Anyone else think it looks good?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUQbmFAE5WI

I'm sure this rapes the character and spirit of Doyle's character, but since I haven't read the book I'm looking forward to it.

Seems like a fun movie with plenty of action and a good enough story, similar to Iron Man (which was my favorite summer movie last year, screw TDK).

7/27/2009 7:58:17 AM

very excited for this. I think it will be a good spin on a classic character.

7/27/2009 8:05:26 AM

i don't think it rapes the character, Holmes was arrogant and brash in a way that Robert Downey Jr does better than anyone else.

7/27/2009 8:09:09 AM

"Madam, I need you to remain calm, and trust me. Beneath this pillow, lies the key to my release"

7/27/2009 8:17:23 AM

I guess I just never realized Holmes was a swashbuckling badass... movie looks intriguing to me

7/27/2009 8:39:58 AM

I am late watching this preview, but am very excited about the movie. When does it come out?
comes out Christmas day. can't wait.

[Edited on September 17, 2009 at 11:55 AM. Reason : ``]

9/17/2009 11:42:11 AM

crismus

9/17/2009 11:48:28 AM

New previews look good.

Definitely hope to see this by new year.

11/1/2009 10:46:24 PM

Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper=Epic

11/1/2009 10:49:21 PM

EDIT: Recant. The commercial I saw the other day made the movie look like a Michael Bay production.

[Edited on November 5, 2009 at 8:59 AM. Reason : -]

11/5/2009 8:54:51 AM

want
to
seeeeeeee

11/5/2009 11:59:59 AM

Directed by Guy Ritchie who has fallen off of late but redeemed himself with Rocknrolla IMO.

11/5/2009 12:13:53 PM

definetly goin to see this movie

11/5/2009 1:27:47 PM

Love the stories, so very excited for this film.

11/5/2009 2:51:56 PM

Just remember when you see this:

The character of Sherlock Holmes was a boxer, a drug addict, an arrogant prick, an expert in Canne de combat, and always up for a good chase scene in order to set up his quarry.

Frankly, I don't think they'd have to stretch too much to make a decent action movie out of it. I'm sure they'll stretch here and there, and will probably ignore the whole cocaine usage problem, but all-in-all I don't think they'll really be able to destroy the character.

11/5/2009 3:21:26 PM

I love sherlock holmes. Can't wait for this to come out.

11/8/2009 9:07:43 PM

just saw the trailer for this, it looks fun.

20 bucks says it turns into the next pirates franchise, sans johnny depp.

11/8/2009 9:38:55 PM

Directed by Guy Ritchie who has fallen off of late but redeemed himself with Rocknrolla IMO.

11/8/2009 9:46:43 PM

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sherlock_holmes_2009/

83% Fresh although it's with only 12 reviews. So far it's in the "decent way to kill 2 hours" group, and if it holds that I think it'd beat a lot of people's expectations.

12/16/2009 8:20:26 AM

I dunno I just don't think of Holmes as an action character, and there are way too many explosions in the previews to ease my doubts .

12/16/2009 1:02:40 PM

But if you go back to the books early then you kinda get the feeling that Holmes WAS an action character (or at least as close as you could get to one around 1900).

It's been all the reimagining of the character since that time that've been the dour, almost wimpy versions of Holmes.

[Edited on December 16, 2009 at 1:04 PM. Reason : /]

12/16/2009 1:04:29 PM

I'll go see it for Rachel McAdams

12/16/2009 1:26:31 PM

I'm just concerned about too much Charlie's Angels-style ass-kicking and effects overpowering the plot and the acting.

12/16/2009 1:41:02 PM

Quote :

"I'm just concerned about too much Charlie's Angels-style ass-kicking and effects overpowering the plot and the acting."

12/16/2009 2:02:35 PM

The trailer I saw for this months ago made it look like a much darker serious movie than the trailers I am currently seeing on TV.

12/16/2009 2:30:08 PM

I'm stoked for this movie. The previews look pretty good so far (to me). In the stories Holmes was all but devoid of emotion, very logic-centric, and that's what made him so interesting. So far the character in the previews seems to be a dead-pan badass, which is what I'm hoping they carry throughout.

12/16/2009 2:57:41 PM

It can't possibly be better than this though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_in_the_22nd_Century

[Edited on December 16, 2009 at 3:20 PM. Reason : ]

12/16/2009 3:20:06 PM

I thought it was pretty good. There was definitely a lot of fighting, but the fight scenes were kind of cool.

12/25/2009 6:15:03 PM

super contrived, but also beautifully made.

