New Sherlock Holmes Movie

[Aaron]

Watch Downey in "Awakenings", the man can act! As others have mentioned, Guy Ritchie is the potential snag!

Oops, the film I was thinking of is "Restoration", not "Awakenings"!

[Overlord]

As others have mentioned, Guy Ritchie is the potential snag!

Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Jackets. 

[richarDISNEY]

Downing  cannot act his way out of a paper bag.  Casting him as Holmes was a TERRIBLE idea.    Being a Homes-a-phile, this seems to be a choice WAY out of left field.

 It seems like they are trying to ride this on the coattails of the IM movie... (which was crap also...)

Jude Law COULD be ok, but we shall see...

[Gallowglass]

Who goes to the pictures on Christmas Day? Are they even open?

Americans, mate. It depends on the cinema, of course, but you could certainly go to the pictures around here on Christmas Day if you wanted to.

As to the film adaptation being discussed....I'm not impressed.

[Froggy the Great]

Jude Law COULD be ok, but we shall see...

I enjoyed him in Sky Captain...

Though yeah, this trailer makes the film out to be a bit of a train wreck.

[Skrapwelder]

Who is playing Moriarity, Jason Statham?

[Gallowglass]

Though yeah, this trailer makes the film out to be a bit of a train wreck.

I have a sort of sneaking suspicion that we've probably seen all the best bits already.

[kidterminal]

Neither of these two actors have the skill to pull off such weighty roles.

[Uncle Mike]

This will be terrible! If not I'll eat my shoes!

[JollyBob]

I think, my previous comments aside, that this will be one of those movies where you get out of it exactly what you expect. Much like the last Indy movie.

I'm not expecting a great film, certainly not a palme d'or winner, but if it entertains me for a couple of hours and doesn't make me want to shout at the screen then I reckon it'll have done its job.

Then again, it could be rancid monkey poop from the word go. What do I know? 

[dbsubashi]

Christmas day is the #1 day for ticket sales in the United States. After we tear open the gifts, and eat the prodigious amounts of food we prepare, it is only about 3pm...giving us plenty of time for the cineplex!

I actually think this will work. Unlike everyone here, I am a huge Richie fan, and Downey Jr. was an excellent actor before his drug addiction (or because of it), and seems to have recovered well, doing a bang-up job in everything since.

And I am all for a more "athletic" Holmes. Perhaps more of a VSF Bond...

[huevans]

It sounds an interesting new take on the old story. I was a bit put off initially because it was PR-ed in my neck of the woods as being a "gay" take on SH and DrW and I thought that was a bit silly and needless.

[Bako]

This will be terrible! If not I'll eat my shoes!

I agree! . Good thing I bought shoes just the other day, my work ones smell like old feet and probably taste like the stuff that litters the farm grounds.

Was watching the new Harry Potter movie last night and was told to "shut the f*** up" when I stated my opinion that the trailer was complete tosh and un-Holmes like while the stupid trailers were still being ran before the movie started up.

Interesting about the ticket sales in the States. Our theaters (well the one in town anyways) don't open till 7:30 PM.

[Gluteus Maximus]

I think, my previous comments aside, that this will be one of those movies where you get out of it exactly what you expect. Much like the last Indy movie.

I'm not expecting a great film, certainly not a palme d'or winner, but if it entertains me for a couple of hours and doesn't make me want to shout at the screen then I reckon it'll have done its job.

Then again, it could be rancid monkey poop from the word go. What do I know? 

That's probably the best attitude to take. I enjoyed the last Indy even though it wasn't up to the standard of the others. It was a decent no-brainer action flick.

If SH gets a total panning on release, I will probably wait and buy the DVD when it is inevitably discounted.

It might just turn out to be a good film, though.
After all, if England can beat the Aussies at Lords, anything is possible 

[richarDISNEY]

Some of the details got 'out'....

www.nypost.com/seven/08042009/gossip/pagesix/gay_sherlock_holmes_could_backfire_for_g_182825.htm

I don't seem to remember any 'gay' topics in the original stories...