Posted on 12/15/2009 9:10:59 AM PST by C19fan
Long before the film was in the can, there were worrying signs. Early reports suggested that the re-imagined Sherlock Holmes would not be wearing a deerstalker, nor would he be sucking pensively on a Meerschaum Calabash. We already knew that this most quintessential of English characters was to be played by an American and that the director had not made a great film for almost a decade.
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Ritchie has turned Holmes into a rock-and-roll roué resembling a young Keith Richards. He is an inveterate drug abuser and lives in decadent squalor; yet he is also a master of martial arts, happy to show off his six-pack in the ring as a bare-knuckle fighter. And the monstrous hangovers never dull his skills as a sleuth without peer.
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The relationship between the latest Holmes and Watson hints at a homo-erotic dimension. They frequently squabble like a married couple, and Holmes spends much of the movie trying to persuade Watson not to leave their shared accommodation at 221B Baker Street as Watson makes arrangements for his forthcoming marriage.
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Didn’t they just put in a bid for a loft together? Bought it from under Cuddy?
Nice starter home for a couple. lol.
Yes. Jeremy Brett was the definitive, thinking man’s Holmes. I can’t imagine anyone doing a better production than these masterpieces. And I can’t figure out why movie makers want to take everything down to their own, juvenile, ignorant, faux-cool level.
People really believe that the 1800s was an idyllic, magical conservative time. Nothing could be further from the truth. The period had just as much homosexuality, prostitution, crime, and drug abuse as now.
I'll stick with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
The Wikipedia Page for House has a whole section on similarities to Sherlock Holmes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_(TV_series)
Its a pretty interesting comparison. I think the show’s originators specifically had Holmes in mind when they wrote House.
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I loved Ritchie's "RockNRolla".
It’s the action sequences that are probably going to keep me away from this movie. Holmes as a druggie is actually from the books, and his relationships were weird in the books too. But those big fight scenes are just outside the realm of Holmes.
So you enjoy watching butt stuffers. LOL
Take you libertarian morals and stuff’em!
House contains a lot of hat-tips to Sherlock Holmes. House’s apartment is at 221 Baker Street (revealed first season), and it’s apartment “B”. Wilson/Watson is obvious, and his basic alienation of everyone except Wilson is similar to Holmes and Watson. We haven’t seen if House has a brother (Mycroft?)
House is addicted to painkillers, much as Holmes was addicted to cocaine. Wilson and Watson are both married and then divorced, largely due to their association with House/Holmes and the demands they make on their time.
Holmes would play the violin to concentrate, House plays the guitar. About the only largely missing piece is the meerschaum pipe and the deerstalker...
Finally, it’s arguable that House’s Dr. Cuddy plays the role of Mrs. Hudson, Holme’s housekeeper, often cleaning up the mess and putting up with his insane antics.
If I did, I wouldn't be a poster here for 10 years.
Take you libertarian morals and stuffem!
You're describing a libertine. I'm not a libertine.
Giants still gonna make the playoffs? ROFL
I still think no one can do Holmes like Jeremy Brett could.
Disagree: the classic Holmes is Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Once seen, all pale in comparison.
Seems like we disagree. I liked Rathbone’s movies, but in my opinion, he didn’t get into the character like Brett did.
i was under the impression that Wilson was buying it... not the two together...
heh.
House has had separations issues before when Wilson tried to move out.
Could just be dependency issues I suppose, we KNOW House has those.
Jeremy Brett as Holmes is my all time favorite thing ever shown on PBS; hands down. When he died back in 1995, it was sad to think no more new episodes would be produced.
So touchy.
Libertine, libertarian, not much difference. Btw, how’s your hero Ron Paul doing?
The Giants just won a Super Bowl in 2008. Can’t win’em all. When was the last time your team won a Super Bowl?
How about them Yankees!
IIRC, the original Holmes did make reference to him being a competent boxer.
Sherlock Holes is based on Dr. Joseph Bell, Holmes was loosely based on Bell and his observant ways. Bell was aware of this inspiration and took some pride in it.
I would much rather rent the PBS “Holmes” series, with Brett, from Netflix, than shell out ten bucks to see a gay Hollywood version.
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