SHERLOCK HOLMES trailer now online!

[JacksonArcher]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=55661

And I must say, I'm pretty impressed. Robert Downey Jr. once again balances comedy and drama in almost perfect alignment; the rest of the cast (Jude Law, Rachel McAdams) also seem very well-suited for their roles. The entire thing has a really interesting flavor to it. I honestly was not expecting the sardonic touch, but knowing Guy Richie's previous works, and the usual tone of Sherlock Holmes, I guess I should have known better. But I think it really works here. The tone is, shall I say, pitch-perfect.

 

[T'Baio]

I think it looks fantastic, too! What a great tone.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Uh...

Well I like Robert Downey Jr in anything, but I've always thought of Holmes as more neurotic and far less smart-ass and ass-kicking than this rather odd version of the character. I'm sure I'll watch it and have fun, but this looks like a case when maybe someone should simply have made up a new character name for the new character they wanted to create.

 

[Kelso]

Holmes has always been ass-kicking... at least in print.


I think this looks fab.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Holmes has always been ass-kicking... at least in print.

No kidding. Someone needs to do some reading.

If that's too much, this might help.

 

[TheBrew]

That last line had my almost in stitches in the library.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Kick-ass edgy action Holmes for the 21st Century.

I suppose Watson dies in the first reel just so we'll know that anything can happen.

Must everything be aimed at 12-year-olds?

 

[Blue_Trek]

looks good, what a come back for Robert Downey Jr.

 

[Aragorn]

There's a scene after the end credits where Alan Quatermain shows up and tells Holmes about The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Initiative.

 

[Count Zero]

Seems very action-packed for a Holmes story. But maybe the trailer is misleading and we're seeing all the action scenes that are in the movie. I like the humour.

 

[Ethros]

It ends with Moriarty shouting "arch!"

 

[God Magnus]

Now that looks fun! Looking forward to it.

 

[Jono]

Hopefully this will be a good Guy Ritchie movie, I can't remember the last movie he did that I really enjoyed...it might have been "Lock, Stock...".

 

[Christopher]

Seems very action-packed for a Holmes story. But maybe the trailer is misleading and we're seeing all the action scenes that are in the movie.

You can pretty much assume that about any movie trailer.

 

[barnaclelapse]

Looks pretty damn exciting. This might be just the thing to pull Guy Ritchie out of the creative hole.

Going on this trailer alone, it's at least a possibility.

 

[Professor Zoom]

I liked it. Looks like a grand old time. My mom, who loved the PBS Mystery Holmes will probably see it, but complain the whole time. Oh, mom.

 

[Saul]

A little bit balls to the wall action movie feeling here. I don't think this is as close to Holmes as some people are saying it is.

 

[auntiehill]

Must everything be aimed at 12-year-olds?

Unfortunately, it would appear it does.

I'm not terribly excited to see this. I've been a huge Holmes fan since I was a teen. This just doesn't feel right to me. I'll reserve my judgment until I see it but....I think I'll be more like Professor Zoom's mom.

 

[pookha]

Holmes has always been ass-kicking... at least in print.

No kidding. Someone needs to do some reading.

If that's too much, this might help.

very true..
he had pride in his boxing ability and holmes not a smart ass???
that is just wrong.
he did had his gentle side that came through at times but over all..
yeah smart ass.

some of the stories were more action packed then others..
sign of the four, scandel in bohemia, the adventure of the illustrious client,
naval treaty.

 

[Christopher]

A little bit balls to the wall action movie feeling here. I don't think this is as close to Holmes as some people are saying it is.

With the exception of the Jeremy Brett series, Holmes onscreen has never been particularly close to Arthur Conan Doyle's original tales. Most people's perceptions of Holmes are shaped more by that mass-media image than by the original works themselves. This film is just going back to the original works and diverging in a different direction, playing up aspects that have been downplayed in other film/TV versions and vice-versa. An action-hero Holmes is no more inauthentic -- indeed, arguably more authentic -- than Nigel Bruce's idiot Watson.