12/25/2009 8:52:08 PM

pretty badass movie, and there's obviously gonna be a sequel. the previews almost all looked like stuff i'll enjoy also, especially iron man 2, clash of the titans, and the gladiator movie (forgot the name)

12/25/2009 9:31:06 PM

I don't know about this movie but Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes Awakening were excellent games.

12/25/2009 10:06:17 PM

this looks SO bad

Sherlock Holmes is not Chuck Norris

12/25/2009 11:18:10 PM

I liked it...didn't really follow the books too much so I can't compare.

12/26/2009 12:22:26 AM

pretty fucking bad-ass. Movie of the year for me (not having seen Avatar yet).

Quote :

"ust remember when you see this: The character of Sherlock Holmes was a boxer, a drug addict, an arrogant prick, an expert in Canne de combat, and always up for a good chase scene in order to set up his quarry. Frankly, I don't think they'd have to stretch too much to make a decent action movie out of it. I'm sure they'll stretch here and there, and will probably ignore the whole cocaine usage problem, but all-in-all I don't think they'll really be able to destroy the character."

it wasn't explicitly coke in the movie, but he did use drugs. I doubt in today's society they could get away with coke...

even though it is RDJR hahahaha

[Edited on December 26, 2009 at 11:35 AM. Reason : better than any of the old Holmes films by a far sight]

12/26/2009 11:31:43 AM

This movie was really good. Jude Law/Downey make the movie themselves.

I'm convinced Downey can make any movie worth watching now after this and Tropic Thunder which was a disaster outside of him.

12/26/2009 12:13:18 PM

^^Well, they didn't just come out and say he was doing coke, but at one in the movie he's obviously on some kind of stimulant and Watson says "the stuff you were drinking is meant for eye surgery." So, yeah.

^Tropic Thunder was hilarious, I don't know what you're talking about.

[Edited on December 26, 2009 at 1:35 PM. Reason : ]

12/26/2009 1:32:46 PM

fantastic movie. I was slightly irritated by a few of the classic movie cliches throughout but it was overall very well done.

12/26/2009 2:37:44 PM

yeah, Tropic Thunder was the funniest movie since There's Something About Mary.


I cant believe how many of you are watching this, the trailers looked HORRIBLE, like a Van Damme movie or something... I might have to give it a chance but it looked really really bad, like Van Helsing bad

12/26/2009 3:11:02 PM

well a lot of us have actually seen the whole movie and said it's good, not just bits and pieces

nevermind, obviously a lot of us thought the trailers looked intriguing, so there you go

[Edited on December 26, 2009 at 3:18 PM. Reason : .]

12/26/2009 3:15:42 PM

people at the theater keep saying "it's very intelligent, I couldn't follow it." "The writing was great, dialogue was so... intelligent."

This worries me. It's probably bad and faux-intelligent.

12/26/2009 3:49:56 PM

it's probably idiots who think British accents = intelligence

[Edited on December 26, 2009 at 4:04 PM. Reason : that's better]

12/26/2009 4:01:18 PM

the movie's out and it's getting good reviews. there's nothing left to speculate about. just go see it

12/26/2009 4:01:38 PM

Oh I will, since I won't be paying for it. But I've heard nothing good about it from actual people, and Guy Ritchie is pretty fail this decade.

12/26/2009 4:04:55 PM

Mr. Rush... i need to know some of your opinions on past movies to see if I should value your opinion.

For the following, tell me: great, good, tolerable, bad, god awful

Transformers
Van Helsing
Magnolia
the Last Indiana Jones

12/26/2009 4:07:41 PM

tolerable
tolerable
only saw parts, but seemed like it was trying too hard
hated it

i mean i don't think it's a masterpiece of cinema or anything (if there is such a thing), but i think it's a lot better than "just a good way to kill two hours."

[Edited on December 26, 2009 at 4:10 PM. Reason : .]

12/26/2009 4:09:21 PM

Van Helsing is tolerable?

I now highly value your opinion.

Before, I was on the fence.

12/26/2009 4:11:40 PM

dude don't be an asshole. there's like 8 people in this thread saying everything from they "liked it" to it was "fantastic."

12/26/2009 4:12:51 PM

the correct answers were

god awful
god awful
great
god awful

12/26/2009 4:21:01 PM

well jaybee has spoken. obviously this movie is shit since we disagree on some random movies that have nothing to do with this one


/thread

12/26/2009 4:23:31 PM

the first two and last one are what I would consider peer movies... lots of gratuitous action that makes no sense, plot is secondary, complete lack of anything approaching character development, and that is exactly what Sherlock looks like to me from previews

12/26/2009 4:27:39 PM