Comments on: Sherlock Holmes http://BrandonFibbs.com/2009/12/24/sherlock-holmes/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:05:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Charley McLean http://BrandonFibbs.com/2009/12/24/sherlock-holmes/comment-page-1/#comment-2833 Charley McLean Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:55:38 +0000 http://BrandonFibbs.com/?p=1808#comment-2833 BFibbs, Really enjoyed the film. Not enough detective work from a movie about Holmes, but shouldn't audience members do a little research so they know what they are getting with Ritchie? Thought the film hit every mark it wanted - and therefore successful on a certain level. Downey Jr. and Law play well together (better then I thought!). My biggest thought about this movie considers Ritchie. In the past he's always done his own original work right? And now to do a VERY "Hollywood" production? One could say he is "selling out." Thoughts on this? BFibbs,
Really enjoyed the film. Not enough detective work from a movie about Holmes, but shouldn’t audience members do a little research so they know what they are getting with Ritchie?
Thought the film hit every mark it wanted – and therefore successful on a certain level. Downey Jr. and Law play well together (better then I thought!).
My biggest thought about this movie considers Ritchie. In the past he’s always done his own original work right? And now to do a VERY “Hollywood” production? One could say he is “selling out.” Thoughts on this?

]]> By: Rick Finholt http://BrandonFibbs.com/2009/12/24/sherlock-holmes/comment-page-1/#comment-2784 Rick Finholt Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:00:00 +0000 http://BrandonFibbs.com/?p=1808#comment-2784 Brandon: Very much on target, as usual. The film is noisy all right and crowded with not just one but two over-the-top super villains. I knew about the fight scenes going in, but who would have guessed that they would be so much better executed and enjoyable than those "elementary, my Dear Watson" moments of ratiocination in which Holmes discerns the truth that hides in plain sight? The first of these scenes, in which Holmes lays bare the soul of Watson's intended, seems rushed, cursory and not particularly convincing. Though, I'm not sure anybody could say for sure since Holmes' dialogue, in Downey's mumbled reading, is virtually unintelligable, especially against the background noise of the restaurant. Simon Baker plays these moments so much better in"The Mentalist," with an awareness of the essence of what we love about the Holmes' stories: the joy we expererience watching a powerful mind in action. But, as you suggest, Ritchie was suppressing the classic elements of Holmes to reinvent him as a hero who uses his mind mostly to prefigure the outcome of fist fights. Brandon: Very much on target, as usual. The film is noisy all right and crowded with not just one but two over-the-top super villains.

I knew about the fight scenes going in, but who would have guessed that they would be so much better executed and enjoyable than those “elementary, my Dear Watson” moments of ratiocination in which Holmes discerns the truth that hides in plain sight? The first of these scenes, in which Holmes lays bare the soul of Watson’s intended, seems rushed, cursory and not particularly convincing. Though, I’m not sure anybody could say for sure since Holmes’ dialogue, in Downey’s mumbled reading, is virtually unintelligable, especially against the background noise of the restaurant. Simon Baker plays these moments so much better in”The Mentalist,” with an awareness of the essence of what we love about the Holmes’ stories: the joy we expererience watching a powerful mind in action. But, as you suggest, Ritchie was suppressing the classic elements of Holmes to reinvent him as a hero who uses his mind mostly to prefigure the outcome of fist fights.

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