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[#0074:] "no girl wants to marry a doctor who can't tell if a man is dead or not!"
I don't think there's any spoilers in here, but just as a precaution:
TALK ABOUT THE NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES MOVIE.
So. Sherlock Holmes.
I have to admit that watching the trailer beforehand, and knowing Robert Downey Jr. would represent the role of Sherlock, I was a little iffy. (My father, of course, had no issue immediately writing it off as an "action-flick with a top hat", but then, he's kind of a bore when it comes to entertainment.) I mean, I think RDJ is a fantastic actor (I mean, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang fan here), but he has a very, well, sort of young-ish, free-spirit air about him that I can't quite reconcile with the Sherlock Holmes in my head, I suppose? Having seen it now, I want to say that I was totally, totally convinced, but um, that'd be lying.
To be very honest, I still think Basil Rathbone was one of the best Sherlocks ever, and nothing anyone says will ever change my mind, I think. Stubborn old-school fan is stubborn, lol.
Despite that, holy crap. Just. Holy crap.
It had everything anyone could ever want in a plucky detective movie ever. It had chemistry (haters to the left, I ship it all), it had fun (the quote of my title is actually, oddly, the one that made me sporfle out loud I KNOW IT'S TOTALLY LAME BUT), it had epic, it had horribly mangled French, it had fisticuffs, it had the Holmes/Watson bromance everyone and their dog knows and loves, it had weird science and voodoo magic, it had it motherfucking ALL. I actually can't rec this movie enough. I love it.
Also, 'stache or no 'stache, douche or no douche, Jude Law is so, so smoking. Even in drag!I'm totally seeing Repo Men just for him, damnit
And this fandom makes me lol like I haven't lolled in a long time, so kudos there.
(The first thing I did when I got home was look up it's kinkmeme, hur hur hur, and oddly the ones I ended up reading were modern-day!AU's and the RPF./headdesk)
Also also, this is a thing of beauty, and I have no idea how I've lived without it my whole life.
TALK ABOUT THE NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES MOVIE.
So. Sherlock Holmes.
I have to admit that watching the trailer beforehand, and knowing Robert Downey Jr. would represent the role of Sherlock, I was a little iffy. (My father, of course, had no issue immediately writing it off as an "action-flick with a top hat", but then, he's kind of a bore when it comes to entertainment.) I mean, I think RDJ is a fantastic actor (I mean, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang fan here), but he has a very, well, sort of young-ish, free-spirit air about him that I can't quite reconcile with the Sherlock Holmes in my head, I suppose? Having seen it now, I want to say that I was totally, totally convinced, but um, that'd be lying.
To be very honest, I still think Basil Rathbone was one of the best Sherlocks ever, and nothing anyone says will ever change my mind, I think. Stubborn old-school fan is stubborn, lol.
Despite that, holy crap. Just. Holy crap.
It had everything anyone could ever want in a plucky detective movie ever. It had chemistry (haters to the left, I ship it all), it had fun (the quote of my title is actually, oddly, the one that made me sporfle out loud I KNOW IT'S TOTALLY LAME BUT), it had epic, it had horribly mangled French, it had fisticuffs, it had the Holmes/Watson bromance everyone and their dog knows and loves, it had weird science and voodoo magic, it had it motherfucking ALL. I actually can't rec this movie enough. I love it.
Also, 'stache or no 'stache, douche or no douche, Jude Law is so, so smoking. Even in drag!
And this fandom makes me lol like I haven't lolled in a long time, so kudos there.
(The first thing I did when I got home was look up it's kinkmeme, hur hur hur, and oddly the ones I ended up reading were modern-day!AU's and the RPF./headdesk)
Also also, this is a thing of beauty, and I have no idea how I've lived without it my whole life.