The New York Times did a feature today on the new Sherlock Holmes movie starring Robert Downey Jr.
From the Article:
“The Sherlock Holmes of “Sherlock Holmes,” which is scheduled for release on Nov. 13, will not be wearing a deerstalker hat. Nor will he be wearing an Inverness overcoat, the kind with the dashing cloak that hangs over the shoulders as extra protection against the English rain. Sometimes — as in one fight scene — he will not even be wearing a shirt. (This gives Mr. Downey a chance to show off his admirably chiseled abs.)
Sure, he will still be smarter than everyone within a three-planet radius, and he will retain his uncanny ability to intuit whole life stories from the tiniest speck of dust on a shoe. But he will do those things while being a man of action, a chaser, shooter and pummeler of criminals — “like James Bond in 1891,” Joel Silver, one of the film’s producers, said last fall.”
The film is going to be darker and more stylistic than previous turns at the venerable detective. It’s being directed by Guy Ritchie, of all people (Snatch, Rocknrolla). Overall, I’m intrigued and I’m looking forward to seeing it.
Check out the whole article on the New Sherlock Holmes.
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