this. I hope this film does what the Star Trek film has done for the franchise. RDJ can do no wrong and even Jude Law looks like he is bringing himself back to the front.

[Bromptonboy]

Yes, I am avid Holmes fan.  I am delighted a movie is coming out - but filled with reservations about how Ritchie will handle our beloved Holmes & Watson.  Will Mycroft make an appearance I wonder? 

[Geekyfanboy]

A new trailer has been released.. looks great.

http://www.mtv.com/videos/movie-trailers/452906/sherlock-holmes.jhtml#

[Rico]

Just got back from this and completely enjoyed it.  A lot of fun and Robert Downey Jr. continues to just be outstanding in everything he does - in my view.  I liked the chemistry between him and Jude Law's Watson a great deal.  The movie has a lot of style too and I liked how they handled Holmes mind and how he thinks.  Another one of my favorite films of the year.  I want it on DVD right now just to have fun watching it again!

[Geekyfanboy]

Oh how funny.. I saw this a week before it came out but never gave my reaction... Here's my blog post about it..

Today I was lucky enough to get an advance screening of the new Sherlock Holmes movie. The PRG (Producer's Guild of America) were sponsoring it. Since Harry didn't want to see it I took my friend Greg Aronowitz who really wanted to see it. It was playing at some Guild theater so no food or drinks allowed and because it was a pre-screening they didn't allow any cell phones.

Two hours flew by and what an AWESOME movie. I'm not going to give away any spoilers just my general thoughts of the film. It was a fun, murder mystery type movie. The acting was great, RDJ was the perfect Holmes and Jude Law was fantastic as Watson. It was funny, sad, action packed and kept you guessing the entire way through. I loved how it was shot and how they would slow things down and drop the audio.

I'm not a huge Sherlock Holmes fan so I don't know how true this is to the original but it was entertaining and I can't wait to see it again after Christmas. Here's hoping it does well so we can get a sequel.

[Bromptonboy]

Well, based on these 2 glowing reviews I will check the film out over the holiday.  I am a true Holmes fan, having read all the stories and cases.  So far, I haven't read anything about the plot of this movie, so I am not sure if it is a retelling of one of the stories by Conan Doyle, or a modern invention.

[Rico]

I'm not really up on Holmes, so I have no idea with regards to the story or how well it fits with what has been written.  But the movie was just a whole lot of fun to watch - very smart and stylish too I thought.  Really impressed me a lot.

[ChadH]

My younger son Justin was talking about treating me to this movie. Since you've all given it such good reviews I'm looking forward to it a bit more. I'm sure we'll have a good time regardless.

[moyer777]

yep, I'm going to have to see this now!  :)

[Captain BJ Wanlund]

I saw this movie today.  Wow, wow, wow.  Great movie, and before going in, I had no idea who directed (Guy Ritchie) or who were Holmes & Watson (RDJ & Jude Law respectively).

I will give out a few spoilers, so if you haven't seen the film yet, stop reading right now.

You have seen it?  Great!  I definitely want this on DVD right now, holy cow this was a fun movie.

One thing I loved was that they used a really unique cinematic device to showcase Holmes's mind: There are 2 combat sequences that start out in slow motion with Holmes narrating how he's going to screw the guy over, and then he does it full speed!

So many good moments in this one.  Can I have another one with this same Holmes & Watson, please?  Heck, you could even have Guy Ritchie back if you wanted to!

BJ

[Rico]

Glad you enjoyed it BJ.  Like I have said, I really thought it was great.  A definite favorite movie of 2009.

[celestialteapot]

As a film I thought it was okay - I'm so over the global conspiracy masons taking over the world thing, haven't we done enough 'Da Vinci Code'? There were some wonderful set pieces, and the acting was pretty good... Irene Adler turned into a pointless character though - what was the point in setting her up as Holmes's rival only to turn her into the screaming damsel in distress who needs rescuing? Couldn't they have done that to Mary and thus give Jude Law something other to do than look exasperated?

I put a full (very spoiler filled) review up on my Holmes blog if anyone is interested - http://starshipteapot.com/holmesian/.

[Captain BJ Wanlund]

I thought it was more of the "weird cult thing" that we saw in Young Sherlock Holmes, too.  But at least they stuck largely to the canonic Sherlock Holmes!

BJ