11/25/2023 0 Comments Sherlock holmes 1![]() while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe-it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. Watson-left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel-save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs? Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. We owe The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. This big budgeted production by Joel Silver sparkles with polish and wit and the ending is as exciting as moving and being well directed by Guy Ritchie. The film boasts a beautifully cinematography by Philippe Rousselot and a haunting score by Hans Zimmer in John Barry style. Screenwriter Michael Johnson provides the original plot, creating the basis for this particularly storyline. Set design is of first rate, the movie is very atmospheric, the dark, shady and dirty slums of London are very well designed but with excessive use of computer generator images. The film has a creepy atmosphere, it's in glimmer color with lights and shades that originate strange setting. Watson here isn't a bumbling and botcher pal generally represented by Nigel Bruce but an clever and astute partner perfectly incarnated by Jude Law. Although Basil Rathbone will be forever identified as Holmes, however Sherlock is also played by Robert Downey as an intelligent, cunning, broody and impetuous pipesmoking sleuth but addicted to the cocaine. The stars have a splendid fight towards the end on the Tower of London, plus Holmes tries to battle against his arch-enemy Moriarty but with an amazing final surprise. He's finely matched in battle of wits with Blackwood-Mark Strong. He makes an unique perspective on his life revealing a complex personality. ![]() Robert Downey as Holmes plays in a clever, broody and impetuous manner, as whimsical detective is top notch, he's in cracking form acting as a two-fisted fighter. Robert Downey Jr.'s interpretation is magnificent, he's a Sherlock for modern times, of course very different to Basil Rathbone considered the best Holmes in the cinema, likeness to Peter Cushing and Jeremy Brett in television. This is a classy and effective romp with a strongly casting. It packs an exciting amount of surprises with great lots of entertainment. The movie blends suspense, thriller, detective action, cloak and dagger, mystery and is pretty interesting. It's a nice Holmes film with gripping London and sensational setting. Holmes along Watson will solve unanswered mysteries and Sherlock undergoes some risked experiences to resolve the cases using even his habitual disguise. ![]() In the flick appears the usual of the Arthur Conan Doyle's novels : Dr.Moriarty, Mistress Hudson (Geraldine James), Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan) and of course Doctor Watson (Jude Law), the perfect counterpart to Holmes. It's a good film inspired on splendid novels about Sherlock Holmes character written by Arthur Conan Doyle, including two first-range nasties with malignant aims as Mark Strong as Blackwood and Doctor Moriarty, furthermore one woman, Rachel McAdams, as a suspicious young with mysterious purports. ![]()
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