The boxing and martial arts were directly from the books. Holmes was an accomplished amateur boxer, swordsman and adept in baritsu(bartitsu), a hybrid martial art mixing jujitsu, wrestling, boxing and savate.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> wrote: > > I have to agree with you about Rachel McAdams. > > Another character that no one has mentioned yet was Mrs. Watson. She seemed > to maybe be spunkier than she lets on. I was half expecting her to show up > in a fight scene. > > One thing that I found interesting was the "Holmes fu." His fighting style > was very martial arts like rather than British fisticuffs and Wrassling > styles of the day. > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > I thought they were overplaying Holmes as the crazy man-of-action at the > > beginning. The "cage match" and the unkempt Holmes were a bit much at first, > > and I was seriously missing the deductive reasoning parts. But later in, the > > movie settled in to give us more of Holmes the detective--and of course, the > > point was to show how incredibly out of sorts he was without a challenging > > case to focus his vast mental energies. Once he started doing some sleuthing > > I was pleasantly surprised too. It was paced well, I liked the way they > > reproduced England, the action was good, the villain good, the music was > > very impressive. And Law as Watson is probably closer to the book than the > > more aged, sidekicks of the movie. > > > > My only slight complaint was that Rachel McAdams seemed just a tad too > > young and slight of personality to play Holmes' untrustworthy lover. I'd > > have preferred a slightly older, stronger actress in the role. But no real > > big issue there. > > My wife and I both liked it, moreso as we discussed it this past weekend. > > Indeed, I wouldn't mind seeing it again. And boy did they leave things open > > for a sequel! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 4:39:27 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Sherlock Holmes > > > > > > > > That was my first thoughts too. Now I'm glad that I saw it. > > > > I just hope that they don't try to take two different actors and turn it > > into a tv show. > > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:04 AM, B Smith <daikaij...@...> wrote: > > > >> The reviews were pretty good. It was more griping from "true" fans over > >> Ritchie's take. Turns out it was the fans of the movie Sherlock Holmes > >> series and not the Holmes of the books. They thought his style and > >> storytelling didn't mesh with Sherlock Holmes. Boy were they wrong. Ritchie > >> did his homework by going to the source material and delivered an > >> entertaining and exciting film. > >> > >> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella" <tdlists@> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > I read all good reviews. I'm dying to see it. What did you hear? > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On > >> > Behalf Of B Smith > >> > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:56 AM > >> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > >> > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Sherlock Holmes > >> > > >> > I don't know why this movie got so much flack at first. It's was very > >> good > >> > and Downey and Law were excellent. > >> > > >> > Guy Ritchie has his golden ticket to A list status now. > >> > >> > > >> > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <HelloMahogany@> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > Just saw the movie, and I enjoyed it. Lots of authentic looking eye > >> candy. > >> > > Interesting plot. Robert Downey's Sherlock seemed right on target. I > >> was > >> > > leery that they would somehow over do it but it felt right. > >> > > > >> > > Dr. Watson got a bit of an upgrade which made his character more > >> enjoyable > >> > > than previous incarnations. Jude Law made a believable counterpart to > >> > > Sherlock. > >> > > > >> > > Bonus points for the Steampunk gadgetry. > >> > >> > > > >> > > -- > >> > > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > >> > > Mahogany at: > >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > >> > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------------ > >> > > >> > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > >> > > >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYa > >> > hoo! Groups Links > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------ > >> > >> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > >> > >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > >> Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > >> (Yahoo! ID required) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >
