Holmes

[ithildin]

We went to see Sherlock Holmes with my mum this afternoon, and YAY! the IM II trailer was shown!


We all really enjoyed it, much more than I'd expected. Though I did have something of a chicken or egg thing going because it really reminded me more of House and Wilson than any prior Holmes shows/movies I've seen in the past. So that was rather interesting.

Wasn't too sure about Mary in the beginning, but she'd grown on me by the end, and I loved Irene! It was nice to have a more prominent female presence than is usual in a Holmes project.

RDJ was very good in the role I thought, as well as the actor who played Watson (whose name escapes me currently). Overall, a thumbs up from all three of us and definitely a DVD purchase when it comes out.

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My son and I went to Holmes yesterday. He wasn't too sure afterwards, but we both liked it and expect to see sequelae. We both loved what they did to recreate the appearance of 19th century England. Good use of (basically) untouched locations along with the obvious green screen and matte work. Piccadilly looked positively plain compared to its current state.

We got Owen Wilson voicing Marmaduke in one of the trailers. Not something I would want to go see.

The women went to see Young Victoria. No comments were forth coming, so I have no idea how it went. After looking it up on iMDB, I got to wondering if Paul Bettany managed to include a scene where Lord Melbourne is shown naked. He seems to have one of those scenes in each of his movies.