thoughts on the new Sherlock Holmes movie

[fatima]

Finally got a chance to go see this now that I am back in America.

1. The plot is weird. Not all that Conan Doyle-like due to too much action and not quite enough mystery+deduction. On the other hand, the overall feel of the movie is stylish.
   
   
2. Lord Blackwood eerily reminds me of Al Pacino in Godfather.
   
   
3. They totally revamped the Irene Adler character for the sake of onscreen romance, and I do not like it. -_- (That said, I think Rachael McAdams was good for the role.) It goes hand in hand with the emotionalizing-Holmes thing (see below).
   
   
4. I am not sure I like what they did to Holmes. He's much, much more human and more expressively emotional now and I'm just...having some trouble with that.
   
   
5. I do LOVE what they did to Watson though. (Oddly enough, I did not find the beard on Jude Law an issue.) Watson's totally, ass-kickingly awesome now. And toppish, to add to it. ("Be gentle with me, Watson!"...I mean...SRSLY PEOPLE? SRSLY?)

In conclusion: Holmes is CLEARLY gay for Watson, who tragically does not realize what they have is not bromance.

When I get some time, I might start looking into fanfics for this.....

Comments

[spookyfbi.livejournal.com]

But he only woke up naked like that because she drugged him. I didn't get any sexual/romantic interest on Holmes' end from the movie either. And I was looking for it!

[snowlight.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know what you mean, but it goes back to my whole "WTF this should have never have happened in the first place" train of thought. I don't like how the movie tried to play with a Holmes/Irene relationship (of whatever sort) because in my opinion there should be none based on the books.

Which is kinda silly, because the movie is canon enough for the movieverse fanfictions.