Sherlock

Jul 25, 2010 22:37

A bit uncertain early on, I thought - but Holmes's and Watson's run through the streets of London was the equivalent of the first Morse and Lewis car journey through Oxford in The Dead of Jericho, and it found its direction. Gatiss has given himself a part in which he can be sinister and sibillant and chew scenery *because that's how the character thinks of himself* Benedict Cumberbatch certainly gave me the impression he and Matt Smith have been comparing notes and swapping performance tics, but given that Sherlock and Doctor Who not only share writers but locations, with one crew filming at one end of a building while the another lurks at the other, this isn't surprising. Very good, on the whole.

sherlock, television

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