I know there’s been a lot of video around here lately. What can I say? It’s that time of year, and besides, I love the movies. If I had a Big Pile of Money, we would have one of those little theatres in our house, with proper seats and footrests and a popcorn machine, and soundproofing so I could watch movies in the wee hours without disturbing Nicola.
Sigh.
But until then, we just have to do this the old-fashioned way, with air-conditioned movie theatres and Netflix and embedded trailers from YouTube. *snort* Is it just me, or did the definition of old-fashioned change while I was blinking? I remember riding five miles on my bike to go to the movies, back in the day when the seats weren’t that comfy and the film was always scratched by the time it got to Tampa. I don’t even remember there being a lot of trailers on TV, so many of the movies were just a big mystery. Sometimes I miss that frisson of pure discovery; but I like the trailers, the chance to put my imagination to work in the weeks while I wait, the anticipation, the payoff.
And so I am anticipating this, in which Robert Downey, Jr. is not your mama’s Sherlock Holmes. Purists will perhaps deplore the sheer testosterone of it all; but I’ve always thought there’s room for more ideas about Holmes than just the thin effete braniac slightly-Aspbergery guy. So we’ll see how it goes. I’m already imagining…
Enjoy.
Looks like great fun and I’ve come to really appreciate Robert Downey jr. I don’t have the purist problem with Holmes—I am a huge fan of Laurie King’s Mary Russell novels—but I am always a bit leery of these big budgeted things after Spielberg’s godawful Young Sherlock Holmes.
And after Charlton Heston as Holmes, how bad can it be…?
It looks hilarious! Trailers often pack the best scenes, but I am looking forward to this. My hope is that it makes the full use of Robert Downey Jr’s warm yet depraved aura as well as Jude Law’s arrogant twatishness.
Alexa, nice to see you! Warm yet depraved, *snicker*, that’s perfect. I enjoy RDJr very much indeed (loved him in Iron Man) and am glad he found his way back from his own personal circle of hell. Will always go see his movies.
Mark, I love the Mary Russell books as well, precisely for the “Sherlock Holmes has a real life” approach. Walking brains aren’t so attractive to me: I’d much rather that good brains live inside well-loved and well-used bodies.
As we were watching the trailer (does it seem odd to you that we call it that though it comes before), I found myself thinking this seems like a Sherlock Holmes film but just then Holmes flew out the window. Still there was something of the Jeremy Brett humor peeking out of Downey’s eyes, And Law, well, he seems to have the abruptness of Watson all fired up a ready to go.
Me too on the Mary Russell’s, I’m in the midst of reading the most recent right now. Her Kate Martinelli take on Holmes was an excellent mystery, too.
oh my god, i’m so watching this!
Jeremy Brett, btw, is the Gold Standard as far as I’m concerned. We bought the set a few months back and they are just wonderful!
I have known you forever, and I didn’t know you liked Starz’s Bunnies Theatre. Wow! I’ve been watching it for years. One of my faves is “My Dinner With Andre.” Just watched it again thanks to you. Next step? Hope that Netflix has it.
Mum, I be lovin’ the bunnies. And Netflix has everything, so I love it too. And I love you. It’s, like, the eternal triangle of love. Universal love geometry. Wow. Think I’ll go have another one of those milkshakes…. (grin).