[NEohioPAL] Holmes: Surprisingly canon
Beverly Kristy
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Sun Jan 3 15:27:00 PST 2010
Hi all,
I am enjoying all the outlooks on this film and intend to see it.
Have to chime in that one of my favorite portrayal of Holmes is Michael
Caine's in Without a Clue, the spoof that has Watson as the real deductive
brains behind Holmes (played by Ben Kingsley).
Beverly Kristy
440-487-6698
bkristy at mindspring.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "ALICE GULICK" <ajgulick at earthlink.net>
To: "chris mele" <christop.mele at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <>; "Kelly and Phil Florian" <pkflorian at ameritech.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [NEohioPAL] Holmes: Surprisingly canon
> 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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>> ------Original Message------
>> From: Kelly and Phil Florian <pkflorian at ameritech.net>
>> To: <neohiopal at listserve.com>
>> 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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