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Not enough explosions by Trannyformers_Apologist	Jun 19th, 2009 05:31:44 PM
When I think Sherlock Holmes I think action packed blockbuster with slow mo fist fist and lots explosions and toilet humor
Movie posters have gotten so boring and sterile by RobertBaron	Jun 19th, 2009 05:32:40 PM

I can pretty muc imagine the Dr Watson poster by Castlemonster	Jun 19th, 2009 05:34:22 PM
thanks
Michael Caine was the best Holmes. by lockesbrokenleg	Jun 19th, 2009 05:34:54 PM
But RDJ could be cool, too.
Twilight by vadakinX	Jun 19th, 2009 05:38:29 PM
That Holmes poster...it reminds me of Twilight for some reason...not a pleasant thought.
Just can't get excited about this. Hope it's good. by Mr Nicholas	Jun 19th, 2009 05:38:45 PM

This movie locks boring. by ganymede3010	Jun 19th, 2009 05:40:48 PM
Sherlock Holmes was cool, back when I was 9.
Posters Are Nothing Special, But... by William Ashbless	Jun 19th, 2009 05:41:32 PM
...I think this movie will be a ton of fun. I'm looking forward to it.
The idiots have seized on Holmes by panfolk	Jun 19th, 2009 05:42:14 PM
and given him bedhead.
trailer killed it for me by GoDFaDDa42	Jun 19th, 2009 05:44:13 PM
I was completely stoked for this picture as a concept (Downey as Holmes, Law as Watson, Ritchie, etc.), but the trailer portrayed a movie so bad that I'm not just disinterested, I actively hate it. The Law poster looks nice at least.
Giant Head, Little Body by Lance Rocke	Jun 19th, 2009 05:46:08 PM
is it just me, or does he look out of proportion?
More slow motion punching please! by landosystem	Jun 19th, 2009 05:47:35 PM
Guy Ritchie also needs to have a scene with Sherlock Holmes with a silver Grille and a shotgun...
It's COOL. by BillyMayesHere	Jun 19th, 2009 05:54:01 PM

Saw the trailer for this by emeraldboy	Jun 19th, 2009 06:02:53 PM
Fucking rocks. this movie looks great.
Seriously, these heads by UndeadRabbitZombieJim	Jun 19th, 2009 06:07:21 PM
are out of control. What happened there?
does anyone know... by codymr	Jun 19th, 2009 06:07:50 PM
if this film is based on any particular Conan Doyle work? Or, is the an "original" adventure?
Donald Clark in the irish tmes by emeraldboy	Jun 19th, 2009 06:14:37 PM
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There's a charming scene where by Castlemonster	Jun 19th, 2009 06:17:05 PM
Watson is humped by an amorous bull mastiff while Holmes is in a drug stupor.
RDJ would make a great Sandman by teethgnasher	Jun 19th, 2009 06:17:25 PM
Just sayin'.
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The slogan on the poster should be: Whattup Holmes? by AzulTool	Jun 19th, 2009 06:29:35 PM

I can't wait for Indiana Jones to get his new look... by Snake Foreskin	Jun 19th, 2009 06:31:58 PM
that goes out of its way to avoid the brown leather jacket and fedora hat. I mean, why should Indy wear his iconic outfit in any further outings? The point is, I don't appreciate the new, hip version of Sherlock Holmes that eschews the meerschaum pipe and iconic detective hat. What's so uncool about the Basil Rathbone look? Totally iconic. Put it in!
Big ball of fun? by Logan_1973	Jun 19th, 2009 06:32:34 PM
That it may be, but Holmes was never such (far be it for me to be a purist haha). But I do like the Holmes poster. But I am looking for the traditional cap tho...
Excluding the fact that the movie might be good or bad by Continentalop	Jun 19th, 2009 06:34:04 PM
These posters are boring as hell.
