Sherlock Holmes Will Kick Your Ass, Britishly

@KatieMick: Not understanding what the hell is going on is okay when you can just stare slack-jawed at Brad Pitt for 2 hours.

MissCast

@MissCast: You know, every time I watch Snatch I understand them just a leetle bit better.

@Pope John Peeps II: Wait, what? You're actually elated about something? Nawr. I don't buy it. Our surly Peeps has been replaced by some sort of sunshiny doppelganger. Ostensibly, this means some sort of demonic triad has arrived and we're all doomed.

Spirit Fingers

The horror, the horror. Never cared for Jude but he and RD should have switched roles because RD's accent is actionable. Usually when someone tells me there was one Guy Ritchie movie they liked the conversation is over. No such thing as a good or even tolerable Guy Ritchie movie.

Edward Lionheart

Mark Strong looks Stanley Tucci-like. In general, I would rather watch trailers like this one than see a full-length feature.

I prefer the Wishbone version. For some reason, a cute Jack Russell terrier is more convincing as Doyle's detective than RDJ.

@Pope John Peeps II: Plus I love going back to Watson as the army doctor, the man of action. "Thin as a lathe and brown as a nut" was how Doyle described him.

And Doyle's Holmes booted ass! He fought with fists and bent fireplace pokers with his hands.

haha. this looks wonderful! Pulpy and fun.

Ugh...I don't know. RDJ Jr. is cool, but Sherlock Holmes is all about intellect and reasonable deduction. Based on the trailer, Holmes is a wise-ass hero, which is annoyingly overdone.

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Somebody said, "Sherlock Holmes" and Guy Ritchie heard "Doc Savage".

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I actually liked From Hell.

@Queen of the Passive Aggressives: Yes, he is Sherlock Holmes. I thank the good people at WLIW for airing them.

I hope it's not quite as action-y as this trailer makes it look. A Holmes who kicks a little ass is fun, yeah, but I don't want him to spend the movie beating the shit out of guys half-naked, I want him to be outwitting and deducing the shit out of guys half-naked.

Aidan_

I can't shake the nagging suspicion that Guy Richie might be a tool.

At least I won't have to run the DVD with English subtitles for the hearing impaired like I need to do with Ritchie's previous movies.
Lock, Stock, And Focking Wot Did He Say?

MissCast

did billy wilder and i.a.l. diamond write this one too? jesus i hope not, who needs a calm, deliberate and witty sherlock of questionable sexuality.

i want to see him chop-saki-kung-fu some street thugs and then get balls-deep in some hos. possibly with a soundtrack by some of today's hottest british "grime" rappers like lady sovereign. he should be like grisham from csi but with a queer accent and a bigger dick. now that's what i call the world's smartest detective!

shostakobitch

@FaceMelter: Pirates of Baker Street.

Xylo

@Nora Bombay:

"Holmes, how did you know that my taint was so sensitive?"

"Elementary, my dearest Watson, Elementary."

BullfightsOnAcid

@Queen of the Passive Aggressives: Those are on where I live and I've been watching them again. Still so good. RIP, sir.

de wolfe

Guy is letting us know Madge hasn't left him completely emasculated. We get it, Guy. If you had two more balls you'd be a pawnshop.

@Queen of the Passive Aggressives: You're damn right.

It looks to be horrifically awesome. I mean, this does not at all appear to be a 'good' movie.

More importantly, it looks as if the will be great source material for any number of fanvids.

And I suspect Holmes/Watson may be the slash pairing of the winter. Once you have grown men borrowing each others clothing, it is as if you are issuing an open invitation to the slash based community. Livejournal, don't fail me on this.

Nora Bombay

Wow, Sherlock Holmes plus Bloodsport with some Moulin Rouge lingerie thrown in. Sounds like a winner to me.

DahlELama

@Queen of the Passive Aggressives: Didn't he have some kind of nervous breakdown, because he got so obsessed by Holmes? I could be misremembering.

Can't imagine anything like that ever happening to Downey Jr, thank God.

The-Littlest-Hobo

Whoa, that looks like shit. Jude Law (Khaaaaan!)? The boxing scene from Snatch? A 90 clockwise camera tilt?

FaceMelter

@Queen of the Passive Aggressives:
Yeah but nobody is going to come even close to Brett.

I'll watch it, but it's pretty clear this isn't really a Sherlock Holmes story.

Two words: Jeremy Brett

Queen of the Passive Aggressives

@Queen of the Passive Aggressives: Amen. And yes, the part did drive him to a nervous breakdown. It's all detailed in his bio.

Jeremy Brett, now and forever. And Wishbone. What a combination.(if you need two Holmeses, sorry Edward Hardwick). And Wishbone has a better hairline than Jude Law.

"Take THAT Moriarty!!!!" exclaimed Holmes, as he delivered his famous roundhouse kick. "Elementary...indeed" chuckled Watson.

DoctorEcks

A getting kicked in the nuts gag? Gimme a fucking break.

thetalkinghand

Guy isn't known for his intellectual treatment of subject matter. More mud and fisticuffs. I would have been more excited to see Holmes and Watson re-interpreted in the vein of "Withnail & I."

This type of preview gives me the ho hums, awready. Fast cuts, loud bing-bangs.. ... yawn... whatev. Sad thing is, it may be a semi-entertaining flick, but I'll wait 'til it's free on the netflix.

get the buttah

I've nothing to say that's wittier or more clever than what's been posted here previously. But Christ. It doesn't look that bad. Revolver wasn't perfect, but it's a good film. I imagine it's a bit of a distraction to divorce bloody-fucking Madonna, so considering - he's done alright, eh?

Edward Goggin