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mhalachaiswords

christmas break part 1

Dec 28, 2009 16:06

I SAW SHERLOCK HOLMES AND IT'S THE BEST MOVIE EVAR (in tiny part because it was preceded by five of the crappiest trailers in the history of humanity, including the one where Gerard Butler throws Jennifer Aniston in the trunk.)

( Sherlock Holmes movie SPOILARS )

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elle_blessing December 29 2009, 00:11:56 UTC

HOLMES!! I loved it too!! (And was expecting SO much more out of the trailers). RDJ and Jude Law ... everyone else's performances paled next to theirs, and especially their onscreen time together. LOVE.

(WOO! Inevitable!! *cheers!*)

mhalachaiswords December 29 2009, 00:14:31 UTC

That scene in the movie where Holmes is all like, "Glad you're here" and Watson's like "It might not suck after all", only all British and stuff, was awesome. Those actors together are made of awesome.

elle_blessing December 29 2009, 00:22:07 UTC

Seriously. SERIOUSLY. Am so seeing it again.

syien_island December 29 2009, 00:43:52 UTC

Still holding on desperately to my images of Jeremy Brett as Holmes, but I shall give this reboot a looksie, only because I trust your judgement!

mhalachaiswords December 29 2009, 03:38:38 UTC

I think if you go into it with the reboot mindset, it's best. Just like Chris Pine did a good Kirk, but Shatner will always be *the* Kirk, such are RDJ and Jeremy Brett.

Also, it's sorta steampunk, and I love me some steampunk.

deepfishy December 29 2009, 01:31:58 UTC

Yes! It was so awesome :D. I loved - well, everything, because it tapped into my love of steampunk and Victorian story tropes liek whoa. And banter! There was banter, and it was good!

Going to see it again today, in fact :). The game is afoot.

mhalachaiswords December 29 2009, 03:43:16 UTC

it was steampunk like steampunk might have existed back in the day. It was so, so lovely.

And the banter! Jude Law and RDJ can star in anything together, trufax.

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mhalachaiswords December 29 2009, 03:46:23 UTC

We saw Clash of the Titans, but it was after four shite trailers and I was too annoyed to enjoy it.

We didn't get Iron Man 2, which makes me sad :(

I can't find my SH anthology, which is strange because my flat is 400 square feet and the book is large, but I'm reading Study in Scarlet on the internets and it's lovely. Army!Doctor!Watson rocks my socks.

deepfishy December 29 2009, 06:23:34 UTC

Tangentially, have you read Neil Gaiman's Holmes/Cthulhu Mythos crossover, A Study in Emerald? It is Holmes's world, just a little...askew.

mhalachaiswords December 30 2009, 05:49:42 UTC

Dude, I totally have that audibook(lette) and haven't ever listened to it! What's wrong with me? *offs to listen*

laney_1974 December 29 2009, 03:36:19 UTC

*hides eyes from spoilers* I haven't seen Sherlock Holmes and was debating whether or not to see it but will now that you've rec'd it.

I strongly recommend Avatar - it's one of the best movies I've seen in a long, long time.

*hugs*

mhalachaiswords December 29 2009, 03:41:02 UTC

It's a good reboot movie. Like Star Trek was a good reboot, IMO. Plus it does Steampunk as if steampunk could actually exist, and it's filmed so pretty and the actors are so into their roles.

Avatar is on the to-do list... when we went to the theatre yesterday to see SH, the line for Avatar was out the door. I'll go when it calms down a little ;)