Ritchie Downey Holmes?
I like Robert Downey, Jr. I think he’s a genuinely fine actor though admittedly it’s been difficult to discern that amidst the CGI and explosions of recent movies.
I adore Sherlock Holmes. For all the flaws, they are ripping yarns and feature a truly engaging protagonist.
And although everything he’s done since has been mind-numbingly awful, I quite enjoyed Guy Ritchie’s first two feature films.
But I had real doubts that anything good could come from combining the three. If the trailer is anything to go by (and it may not be), I was sadly right about that.
Witness Sherlock Holmes as Action Hero and Ladies’ Man. Ouch indeed.
Tip o’ the hat to Chicken Yoghurt.
Good last line, though.
It does look like it’s going to miss the point somewhat, but then Young Sherlock Holmes was an action film too, & i rather enjoyed that. Revolver, however, was possibly the worst film ever {after The Transporter, of course,} so who knows. Let’s hope for the best.
May 21st, 2009 | 6:09pm
by hoop