So apparentely Sherlock Holmes is some sort of womanizing action hero now

[ButterflyBlood]

Like James Bond, seriously.

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

This looks EXACTLY like a show like South Park might show as a parody as an "update" to a classic.

Well I'll say at least it appears Robert Downey Jr. is doing a great job playing his character. The question is if that character should be Sherlock Holmes.

[csziggy]

1. I love the last line in that trailer! n/t

[jobycom]

2. Well, they made James Bond into James Bond, so why not Sherlock Holmes?

Flemming's novels aren't much like the movies, either. I'm noticing a trend here.

[jeff30997]

3. Hum,interesting POV I might say.

BUT (Insert Morbid organ music) could they turn James Bond into Sherlock Holmes? :wow:

[fNord]

4. Well in this modern demoraphic....

one vice (opium) just wouldn't make an impact. he also had to be a womanizing brawler. The sound of one hand weeping.......

[SteppingRazor]

17. The womanizing bit is ridiculous. But in the books, SH was an expert boxer and fencer.

So, I don't really have much of a problem with that part.

[mr blur]

5. Looks like crap to me. (nt)

[crispini]

6. Hehehehehe. It does look amusing, though.

It's a Guy Ritchie movie, apparently, so that explains THAT.

[Blue_Tires]

11. that explains it...

and why not? we do have Tarantino doing WWII now...now all we need is McQ or Michael Bay to bring all the bible stories to the big screen!:crazy:

[ButterflyBlood]

20. That Tarantino movie looks good to me actually

It's also not like it's meant to be taken seriously. None of his movies are.

[Blue_Tires]

22. i knew it had a high camp factor in the trailer

when i saw a character running down a tunnel firing a heavy-assed German MG42 rambo-style (unless he was firing at air, i promise he would never hit what he was aiming at)...that was more than eyeroll-worthy

[ButterflyBlood]

31. Well Kill Bill didn't exactly have realistic action sequences either

His movies are supposed to be campy and over the top. It's quite obvious this isn't intended to be Saving Private Ryan.

[WinkyDink]

7. There was only one woman who meant anything to the great SH. Ritchie will not make any friends with

this movie!

[Aristus]

13. Apparently, Irene Adler is a detective now, too.

"Good Night, Mr. Holmes."

[WinkyDink]

30. Hee! For me, as SC is Bond, Basil R. is Holmes. EOS!

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. So, apparently the writers and director have never read nor respect any Sherlock Holmes stories.

It's gonna be another Star Trek remake - an abomination of the worst order.

[ButterflyBlood]

21. Star Trek was awesome! n/t

[TK421]

9. I just watched the trailer, and it doesn't look interesting at....OOOOHH, EXPLOSION!@@@

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT NOW!!!!

[nuxvomica]

10. It looks like a Victorian "Odd Couple" with explosions

I just hope they don't spout tough-guy wisecracks just before foiling a villian, like "Hey... Moriarty,... do the math!"

[Bucky]

12. man, london is BORing. They should change it so that Sherlock & Watson are buddy cops

And set it someplace coolio like Monte Carlo or Miama and let 'em pack Uzis, coz Uzis rock nads, and none of this "oh bloody me, i dew believe i've found a cleuw tew the muuuhduuh most fowl, old bean" but give 'em like good catch phrases like "eat THAT shit, mutherfucker" whenever they shoot the drug dealers and throw their goons out the 60th floor of the casino--shit like that, man, that's a Sherlock Holmes I could fuckin' watch--but change that bullshit name from Sherlock to something cooler, like Spike or Dragonfist. Yeah!

[WildEyedLiberal]

24. ....

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Swede]

25. Elementary,mothafucka!!

[myrna minx]

29. Oh my.

:rofl:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

14. Looks like good Sunday afternoon matinee fare............

High action, low consequence. Glad Guy Ritchie got this out of the way so he can work on the next "RocknRolla" installment.

[Lex]

15. Jeremy Brett got Sherlock Holmes just right. He was superb.

I like Robert Downey Jr. but I don't have high hopes for him getting the character right.

[SteppingRazor]

16. Yeah, I still catch those old Brett shows when they occasionally run on PBS.

No one's ever done Sherlock Holmes better.

[DinahMoeHum]

18. Same here. I also like Edward Hardwicke as Dr. Watson.

Ironically, Watson was the one who scored with women in the SH stories.

[SteppingRazor]

19. Yeah. Conan Doyle married him off a little too quickly for it to be a long-term subplot but...

in the first few stories, he's always after the ladies, and even after marriage, he's always courteous to women to a fault. Contrast that with Holmes, who finds the stereotypical swooning female of Victorian England to be an annoyance more than anything else. Besides, the dude was too ripped on blow to do much with women ;)

[no name no slogan]

23. I caught that trailer last weekend

Jeebus, what a fucking trainwreck. There's one film I will not see, TYVM.

[Captain Hilts]

26. The Guardian is NOT impressed

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jun/02/sherlock-holmes-guy-ritchie-robert-downey-jr

[jobycom]

27. You guys are more fundamentalist than James Dobson's prayer circle.

Guy Ritchie is using Steampunk as well as the graphic novel-to-movie trend to create a different Sherlock Holmes. Art is always evolving and transforming and adapting to modern times. Even the mighty Arthur Conan-Doyle was accused of ripping off older influences to create Sherlock Holmes, including Dupin from Edgar Allen Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."

If you follow the culture-neocons around here all movies would be made silent and in black and white, and have Latin captions.

[crim son]

28. As long as it's RDJ playing Holmes, that's okay by me.

I did read all of ACD's Sherlock Holmes stories as a kid, but I'm not a purist.