What Do Doyle Purists Think of the Sherlock Holmes Film?

[Free-Man]

I know it's not out yet, but I'm interested in what the hardcore Holmes fans think.

[Shisho]

I'm torn. Part of me wants to not like it, part of me can't wait to see it.

I'm going to watch it and turn off my purist self because Robert Downey Jr. always makes for a good time.

[Stressfactor]

Rather hating that they felt the need to include explosions and sex up the character of Irene Adler.

[Vakanai]

I believe it's going to be a bad Sherlock Holmes film, but a good non-Sherlock Holmes film. So it's going to depend probably on whether you can just let it go as a Holmes in name only kind of thing and enjoy it on its own merits, unrelated to Doyle's work.

[Shisho]

Rather hating that they felt the need to include explosions and sex up the character of Irene Adler.

I was torn on that too. I wasn't sure if that was Adler or not, but I think it's neat they brought her into it as she's such a cool character.

On a side note, I'm glad they are turning the tradition of Watson as a bumbling dodo on its head.

[Free-Man]

I was torn on that too. I wasn't sure if that was Adler or not, but I think it's neat they brought her into it as she's such a cool character.

On a side note, I'm glad they are turning the tradition of Watson as a bumbling dodo on its head.

It's also interesting to see them avoiding the deer hunter cap.

[ScottyQuick]

I'm not really a purist because I've only read a couple of stories, but man, WTF is up with the way Irene Adler is in the film?

[FeminineMystique]

I'm torn. Part of me wants to not like it, part of me can't wait to see it.

I'm going to watch it and turn off my purist self because Robert Downey Jr. always makes for a good time.

If Downey can do for Holmes what he did for Iron Man I get the feeling it'll be a fun film to watch, at the least

[Shisho]

It's also interesting to see them avoiding the deer hunter cap.

Truth to tell, I was picking apart the brief clips I've been able to catch on TV to see if they'll completely mess it up, and I haven't found much that would lead me to think it strays too far away from the books. I mean, Watson was a war veteran, it would lead one to think he might have actually been a badass.

I'm curious to see if they make a mention of Holmes being a coke-head, given Downey's history.

[DubipR]

He looks more like a chimney sweeper than an educated man; although this could be Holmes after a 10 day bender of cocaine, as he was prone to indulge in.

And it has the Guy Ritchie stigma of it too. I was hoping for a less MTV look and a simple Victorian directed feel of it, like how Steven Soderbrough made Kafka. A well light drama

[Vakanai]

It's also interesting to see them avoiding the deer hunter cap.

I'm going to be honest, I miss it.

[Corrina]

I know it's not out yet, but I'm interested in what the hardcore Holmes fans think.

Kinda hard to tell without seeing the movie. :)

I love Downey Jr., and he looks like he's having fun. I could probably enjoy it as a Robert Downey Jr. movie, rather than a Holmes movie. Though, you know, Holmes boxed and he knew martial arts. So that's not completely out of bounds. I suspect it will be a big 'ol mess, though.

Looks like they made Watson competent. So that's one in the plus column.

[Free-Man]

Truth to tell, I was picking apart the brief clips I've been able to catch on TV to see if they'll completely mess it up, and I haven't found much that would lead me to think it strays too far away from the books. I mean, Watson was a war veteran, it would lead one to think he might have actually been a badass.

I'm curious to see if they make a mention of Holmes being a coke-head, given Downey's history.

It's also interesting to note that they left out Moriarty.

[Corrina]

Moriarty only appears in one story. He was created as a way to get rid of Holmes because Doyle was quite sick of the character.

Retroactively, Moriarty was inserted as the mastermind in the Valley of Fear--(a story written after The Final Problem but take place in canon before it) though he never appears on-screen, he's simply referenced. He's also referenced in the Adventure of the Empty House as quite dead.

I actually think the villain in Sign of the Four is a lot more interesting. He and his henchmen with the poison darks get killed off, though. There are explosions in the climax of that story.

[Cam63]

I heard they replaced his standard curved tobacco pipe with a bong.










...Probably a silly rumour.