- Substitute mixed martial arts for the Marquess of Queensberry rules [for the teens]
- Withhold iconic props like the Calabash Meershaum and the Henschel Deerstalker for sequel usage ("Behold! The character is gradually recreated before our eyes" [for the adults])
- Make Irene Adler more important than Watson (feminist or sexist? You be the judge.)
- Take the whole milieu several classes down the social ladder (Gangs of New York is cooler Scorsese than Age of Innocence, I guess)
- Add cuffs or chains wherever possible [for Madonna?]
Rating: 5 out of 10
Recommended instead: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Ah, Bill, the pain of expectation. How would you have rated the movie if it was the first version of Sherlock Holmes?
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for being my very first follower! As for expectations, I was way below 5, as the trailers had zero evidence of his intellect. If this were the 1st Sherlock, maybe the same, maybe not, since I did read dozens of the stories both as a child and as an adult (when Steve Ingham was housesitting for Betty Lou summer of '90, was it?)
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