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Pics From Ritchie's SHERLOCK HOLMES Set!! Including Downey Jr. & Law...
Merrick here...
XXX sent in these spy photos from the Manchester set of Guy Ritche's currently-in-production SHERLOCK HOLMES.
That's Downey Jr & Law in the middle image, and Ritchie warming his hands in the lower image.
Thanks a ton, XXX & cohorts! We appreciate your effort.
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but miss the iconic hat and overcoat. will we see these in at least one scene?
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The First Real Webseries.
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This could be good, but his style is getting old.
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It's gonna suck - big time
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I seem to remember comparing Jude Law's look to that of a riverboat gambler or Doc Holliday, and sending a little love to Nicol "Merlin" Williamson's portrayal of Holmes (with Robert Duvall [!] as Watson) in the 7% Solution.
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Am I the only one a bit disappointed that Holmes isn't wearing the deerstalker cap? Or will we get the "suiting up" montage as he "becomes" the Great Sherlock Holmes for the first time?
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In every photo he seems like the cool leader and downey the sidekick, heck in this photo he even is following jude's lead
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I guarantee it'll be better than Apatow's.
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how about this douchebag internet promoter trying to get us to tune into the next 'lonelygirl14' sensation.
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It looks as though Robert Downey Jr. is going for a House sort of look for Sherlock Holmes... gaunt, unshaven, dressed pretty well but kind of rumpled. It's just funny because House is such a direct homage to Sherlock Holmes that it feels like this is coming full circle.
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Downey vs Ritchie? Sorry, but as good as Downey always is this has talentless bovver-boy Guy Ritchie at the helm. This is gonna suck big time. I like Law's look in this and he only ever works in supporting roles i find and i love Downey so i'm hoping for a good movie but i don't think for a second that come November 20 next year that's what we'll get.
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Sherlock homles? Are you fuckign kiddign me?
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RDJ is great in almost everything, but I just can't see him as Sherlock. I saw a lot of pics already, and they still filming it! They aren't even stills. Will wait but, for real, I am not digging it.
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That is all
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Totally miscast in my opinion. And Watson is not supposed to be taller!
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Then again, NO ONE can top Jeremy Brett. Shame he is no longer with us.
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This could be very fun.
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Now there was the Sherlock of the books, baby.
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Gristle!
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Could work is the play up the cocaine addicted aspect. He most often used cocaine in a seven-percent solution—sometimes habitually—especially when he lacked stimulating cases, despite his disapproval of the use of opium. Downey can play an addict in his sleep, and he's witty and sharp enough to pull this off. I think it has potential despite Guy's over-stylization sensibilities. Rocknrolla looks like trash tho(in that Shoot-em Up, Smokin' Aces kind of way), and has probably the stupidest name I've heard for a movie in a long time.
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The guy can play intelligent, charming types in his sleep. He's already proved he can do a great English accent and he's even got the drug-filled past to fall back on.If anything, you should not be buying Guy "I Can Only Do Modern Day British Gangster Movies" Richie as the director. If he pulls off a good Sherlock Holmes movie, I'll break all of the Madonna albums in my local music shop for him.
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Or witty, fresh and humorous?
Another piece of garbage "from the director of Revolver" - and that's one title you won't see mentioned on the posters...
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...what is a ROCK-N-ROLLA? Damn, that's annoying.
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I can't wait for this. Jude makes a dashing Watson!
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... is only worn by Holmes when traveling in rural areas or the countryside. Otherwise, when in the city, he dresses as a Victorian-era gentleman would -- suit & tie; overcoat; hat. By the way, the deerstalker was never identified as such by Conan Doyle; it was from a Sidney Paget illustration that William Gillette took the idea for his Sherlock Holmes stage show. (The "Sherlockian" curved pipe was also Gillette's contribution -- he found it too hard to say his dialogue with a straight pipe clenched between his teeth.)
And I don't buy Downey as Holmes either, no more so than I do Guy Ritchie as the filmmaker to bring the great detective back to the screen. -
as the madam of the local brothel.
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but who is this writer, Lionel Wigram, the producer of Harry Potter and Vanilla Ice's Cool As Ice??? Because with Holmes, everything can be in place, but if the script sucks...
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I'm not dead!
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He's playing a leading man but whenever he has a character to disappear into, like his hit man in Road to Perdition, he knocks it out of the park. This should be like that.
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..and I haven't said that about anyone since I saw Ben Affleck and told him what I thought of Phantoms.
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He is supposed to be a Victorian gentleman - which means well groomed.
And Holmes would be laughed out of London if he wore a Deerstalker cap everywhere. -
Hell, I bought him as a black man already...