Bad font by Holy Hell	Jun 19th, 2009 06:38:33 PM

Sherlock Holmes and the Goblet of Fire by Vic Twenty	Jun 19th, 2009 06:38:51 PM
Looks like a Potter poster.
I like how "Nothing escapes him" is across his cock by MattmanReturns	Jun 19th, 2009 06:39:57 PM
Makes sense.
And "Crime will pay" is across Jude Law's cock by MattmanReturns	Jun 19th, 2009 06:42:25 PM
Nuff said.
At least RDJ knows all about cocaine... by ZombieHeathLedger	Jun 19th, 2009 06:42:57 PM
which Holmes was addicted to in the books.
Is this a parody of Sherlock Holmes? by FUCK_YOU_GEORGE_LUCAS	Jun 19th, 2009 06:44:14 PM
Because that's the impression I'm getting. Doesn't look interesting at all.
His haircut by HoffmanPasander	Jun 19th, 2009 06:45:11 PM
is FUCKING DIST-RACT-ING. Seriously, what 19th Century London Gentleman got his hair coiffed at Toni & Guy?
Pretty sure they've ditched the cocaine, Heath by OGoncho	Jun 19th, 2009 06:46:47 PM
RDJ made a joke about it in some interview months ago and Joel Silver pretty definitively ruled out any drug-fueled subplot. Something about it being PG-13 and thus inappropriate. Go figure, huh?
"House" is still the best interpretation of Holmes by MattmanReturns	Jun 19th, 2009 06:49:14 PM
Because without the drug addiction, you pretty much lose the spirit of the character.
RDJ looks a little BRUNO-y... by TheBLIGHT	Jun 19th, 2009 06:55:54 PM
Hmmm... amusing. Ok, the posters do look good. Though, it makes me miss the late 80's stylings of Holmes & Watson... I think I will watch Michael Caine & Ben Kingsley in Without A Clue... Sigh, real humor.
oGoncho, Holmes shot up with cocaine in the books by ZombieHeathLedger	Jun 19th, 2009 07:01:42 PM
Downey is the same in every movie. He milks the "irreverent smartass" for every role.
Seriously, those heads are frickin' GIGANTIC! by Thugsnarf2001	Jun 19th, 2009 07:02:03 PM
How did no one catch that? It looks totally ridiculous! Someone should be slapped. And it looks like a Harry Potter poster for poop's sakes.
remember those big-head baseball cards from the 90's? by Thugsnarf2001	Jun 19th, 2009 07:03:22 PM
That's what these remind me of.
Where the hell is AVATAR?! by DrPain	Jun 19th, 2009 07:08:14 PM
Not even a damn teaser. Perhaps Its not looking that great.
It looks like Young Sherlock Holmes by lockesbrokenleg	Jun 19th, 2009 07:26:14 PM
God, did that movie suck.
Downey miscast, Ritchie overrated by Kobaal	Jun 19th, 2009 07:28:35 PM
Enough said. Well, not quite enough. RocknRolla was pretty good but not great. His best movie is still Lock Stock (and that was 10+ years ago!). Law as Watson, however, looks brilliant.
emeraldboy - fucking awesome review! by Kobaal	Jun 19th, 2009 07:29:35 PM
Loved it :)
Jude Law looks incredibly badass as Watson there by cyrent	Jun 19th, 2009 07:30:11 PM
not sure if that's part of the character... but I'm not sure if I care
Looks like ass. old ass. by Mysterious_Volvo	Jun 19th, 2009 07:30:26 PM

Sso guarded about the film by growltiger	Jun 19th, 2009 08:04:29 PM
I like Downey and Law and I was intrigued by their casting as Holmes and Watson. But the trailer makes the film seem like a sprawling action adventure with quips galore, which in my opinion is so wrong. To me, Holmes' adventures are cerebral and inventive and not warmed over Buffy.
I'm surprised and dismayed by panfolk	Jun 19th, 2009 08:09:59 PM
that there is so little backlash for this bullshit when GI Joe remakes merit so much attention.
