Strange Sherlock Holmes Related News, And More....

[calliopes_pen]

First, some strange news—Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen will be starring in an as yet untitled Sherlock Holmes comedy. Cohen will be Holmes, and Ferrell will be Watson. I don’t see that working, and I’m staying far away from that one, since I tend to avoid movies with those two in them.

The only Holmes comedy I’ve actually seen and loved was Without a Clue, which starred Michael Caine as Sherlock Holmes. Of course, I only saw it once on television many years ago, and haven’t been able to find it since then.

Edit: Wow, looks like I’ll be able to watch it again. Someone uploaded it to Youtube.

In other news, if I’m still doing good health-wise on the 18th, I’ll be going to see The Dark Knight. I just won’t be getting any popcorn, since that’s off the list of things I’m allowed while the ulcer heals.

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[saifai.livejournal.com]

I think I'll stay far way from that particular Sherlock Holmes comedy. But you never know with Will Ferrell. It's the Sacha Baron Cohen bit I'm wary of...


Haven't ever seen the one with Michael Caine.

Glad to hear you're still doing well.

[calliopes_pen]

I'm about to start watching it again myself--you can find part 1 here, and parts 2 through 11 can be found on this page.

[hradzka.livejournal.com]

Recommended: Billy Wilder's flawed but magnificent THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.

[calliopes_pen]

I've heard about that one, and I actually tried to find a download of it for years--at the time, I think the only copy I found to buy was insanely expensive. The most I ever found was the novelization of it, but I'm searching again anyway.

[seandc]

I was planning to email you about this new film when I saw the news of it last week in my morning reading of headlines - but when I got home I saw you'd already posted this, so I didn't have to.

Still, who knows. They might decide to try for our more old-fashioned humour, instead of blithely pushing on with what passes for humour in movies these days... (wow, I can be optimistic when I need to be).

And can I come to the movies with you? The friend I see movies with doesn't want to see DK (she's already counting down to X-Files though), and I don't think I can be bothered going to see it alone, the cinema isn't an alone kind of place.

[calliopes_pen]

I think there's actually another Holmes movie being made at the same time as this one, and very few seem to be looking forward to that one, either. The Sacha Baron Cohen one is from the director of The Forty Year Old Virgin, and Talladega Nights. If they don't go the bodily humor route and it turns out okay, I might rent it someday.

*checks* Okay, the rumor is the other one is going to possibly star Robert Downey Jr as Holmes. Guy Ritchie might be directing it. They say he'll be a "less stuffy" version.

...the cinema isn't an alone kind of place.

That's the truth. That would be why I torture Dad by dragging him along, too. That, and he thinks it's safer.