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...but that's not my major gripe. It's seeing that fucking idiot Ritchie on set and knowing he's directing that is giving me chills about this movie. Prepare to watch some shit right here.
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Not a medical doctor.
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Good job, Jugdish. You win illiterate talkbacker of the day...
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It's Donnie Wahlberg!
This must be the SAW 6 set.
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Donnie Wahlberg, with a dash of Edward Burns.
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Watson is. Holmes was only ever interested in crime. He's deeply into forensics, but that's it. Holmes was BASED on a medical doctor, Joseph Bell, but is not one himself. The grubbiness actually suits his character; Holmes is meant to be slovenly in his habits, because he's so inwardly focused.
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Downey doesn't "feel like Holmes". But he's genius so i'll give him the benefit of the doubt. This is the first flick with Jude Law in it that I'm looking forward to since Gattaca! I cannot stand him, but I have to admit, he looks pretty bad-ass as Watson. Guy Ritchies the worry here. If this stinks, his career is over.
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I love this look on him.
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He's about the same age as Downey, has played the part before, and LOOKS the part too
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What can Ritchie doe but screw this up? I'm glad Downey, Jr. is involved, but I have no hope and no illusions about the level of crap that will result.
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i would like to have that kind of job.
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Does anyone know? And why is Holmes 5 feet tall? And why does it appear no one working on this film has given a glance to the Sidney Paget drawings that accompanied the stories when first published? The makers of the Brett series literally brought some of those classic illustriations to vivid life on the TV episodes. There's really no need to make any more Sherlock Holmes after Jeremy Brett. Nothing else can compare, either to his interpretation or to the episodes which were so faithful to the original stories. Definitely not this revisionist-looking shite. Also a nod to Basil Rathbone, who perfectly embodied Holmes even if he was stuck in silly B movies with a bumbling Watson. Ultimately, this new production seems rather... unnecessary. Irrelevant.
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There is no Moriarty apparently. The main badguy seems to be played by Mark Strong (up and coming British actor who's been receiving lots of good reviews for his work in Body Of Lies and Rock'N'Rolla.) I believe his character's name will be Lord Blackwood although it's always possible that it could be an alias for Moriarty i guess.
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Oct 31, 2008 3:40:52 AM CDT
adapted from a graphic novel that isn't even out yet?
by notgeorgekaplan
ok, so whenever someone says "this doesn't look anything like sherlock holmes" he get's the reply "this is not based on the actual novels be conan doyle but on the graphic novel by lionel wigram". since now i have never questioned this explanation but today i tried to google this graphic novel only to find out, that it hasn't even been released yet and seems to be only written as a tool to get the movie out. and this from a guy whose sole writing credits ist this holmes script? i'm not even sure what i'm trying to say here. maybe it's just to explain to myself, that this is in fact NOT a comic book adaptation but a mere re-invention of holmes by guy ritchie and the only holmes vibe i get so far from ist is jude laws dr. watson.
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As much as I have learned to love RDJ since Kiss Kiss Bang Bang he won't be able to hold a candle next to Brett's Holmes. As smart as Downey must be and can act he simply can't compare to Jeremy Brett's fiery intellect that seemed to shoot out of his eyes like lasers. Heck even when it comes to being messed up wasn't Jeremy Brett bi-polar?
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so he's batman?
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..ca't hold a candle against Clive Merrison and the BBC Radio dramatisation of the complete Sherlock Holmes stories. They of course had the benefit of the images all being in the listener's head. Just as the BBC Radio adaption of The Lord of the Rings was definitive of that work (with Ian Holmes as Frodo no less, who of course appeared as BILBO in the movie).
All the best movies are on the radio.
:)
(that being said, PJ's LOTR was awesome, and being quite familiar with the CHARACTERs of Holmes and Watson, as opposed to being hung up on ILLUSTRATIONS of those characters, I am very comfortable with RDJ and Law in these roles, especially Law) -
Personally I'd love to seem them try to capture the traditional Sherlock Holmes with modern production values rather than something that's almost not Sherlock Holmes. I know that's not sexy enough for those with a taste for scandal, but jeesh, NOTHING is sacred anymore.
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...and I'm not talking about how he was dressed in "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" either.
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Yes Brett was THE definitive Holmes. He even captured Holmes perfectly in his "moods". Sulking on his couch in pajamas and a robe while high on drugs. The man was a genius.
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I cycle thru Brompton Cemetary every day and watched them build their set there, the made 2 fake shinx either side of an entrance down to the crypts and built a fake stone slab and a wooden winch over it, they closed it all for filming though so couldnt get any snaps.
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