Kind of hoping this tanks... by Liberty Valance	Jun 19th, 2009 08:16:28 PM
Just so we don't have to suffer through endless reboots of The Thin Man, Poirot, Charlie Chan et al. Originality in cinema grows more scarce every year.
Gee Quint , here's an easy one!! by BrashHulk	Jun 19th, 2009 08:58:54 PM
The reason why people are opining, and almost unanimously at this point, that the trailer shows a preview of a movie that looks like its going to both suck AND blow...is because it does.
Worst photoshop job in years by ackack	Jun 19th, 2009 09:28:41 PM
They look like bobbleheads.
Sherlock Holmes will pugilize you will his logic! by WillFerret	Jun 19th, 2009 10:05:37 PM
What? He was never a turn of the century boxer. Gimme a break. And it was ungentlemanly to not wear hats back then, fuck off. Don't give me no video game version of Sherlock Holmes you ass Guy Ritchie. Fuck, the bastard took Madonna for every dime he could, now he can make any movie he wishes, you're nothing better than Uwe Boll you fucking monkey!
Not having seen the film by BenBraddock	Jun 19th, 2009 10:50:54 PM
I cannot say, but it looks kind of like they're using the Sherlock Holmes "brand" for the recognition factor (i.e. ticket sales) only, whereas the original characters have been revamped to the point where they are unrecognizable. Why not just give us all-new characters and be done with it? If you change every aspect of an icon, well, it's no longer an icon, is it? Ugh.
GIANT FUCKING HEADS by Andyrooskie	Jun 19th, 2009 10:57:55 PM
What is this, Bratz 2??
more like by frank cotton	Jun 19th, 2009 11:01:26 PM
MIDDLE-AGED SHERLOCK HOLMES
God, I miss PAINTED movie posters by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 19th, 2009 11:31:18 PM
John Alvin is rolling over in his grave...
Nice Modern Haircut by hayt43	Jun 20th, 2009 12:05:14 AM
....
Law looks good, Downey DOESN'T. by TheGhostWhoLurks	Jun 20th, 2009 12:27:41 AM
Sorry, but nothing about the trailer, RDJ's mannerisms or look in the film identify as as being Sherlock Holmes, other than the fact that people call him by the name. The guy's a good actor, but this was poor casting.
gay vibes by TheExterminator	Jun 20th, 2009 01:48:06 AM

Laws Waton Chemistry by Toilet_Terror	Jun 20th, 2009 01:48:12 AM
Evil laboratory that uses Voodoo Chemicals to create film that is imbued with Satan's magic - when children watch it they start dressing and talking like late-19th-century Londoners.
The trailer was godawful by AsimovLives	Jun 20th, 2009 05:37:46 AM
Man, the trailer made me want to vown never watch this movie. i guess i 'll end up watching it, maybe my freinds will drag me to watch it, but really, i suspect this movie will really suck ass! I wish it's just a case of "terrible trailer for a good movie", but man, i'm doubtful.
WillFerret by The Dark Shite	Jun 20th, 2009 05:47:12 AM
Holmes was a practitioner of Bartitsu in the books, a genuinely existing & batshit crazy Gentleman's Martial Art, involving shit like blinding your opponent with your cape, before using your cane to smash his teeth out. I think Arthur Conan Doyle mispelled it as Baritsu, but it did exist & if Holmes used it, he would have been pretty fucking badass.
& I know he's fictional.. by The Dark Shite	Jun 20th, 2009 05:53:17 AM
But what I mean is, while we tend to look back at Sherlock Holmes as quaint & old fashioned, he was written as a pretty modern character. The guys who were really using shit like Bartitsu at that time were not to be fucked with.
I'm loving Jude Law as Dr.Watson by bigmoney	Jun 20th, 2009 07:23:17 AM
I'm Watsonize Will be there Christmas Day
Holmes as '80s rocker? by rctowns	Jun 20th, 2009 08:13:04 AM
Looks like it to me. Think Moriarty will shake in his shoes when confronted with members of ABC?
Hey Jude, Don't Make it bad, take a bad movie... by ZombieHeathLedger	Jun 20th, 2009 08:31:48 AM
and make it better... Seriously, give us SKY CAPTAIN 2!
I hate this casting - why not a Brit as Holmes? by johnnyangel	Jun 20th, 2009 09:08:52 AM
I'm from Texas so I'm pretty familiar with horrible accents from Hollywood actors. And believe me when I tell you, no one outside of Texas can do a Texas accent right. This is even more true of a British accent. I already shudder at what Downey is going to do to that.
I take exception by Tin Snoman	Jun 20th, 2009 09:40:20 AM
to this fim, not because of it doesn't look like a big ball of fun, but because it says Sherlock Holmes and it pretty clearly isn't. I'd just like to see a straight-up accurate film adaptation of Doyle's stuff, but until then at least I guess we have the Jeremy Brett Holmes tv show. This film looks like fun to watch, but also like the kind of film where Moriarty will try to take over the world with a steampunk laser cannon or something.
Why do I have the horrible feeling... by Kid Z	Jun 20th, 2009 09:42:20 AM
...that this is going to end up being Wild Wild West set in old London?
Details, Details... by Rathbone	Jun 20th, 2009 09:50:32 AM
I love all the traditions associated with Sherlock Holmes...even the apocryphal ones like the deerstalker cap and meerschaum pipe. But I'm also open to new interpretations. More than anything, I'm just happy to see Holmes back on the big screen after such a long absence. By the way, I think Holmes' drug use is one of his least essential character traits and has been massively overplayed in most modern adaptations.
Guy Ritchie movie = has me money. by Judge Briggs	Jun 20th, 2009 10:04:14 AM
Lock, Stock, Snatch, and RocknRolla are fookin classis. I hope he does a follow up to RocknRolla!
johnnyangel by AsimovLives	Jun 20th, 2009 11:37:35 AM
How was the texan accents in No Country For Old Men?
Rathbone by AsimovLives	Jun 20th, 2009 11:39:25 AM
"I'm just happy to see Holmes back on the big screen after such a long absence." They did that with Indiana Jones and Transformers and look how it turned out.
I really like RDJ and loved 'Snatch' by Dr Gregory House	Jun 20th, 2009 01:52:12 PM
but this will NOT be a good Sherlock Holmes movie! And, I'm sorry, but, Jude Law just flat out sucks.
AsimovLives by Rathbone	Jun 20th, 2009 01:52:17 PM
I've seen every Holmes adaptation I can get my hands on including some awful ones like "Sherlock Holmes in NY" starring Roger Moore and "The Crucifer of Blood" starring Charleton Heston. Even the worst of them holds a certain kind of charm. I certainly hope the new movie is good. But I'll be interested even if it turns out to be little more than a curiosity.
looks like random adventure movie . . . by readyoufool	Jun 20th, 2009 02:19:12 PM
. . . with "sherlock holmes" slapped on it as a title. I see nothing about this other than the character names that evokes Sherlock Holmes.
Movie Posters Do Suck These Days by Autodidact	Jun 20th, 2009 02:21:57 PM
It used to be such an art form. Almost any great movie from before ten years ago has at least one poster that would be worthy of framing and hanging on the wall. These days you may as well just go buy (in this case) a Robert Downey Jr. poster and come out of the closet.
Rathbone by AsimovLives	Jun 20th, 2009 02:44:19 PM
I'm with you, brother. I really wish the movie is really good. But the trailer put the fear in me.
AsimovLives by johnnyangel	Jun 20th, 2009 02:55:52 PM
The Texas accents in No Country were good. Tommy Lee Jones is a Texan, and the Coen Brothers lived in Austin for a while when they were younger (Blood Simple was filmed here). The big surprise was how well Kelly MacDonald did, who is, I believe, Scottish. She and Josh Brolin were not totally authentic but they made a decent effort. I was born in West Texas, in Odessa, and the accents out there are so bad it's ridiculous, a really bizarre nasal drawl.
AsimovLives by johnnyangel	Jun 20th, 2009 02:59:52 PM
I just realized that every one is familiar with the West Texas accent now because of W. The unfortunate effect of the West Texas accent is to make people assume one an ignorant dumbass the moment one open one's mouth, although, in some cases, obviously one is.
Our Sherly it aint by McBegbie	Jun 20th, 2009 03:11:37 PM
Ok, I'm an RDJ fan, and I enjoyed Lock Stock and Snatch but expectations are low. Jude looks the part but Sherlock Holmes this is not. I'll go see it and it may well be entertaining but it's got feck all to do with Conan Doyle's creation.
Downey's haircut seems by cromwell1666	Jun 20th, 2009 03:28:30 PM
time period-inappropriate. I am all for director discretion, but that reeks of a group of studio marketing douchebags trying too squeeze the younger demographics at the expense of a classic chracter.
At least this movie looks better than a bag of dicks by Outlaw	Jun 20th, 2009 03:58:59 PM
Who the fuck gave him his haircut, David Bowie's hair stylist circa 1984?
Shelock Holmes with Dragon Ball Evolution hair by ricarleite2	Jun 20th, 2009 04:04:21 PM
Nice
I hope this is good, but unless they have really by southafricanguy	Jun 20th, 2009 09:45:13 PM
improved the script I read (of which I doubt as I recognize all the mments in the trailer from the script) then this movie will have serious problems imho....
This shit is gonna fail competing with Avatar by fisheater	Jun 20th, 2009 10:44:57 PM
Ritchie's career is FUCKED CONFIRMED
Years from now, people will still bereading Conan Doyle by Sepulchrave	Jun 21st, 2009 04:58:59 AM
..and this will seem like another chunk of embarrassing cultural detritus, like Ken Russell's gruesome interpretations of the lives of Tchaikovsky and Gaudier Brzeska: a supposedly hip, now horribly dated attempt to foist your decade's values on something eternal. These movies will be like MC Hammer, like Tamagochis. Quaint.
Oh and Baritsu was just a fictional Japanese style of wrestling by Sepulchrave	Jun 21st, 2009 07:43:49 AM
..regrettably it had nothing to do with capes or canes. Or cutting someone's head off with a razor blade concealed in the brim of one's top hat. Alas.
no money for Jude Law from me by mrbong	Jun 21st, 2009 08:41:30 AM
Jude Law is a complete and utter cock. why does he keep getting film work? i will not pay to see this as much as i love Robert's films, shall just wait for it to turn up on TV. now had they cast Clive Owen as Watson, what a winner that would have been.
no Rachel McAdams no $ by Jesiah	Jun 21st, 2009 08:47:25 AM
Know Rachel McAdams know $.........at least for me anyway. Heck, we gotta make sure Ritchie stays in the game, to show he's better off without that hag ex wife of his.
He needs a cute robot sidekick by Mgmax	Jun 21st, 2009 09:03:19 AM
And maybe a scene where he disguises as a black woman and has to sing Motown hits with a gospel choir. Honestly, this looks like the biggest Shite Holmes ever, if you don't get why, maybe READ THE STORIES, fanboys?
League of Extraordinary Detectives by Disco_sucks	Jun 21st, 2009 08:43:18 PM
Really, why bother? Is this going to add anything to either the character or cinema in general?
Yikes by carraway	Jun 22nd, 2009 06:12:49 AM
"Hip" minded film execs plus giant mound of coke plus Guy Ritchie equals... welll I haven't seen it yet but much dread and nausia nad bad feelings for the Conan Doyle heirs.
I'm Looking Forward To This by kevinwillis.net	Jun 22nd, 2009 08:56:05 AM
I will see it as soon as it comes out on DVD.

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