I saw the new film at the weekend. Dark, fantastic hokum-a definite thumbs up from me. Really taken with Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law as Holmes and Watson. I’ve always enjoyed the stories since reading Conan Doyle’s originals as a teenager. My all time favourite characterisation has got to be the Jeremy Brett and David Burke/Edmund Hardwicke TV series but the new film versions run them close for me. I like the old black and white films with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as well. I love the bumbling (massive IQ drop!) Bruce version of Watson. Hoping to see the new Tim Burton ‘Alice’ when it’s out too, the trailers look great.
Niall
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