Link WHAT. THE. SHIT?! Its CALLED Sherlock Holmes, but it's got explosions, fight scenes, tits, ass, and the good Doctor Watson KICKING IN DOORS!. What the fucking hell does this have to do with one of the greatest, most fascinating characters in all of English literature?! to whoever made this shit.
I'm reminded of this story. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. Around 3 AM, Watson was awaken by Holmes tapping on his shoulder. Holmes said "Watson! Look up! What do you see?" Watson said "I see a bunch of stars". Holmes replied "And what does that mean?" Watson said "Those stars. Many of them are just like our sun." Holmes replied "And what does that mean?" Watson said "If those stars are like our sun, then they might have planets just like ours". Holmes replied "And what does that mean?" Watson said "If there are planets just like ours, then there could be life on them just like ours. Which means that there could be beings just like us, looking up into the night sky...wondering what it all means..." Holmes said disgustingly. "Watson! It means that someone has stolen our DAMN TENT!!!"
Clearly the changes to the timeline were more extensive than we realized. I suspect that dumbass-new-young-Kirk f'd up and went through The Guardian on the Edge of Forever too damn early, he then spent the next few years mentoring a young Holmes.
Eh, Without a Clue turned out to be quite good despite its turning 'canon' on its head. But I dunno about that whole Irene Adler/sexromance part . . . just about whenever she is mentioned in reference to Holmes' interest (or, rather, lack thereof) in women, I hear Mr. Garrison of South Park ejaculating "I'm not gay!" (n.b. I think Holmes is certainly asexual)
So long as they're not dumbing down the character, where is it written that Sherlock Holmes can't kick a little ass?
Well, I believe Holmes was a capable fighter when it came to fisticuffs. He just shunned it as barbaric. Other than that, yeah, this looks like Holmes for the short attention span crowd.
Tits and ass sir, are NEVER inappropriate. I LIKE what I saw in the trailer and RDJ looks to have nailed another one.
Holmes was a boxer at one point in time, nor was he above a little breaking and entering when he saw fit. However, this is a Guy Ritchie film, which means quality is an afterthought at best. Also, it seems to me that RDJ doesn't have much of an accent, and occassionally loses it in the trailer. Given that RDJ is an excellent actor, this can only mean that we're looking at a very rough cut of what has been shot, or they rushed the damn movie through, and didn't give RDJ a chance to fully immerse himself into the role. I'm betting the latter over the former.
I don't know, it looks pretty awesome to me. Nothing I saw in the trailer was untrue to the character of either Holmes or Watson.
Holmes was quite skilled in hand-to-hand combat, like boxing. Watson probably just sat on his butt all day, as far as we know.
