Seems like we disagree. I liked Rathbone’s movies, but in my opinion, he didn’t get into the character like Brett did.
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.
Both actors had a very good take on Holmes. I preferred Brett myself, as those productions were almost word for word faithful to the original stories. Rathbone’s movies were of course the first I saw of Holmes on screen, but they did take liberties with the stories.