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Jan. 17th, 2010 12:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pedantherJust back from seeing 'Sherlock Holmes'.
My reaction to the trailer, when I saw that last year, was that I wasn't sure if it was going to be proper Sherlock Holmes, but I thought I might enjoy it.
It isn't, really[*], but I did, very much.
An unexpected bonus was the trailer for the new version of 'Clash of the Titans'; tagline: "Titans will clash". I wonder who came up with that one, and how much they were paid?
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[*] If you insist on accuracy to the letter of the Canon, this is not the film for you. If you're prepared to let the writers play a bit loose with things, for specific reasons and not just because they don't know any better, it might be.
(There's a scene, fairly early on, where Holmes is introduced for the first time to Watson's fiancee, Mary Morstan. I took that as a signpost from the writers saying "This is our own version, take it or leave it" - certainly it's hard to imagine that anybody with the slightest idea who Mary Morstan is could have done that by accident.)
If all you really care about it the basic details: Is Sherlock Holmes good at the clever deductive stuff? Does he irritate the heck out of the policemen he works with? (very yes, is the answer to both questions) then you shouldn't have any trouble.
My reaction to the trailer, when I saw that last year, was that I wasn't sure if it was going to be proper Sherlock Holmes, but I thought I might enjoy it.
It isn't, really[*], but I did, very much.
An unexpected bonus was the trailer for the new version of 'Clash of the Titans'; tagline: "Titans will clash". I wonder who came up with that one, and how much they were paid?
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[*] If you insist on accuracy to the letter of the Canon, this is not the film for you. If you're prepared to let the writers play a bit loose with things, for specific reasons and not just because they don't know any better, it might be.
(There's a scene, fairly early on, where Holmes is introduced for the first time to Watson's fiancee, Mary Morstan. I took that as a signpost from the writers saying "This is our own version, take it or leave it" - certainly it's hard to imagine that anybody with the slightest idea who Mary Morstan is could have done that by accident.)
If all you really care about it the basic details: Is Sherlock Holmes good at the clever deductive stuff? Does he irritate the heck out of the policemen he works with? (very yes, is the answer to both questions) then you shouldn't have any trouble.
