[NEohioPAL] Holmes: Surprisingly canon

ALICE GULICK ajgulick at earthlink.net
Sun Jan 3 09:47:35 PST 2010 

Dear Kelly and Phil - thanks for bringing all this Holmesiana back to  
my aged mind. It reminds me of the annual Yuletide disappointment of  
"Messiah" fans upon hearing it performed by a right-sized, period  
ensemble and chorus instead of the huge forces they are used to hearing.

I must confess to having already enjoyed this new SHERLOCK HOLMES,  
despite my Hollywood-induced bigotry, relishing the wealth of period  
detail and FX, as well as a really good yarn, a sort of Victorian era  
"Batman" -- so what if it wasn't (or so I thought) the "correct"  
veersion of Holmes! NOW I will go back and REALLY enjoy it a second  
time as not only entertainment, but an attempt to be true to its  
origins.

My one remaining complaint, and this registered more with me than  
anything, was Downey's (lack of) accent, combined with the ability to  
understand him (this may be my aged ears.) As an actress myself, I  
wish he had done more work with a good coach. But maybe that's me own  
ignorance speaking again -- I have always imagined him (or had him  
imaged FOR me) as teddibly uppah -- and his accent didn't sound that  
far off from Jude Law's.

Anyway, I really appreciated this enlightenment!
Cheers, Lissy



On Jan 3, 2010, at 12:08 PM, chris mele wrote:

> who  cares .   .  .  !
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> From: Kelly and Phil Florian <pkflorian at ameritech.net>
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> Date: Sun, Jan 3, 8:56 AM -0800
> Subject: [NEohioPAL] Holmes:  Surprisingly canon
>
> First and foremost the new Holmes movie was very entertaining.   
> Holmes and Watson are honestly the original buddy-cop story and the  
> fact that it comes across as a fun buddy-cop romp shouldn't be  
> surprising!  What is great is that contrary to folks who think this  
> movie was a departure from A.C. Doyle canon, the opposite is true.   
> Many films since the original stories departed quite quickly from  
> the canon and introduced things that while some consider true (the  
> flappy ear hat and pipe, for example) were actually film  
> contributions.  Holmes was anything but some boring talky  
> detective.  While Jeremy Brett will still be my favorite Holmes, I  
> can appreciate Guy Ritchie's fun take on the character and his  
> return to the original stories more pulpy roots.
>
> What the movie got right that people seem most offended by is the  
> fact he is an action hero as much as an intellectual one.  The books/ 
> short stories clearly point to his mastery of boxing and a Japanese  
> martial art know as Baritsu.  In one movie scene he is seen shooting  
> the letters "VR" into a wall with a gun.  Not what one would  
> remember Holmes for but again, this was in the stories not just the  
> movie.   He was cleary a drug addict and likely bi-polar (he had  
> many episodes of despondence and withdrawal in the books and needed  
> a new case or more drugs to move this forward).
>
> I think any one who is a fan of Holmes and his fun relationship with  
> Watson, the deductions, the interactions with Scotland Yard, etc.  
> etc. will really enjoy the movie.  It is far from some drawing room  
> mystery.  There are no "you might wonder why I gathered you all  
> here" moments but this isn't Poirot...this is Holmes, the Victorian  
> era action hero. :-)
>
> Enjoy!
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