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oh this is going to be a FUN movie!

Well, that'll do.

It seems to have caught a case of Zack Snyder syndrome though. (SLOOOOOOW MOOOOTIONNNN!!!!)

That looks entertaining as all hell! I think I may just start smoking a pipe and saying "mmmmmm quite" as an answer to everything.

I see nothing "off" about Jude, and I think he and RDJ will have a great rapport. I'm psyched for this one.

I like Holmes as a cad. I'd rather a wacky eccentric Holmes than the Victorian Spock he's often made out to be. In the books he was a bit of a bad ass as well-there were always hints that he was much stronger than was apparent. Maybe any differences will be explained by time travel-just to piss off BSlim.

twig, when the giant metal spider does show up, wanna go get a beer to celebrate the death of original thought?

Jim

Let me recover from the massive blackout drunk I need to have over the current 25% rating for Terminator: Salvation on Rotten Tomatoes, and I'll get back to you.

Luckily, I did not have any specific expectations, so I have nothing about which to be disappointed. (It helps not to have read any of the books. Hmm, perhaps I should add those to the ever-increasing reading list?) I think this looks fun, but I agree the slow-mo is just too much.

Tamatha

The late, great Jeremy Brett plays a fantastic Sherlock Holmes. Available on DVD.

No! No! No! I've been chomping at the bit to see this trailer since the first pictures of this movie started coming out. I'm so utterly disappointed.

Praying that most of that cheese is just lame trailer editing, but it's got a wink, nudge style that looks influenced by the Pirates of the Carribean tongue in cheek calamity and hijinx.

I could see this really turning out to be a disaster.

Thanks Twig, I'll try to keep that in mind, though I suspect that for proper enjoyment of the RDJ Sherlock Holmes, I should wait to see Jeremy Brett's version after.

Admin - I encourage you to do that.

Wheee! That's my first reaction to the trailer. The second is, my, what a big pillow you have, RDJ!

Jerce, I'm with you on having more hopes for the cast than the director. But who knows? Maybe the apparent cheese is just crappy trailer editing. Mr. Ritchie can still knock'em out of the park now and then. Shame the "when" part is so tough to predict. On the flip side, it's easy for me (*cough*-acting whore-*cough*) to forgive mediocre directing when the cast is strong.

Speaking of: MarkStrongMarkStrongMarkStrong!!! I had no idea he was in this. And co-starring with RDJ no less? Suddenly I'm hot, bothered, and all a'twitterpated with a case of the lusty vapors.

I was excited until the trailer. Same old jokey, Matrix-style editing bull crap. And yeah, there probably will be a giant mechanical spider.

Damn that film looks like fun. OH GOD... RDJ's face at about 1:25 ish. I'll be in my bunk...

That's way too much sloooooooooooomoooooooooo for one movie.

This looks a lot sillier than I thought it'd be, but it looks like RDJ and Law have a lot of chemistry, so it should be fun to watch.

One word: cheeky.

Mmmmmmmm, Mark Strong...

I think the character of Sherlock Holmes has been around long enough that he's pretty malleable. Get the basics right and you can do whatever you want with the character. And I LIKE the stories, I just don't think movie versions always have to be "canon".

But it may be my blind, unreasonable love for RDJ speaking.

This looks fun! but nothing to do with the 'real' Holmes. More like 'based on a character by Arthur Conan Doyle'.

Re reading the stories, they are all on project Gutenberg and each story is pretty short. Perfect for breaks

You know, Guy Ritchie movies are a funny thing to me; I like them, and then I kind of don't, and then I like them again, and then I hate them.

He's rarely consistent in my eyes, so I'm not sure what to take away from this. Make no mistake, I will go see it, if only because the insanely beautiful and talented Kelly Reilly has a role. But I will reserve judgement until then.

I still consider "Without A Clue" to be the most underrated Sherlock Holmes film of all time. Brilliant comedy.

Oh good grief. An action-comedy bromance? Sherlock Holmes tackles men rising from the dead? People flying out of beds? Large, burly men with hammers? Scantily clad women kneeing him in the groin and cuffing him to a bed? Explosions?! STEALING WATSON'S CLOTHES?!

Ugh. Sir Arthur is surely rolling in his grave.

I hate this era.

I can definitely go for this, particularly because it won't intersect in any way with Jeremy Brett and that fantastic series. I can treasure one while enjoying this as a completely separate experience. And, frankly, RDJ can do little wrong these days. He's consistently interesting to watch.

8D look at all the eyecandy! I'll be in my bunk.

I meant McAdams. Her scarlet undergarment/corset looking thingy flaunting all her deliciousness has addled my brain.

That aside: yes it looks awesome. Again, sold!