New Sherlock Holmes trailer... it's EXTREME!!!
Yeah, yeah... this isn't the normal Sherlock Holmes that we know; this isn't your father's Sherlock Holmes. This is Sherlock Holmes... IN THE EXTREME! Much of the plotting and supernatural element seems to resemble the underrated Young Sherlock Holmes (which, by the way, contains one of the best end credits cookies ever)... but it's BAD ASS!! Yes, the trailer is selling to a very specific demographic, but this just looks incredibly stupid and condescendingly 'hip'. You like Playstation 3, Twitter, and Facebook? Well then you'll love our new bad-ass, bare-knuckle-brawling, Rachel McAdams-screwing (and rescuing), Jude Law abusing, Tony Stark-quippy Sherlock Holmes! Maybe a second, more serious trailer will alleviate fears, but this initial look looks inexplicably silly. A fellow blogger compared it to Wild Wild West, and I think that's an apt a comparison as any... but you know, in the EXTREME!
Scott Mendelson
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I miss Jeremy Brett much more acutely having seen that.
Great cast, especially Robert Downey Jr., who just gets better and better.
But turning Sherlock Holmes into an action thriller? This is one for the teenage boys with skateboards that the studios make films for these days.
Next up: Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, starring Angelina Jolie as the village sleuth, in black leather with an AK-47.
What's that smell?
Anyone notice that they used soundtrack material left on the cutting room floor from Pirates of the Caribbean?
Feh. Someone wants a classic venue upon which to found another movie franchise. Give it a reasonably high production value and some talented acting and where can you go wrong, right?
Disappointing if you are looking for A. Conan Doyle's Holmes, but a summer action blockbuster, for whatever that's worth.
Oops. WINTER Blockbuster.
What, Sherlock Holmes is an action franchise now? How very disappointing.
I love Robert Downey and Jude Law, two of the finest actors around, but this is just ridiculous. Someone tell the genius Ritchie that blowing things up is not a substitute for intellectual entertainment. Sherlock Holmes by Conan Doyle is nothing if not intellectual. It's a crime to dumb it down. Why would you, because you have no confidence in the public's ability to "get it" or willingness to pay for a story you have to actually follow closely? Or your own ability to craft something that depends on drama and plot rather than special effects? What was it. Guy? What made you do this?
Can you say "Duh"? Sure you can.
Actually Bob Downey would be a great choice for the master detective under normal cinematic circumstances minus the artistic license. But giving the super sleuth a metrosexual makeover for action hero speed freak fans seems like a sell out to low common denominator ticket buyers with short attention spans. You can't make a lowbrow cartoon out of classic literature anymore than you can make a classic talent contest out of a new age freak show. Studio suit heads wonder why they're no longer breaking even with DVD sales. You can only blame the Internet for so long before you have to start looking at the bad films and poor moviemakers.
Well put, old soul.
I appreciate Downey as an actor but whoever wrote this obviously never read a Sherlock Holmes story in his life. I detest these movies where some uninformed pup of a writer decides that a classic needs to be "modernized" in order to be palatable for the young. It's like saying that young adults will only learn to appreciate fine art if it is photoshopped with the Simpsons or SpongeBob Squarepants.
Had the writer any actual knowledge or appreciation of Conan Doyle's character and any modicum of talent, he wouldn't felt the need to turn Holmes into a Victorian character out of 90210.
can't wait, this is gonna be great
What a bloody shameful mess.
If they can get teenagers to go to a Sherlock Holmes movie, more power to them. I agree about Young Sherlock Holmes, though. Awesome film, especially for teens.
Sherlock, the action hero! Don't know how this is going to work even if Robert Downey Jr. can pull this off as Holmes and he probably can. I just hope they haven't taken the intellect out of it and Jude Law as Watson doesn't work at all. The actor who plays Watson should have been older.
I heard they had to go back and shoot a lot of scenes the stuff was so awful. This is an attempt to stir up interest in this film. Never like Robert Downey, Jr. at all. He's a druggie that got way too many breaks in Life. Sounds like it will go straight to DVD!!! LOL.
I look forward to this one. Should be fun.
Where to begin?
First, they could do all concerned a favor to release this straight to DVD with no advertising whatsoever. I'd suggest they all leave it of their resumes and credits.
Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes? Don't think so.
Second, the similarities to this and the original stories consists of names of characters and time period setting. Sorta like how First Knight's similarity to the Arthur legend consisted only of the names of the characters and the setting. (Even the costumes were lame.)
This is so not Sherlock Holmes. And yes, it 's even worse than that so called remake of Wild Wild West.
I am a huge Holmes fan and will read or watch just about anything Holmes. But this film I will avoid like the plague. It is beyond awful.
It looks interesting. I'd watch it. Though it seems much more action oriented than old versions where Holmes forte is his thinking. But for the 21st century, it might work.
Yeah, thinking is SO "previous millennium
Thinking *is* Holmes. That is the essence of Holmes. You take that out and you've just got an action flick set in Victorian England with characters who happen to share the same name.
If you thought League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was lacking, you are going to really hate this film.
The question isn't what's in the movie. All you've seen is the trailer. Trailers are designed to get people into the seats. We could very well have seen every action sequence in the trailer.
After all, showing a "thinking Holmes" won't get people into the seats, eh?
Not in THIS country, it won't.
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