elementary my dear holmes

[reverancepavane]

I thoroughly enjoyed the latest Sherlock Holmes film. Kudos all round, but especially for making Watson competent again in his own right, rather than just as a foil for Holmes. [Something I always objected to in the old Basil Rathbone films; which is also probably why I so enjoyed Nick Pollotta's The Really Final Solution.] Exciting and fun and makes me want to get out my copy of The Kerberos Club (or Passages or Victoriana or any other of the Victoriana inspired games) and start playing. Now.

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[maelorin]

loved it myself. for much the same reason.

[also sherlock was not some effete intellectual ... he had serious street smarts and was handy with fists and walking sticks ...]


i particularly enjoyed the *way* the movie was put together - nothing overdone. a sanitised, but not unbelievable, view of a fictionalised late victorian london.

[reverancepavane.livejournal.com]

...a sanitised... Yes, it amused me that even with all the horse-drawn traffic, the vital Victorian occupation of street-sweeper was nowhere in evidence during the film. And as for social sanitisation, you have to remember how class-conscious Victorian society actually was – different social classes didn't generally mix at all. But yes, good characterisation all round from people that actually know the canon and the period (rather than as is typical for Hollywood, redigesting previous celluloid imaginings). Can't wait for the sequel!

[maelorin]

i'm waiting the next two movies with much gleeful anticipation.

[it occurred to me during the movie that sherlock fell into an outhouse at the start of the eyepatch-run ...]

[maelorin]

i was impressed at how authentic the representation was, all round.