GLEEFUL!

[erastes]

Sherlock Holmes - I loved it!!!!

ooooh – kay….. Watson has beautiful naked statues of men on his windowsills.  This obviously coded for the slashers, but I’m afraid in Victorian England he’d have been arrested for indecency! Specially with no curtains!

“Oh look, he’s killed the dog. Again!”  I love Gladstone! :)

Robert Downey Jnr sounds like Tom Baker.  I love it.

Holmes is jealous of Watson’s fiancée!  *beams *

Bitch off !  “Cost us the rent more than once!” e.g. he lives with me, woman!

hee!  the narrative in the bare knuckle fight could have been written for Tom Baker as Four.

Holmes is so in love with Watson, it’s almost painful.

Er… how on earth do you go into a sewer in the Houses of Parliament and come up on Tower Bridge??? It’s three miles!!

Brillliant.  Magic and steam punk aside, I didn’t even find RDJ’s Holmes inconceivable – he did the disguises PERFECTLY – and entirely in keeping with canon—Holmes was a real master of disguise that Watson never recognised him. 

Loved it!  Really took the taste of Starburst and the One God or Die series out of my mouth.

In other news - "I DO TWO" is out today – apt – being Valentine’s Day.  An anthology to in support of marriage equality.  To help fight the fight against the bigots and all proceeds going to the Lambda Legal Fund.  100k words of short stories – and entirely inclusive of all love, all writers, all genders.

Comments

[girlofavalon.livejournal.com]

I love the part when Holmes almost calls Watson's fiancee a social-climber :P

[erastes.livejournal.com]

It was THOROUGHLY enjoyable, and I hope they start at the beginning and do ALL the books in order stuffing as much steampunk into them and subtle slash as they like.

:)

I really wasn't expecting to love it so much, but RDJ does tend to win me over, he's SO talented it makes me sick.

[joannesopercook.livejournal.com]

I absolutely ADORE this film. Himself and I saw it again last night. LOVED it. :)

And yes - Holmes is so in love with Watson that it's physically painful to see...RDJ is a brilliant Holmes - I detected distinct traces of Jeremy Brett in his portrayal. Wonderful. Here's to moar Vic-Era, steampunkish goodness! :)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

There were a lot of Holmes' there, and I don't think that was our imaginations. I saw Rathbone too - and I didn't find the untidy Holmes at all incongruous - specially when he was on dope - it made perfect sense. I didn't like the way he dressed though - didn't like the ascot or the soft hat.

[joannesopercook.livejournal.com]

I didn't like the way he dressed, no - Watson's clothes were gorgeous - but yes, the untidiness, the way he talked...not at all incongruous. Just *sigh* wonderful. :)

[gaedhal.livejournal.com]

Actually, Conan Doyle describes Holmes as "Bohemian" so
I think the clothes are quite right -- he dresses like
a Victorian actor.

[belluthien.livejournal.com]

I've only heard good things about that movie. I think I'll have to go see it.

Happy Release Day!

LOVE that gif!
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[gaedhal.livejournal.com]

I love the flick!

And it's more canon than most the clueless reviewers know.

Can't help but write "fanfic" (whispers) because it's too good!

[jl_merrow]

It strikes me that most of the criticism is based not on canon but on Basil Rathbone's portrayal. RDJ did not in the least resemble Basil Rathbone. But for me, he was a perfectly credible Holmes Except physically

[erastes.livejournal.com]

i agree - specially now i've (tonight) watched the last fifteen minutes and found it wasn't magic at all!!!

[jl_merrow]

I'm glad it wasn't just me who wasn't assuming as a matter of course that the "magic" would be explained. Knowing that Conan Doyle was a spiritualist, I thought it entirely possible that the magic would be just that.

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

YAY. I adored this film.

Also, Holmes and Watson as Shakespeare fanboys in the cemetery? I was howling with laughter.

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

Whut? We agree on a film? :) (Now we have to agree on a computer game, and that's one of the signs of the apokalypse) :)