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Sodacake · 12-09-2009, 08:19 AM

+1 for Cameron.

boo boo · 12-09-2009, 08:54 AM

Well, he looked like him in the trailer at least, even sounded like him.

Maybe that's what threw me off.

Sodacake · 12-09-2009, 09:51 AM

How can you honestly expect Sherlock Holmes to be anything other than ordinary?

NSW · 12-09-2009, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Sodacake

How can you honestly expect Sherlock Holmes to be anything other than ordinary?

How can you think it will be ordinary? I think it looks like it's going to be a good action flick, but the reason I'm hesitant about it is because the Sherlock Holmes I remember wasn't exactly some fast paced action story.
I grew up watching this:

and reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (granted, it's been ages since then), and what little I remember of it doesn't seem much like this movie.

Alfred · 12-09-2009, 09:52 AM

When I first saw the trailer for this movie, I thought it was just another mindless, generic, cheesy, over-the-top PG-13 action flick like GI Joe and Transformers. But apparently James Cameron has devoted fifteen years of his life and put tons and tons of work into this movie and the special effects are really fantastic.

Sodacake · 12-09-2009, 10:17 AM

Because it's Guy Ritchie's first action flick, he doesn't have a proven track record and because Joel Silver is producing it, and before you say it, I'm aware he produced The Matrix and some really good action flicks in the 80's, but the man has also made a lot of god-awful movies.

Anteater · 12-09-2009, 10:29 AM

Thing is though, there was quite a bit of action in a lot of Conan Doyle's original Sherlock stories. For example, Holmes has demonstrated knowledge of the martial arts for example at several key points. But, being that physical combat or action-adventure stuff was rarely emphasized, we can only imagine some of the action that he got into between the scenes within the frameworks of the stories themselves.

Hence, although it may or may not be that great an adaption, it will certainly be interesting to see the physical prowess of Sherlock Holmes emphasized in the upcoming film.

boo boo · 12-09-2009, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Sodacake

Because it's Guy Ritchie's first action flick, he doesn't have a proven track record and because Joel Silver is producing it, and before you say it, I'm aware he produced The Matrix and some really good action flicks in the 80's, but the man has also made a lot of god-awful movies.

Yeah.

Including a movie so bad it almost ruined TriStar Pictures.

NSW · 12-09-2009, 10:33 AM

I'm walkin with you Anteater. I'm not saying there wasn't any action, just that I don't remember it being as action packed as this movie looks to be. Regardless, I'm still really looking forward to seeing it.

pourmeanother · 12-10-2009, 01:15 PM

I think I'll rent it, just because I'm curious to see what $500 million looks like.

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Sodacake Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 344	How can you honestly expect Sherlock Holmes to be anything other than ordinary?

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Sodacake Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 344	Because it's Guy Ritchie's first action flick, he doesn't have a proven track record and because Joel Silver is producing it, and before you say it, I'm aware he produced The Matrix and some really good action flicks in the 80's, but the man has also made a lot of god-awful movies.