Holmes & Watson (Post-release)
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No thanks... Think I'll stay Holme and Wats on the small screen. 
Tan Djarka
Sr Member
They'll do to this what Steve Martin did to the Pink Panther.
Paul Andrew
Master Member
I'll reserve judgment until I see a trailer, but I'm not a huge Ferrell fan so this probably isn't for me.
Kovnyn
Sr Member
I'm just the opposite, love Step Brothers, am so so with Taledega Nights.
I love Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, I have the complete Sir Arthur Conan Doyle collection. The RDJ and Jude Law movies are decent, not great and don't quite live up to expectations based on the books (but what does?), but I can watch them with enjoyment. This, I'm not so sure about.
Will Ferrell is funny, but I like his more serious roles a lot better. Stranger than Fiction and Everything Must Go are both really good. Had to watch Everything must go twice, since the entire first viewing I was waiting for the funny part. It's a drama, which I did not know going in.
mattycsi
Master Member
I absolutely adore Stranger Than Fiction. First thing i did after seeing it was go an buy myself a Timex Ironman watch, still wearing it. For that film, I'm always prepared to give Ferrell a chance.
Axlotl
Master Member
There's an entire generation that will never read a Sir Arthur Conan Doyle book that thinks the RDJ/Jude Law movies define Sherlock Holmes.
That's what fills me with dread.
This is just another dumb comedy - no one will even remember it this time next year.
Very good point. An iconic Englishman, played by an American. That's the Hollywood way.
And iconic American characters are played by English actors all the time. I personally love Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly together. While not every one of their movies was 100% for me, I'm willing to give it a shot.
My wife is a die hard Holmes fan and almost yearly reads her unabridged collected works of Sir Athur Conan Doyle. She is excited to see what they do with this.
We love Cumberbatch as Holmes too, but to me personally he isn't a character that is so sacred that he couldn't be spoofed, which is in itself s form if flattery.
My wife is a die hard Holmes fan and almost yearly reads her unabridged collected works of Sir Athur Conan Doyle. She is excited to see what they do with this.
We love Cumberbatch as Holmes too, but to me personally he isn't a character that is so sacred that he couldn't be spoofed, which is in itself s form if flattery.
I'll admit it. I did laugh. In a completely horrified manner. More than once.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6vePLqeYRo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6vePLqeYRo
somerset fox
Sr Member
Wow, that looks.... horrible. Purile unfunny humour, with gags that seemed old when Naked Gun did them in the ‘80s. It’s a ‘no’ from me.
NakedMoleRat
Master Member
They have taken everything great about Sherlock Holmes, and NOT put it in that movie!
Maybe bacause i’ve Recently entered the list of professional Holmes writers, I may be jaded, but this movie looks horrid!
It’s what crap wants to be when it grows up!
Maybe bacause i’ve Recently entered the list of professional Holmes writers, I may be jaded, but this movie looks horrid!
It’s what crap wants to be when it grows up!
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