Perhaps, Subby, it's because at the time of posting there were only about 8 reviews?

That's awesome, especially when you factor in that 87% of the critics on Rotten Tomatoes are worth as much as rotten tomatoes.

I read one review for Avatar written by a black critic and he was going off about a white man's zionist movement?

Deadhouseplants: That's awesome, especially when you factor in that 87% of the critics on Rotten Tomatoes are worth as much as rotten tomatoes.

I read one review for Avatar written by a black critic and he was going off about a white man's zionist movement?

You've gotta be kidding.

Deadhouseplants: That's awesome, especially when you factor in that 87% of the critics on Rotten Tomatoes are worth as much as rotten tomatoes.

I read one review for Avatar written by a black critic and he was going off about a white man's zionist movement?

Dude, do not judge RT.com by Armond White. Even if metacritic is better.

And subby, Transformers 2 had a fresh rating until the mainstream critics started to put their two cents in. Not saying that will happen, just saying why don't we wait for a national publication to run something before we start saying it's good.

WhoIsWillo: why don't we wait for a national publication to run something before we start saying it's good.

Um, I know this is a weird idea, but why not wait until we see the movie before we judge it?

You really can't go wrong with Robert Downey Jr.

I'm going to say it now. Sherlock Holmes >> Avatar

GaryPDX: You really can't go wrong with Robert Downey Jr.

He was better in Satan's Alley.

oldebayer: WhoIsWillo: why don't we wait for a national publication to run something before we start saying it's good.

Um, I know this is a weird idea, but why not wait until we see the movie before we judge it?

I see movies for free, so I'll see it if it's worth my time. But if I didn't work at a movie theater, I'd want to be sure my $10 a ticket would be worth it.

Robert Downey, Jr. playing a sarcastic drug addict. Hmm...seems like a stretch but, OK.

Guy Richie:

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,
Snatch,
Revolver (Not the best but good)
Real RocknRolla

Granted he hit a touch patch when he was married to Madonna and did Swept Away...but she's a succubus! Sucks talent out of every star she's banging.

Damn straight I'm gonna go see this flick.

And the much redeemed Robert Downey Jr.

Then in a just world this has a 98% rating.

Fano: Then in a just world this has a 98% rating.

I love that movie so much.

Well, it looks entertaining to me.. and I want my movies to be entertaining.. so yeah, I'll go watch it.

some of the reviewers:

Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

Ray Greene
Boxoffice Magazine

Well, if Jules, Emanuel, Victoria and Ray say it's a good movie, then I'm sold.

The preview thingy on HBO looked decent.

I don't know if I like Robert Downey Jr's mumbly mouth version of English in the role of Holmes, but it looks like a fun movie.

This looks like fun, harmless holiday fun. I'm looking forward to it.

Meh. I'll most likely enjoy it for what it is, but as a Holmes aficionado I wont be satisfied until we can dig up and clone Jeremy Brett. To date, Brett was the best portrayal of Holmes from the original stories.

WhoIsWillo: oldebayer: WhoIsWillo: why don't we wait for a national publication to run something before we start saying it's good.

Um, I know this is a weird idea, but why not wait until we see the movie before we judge it?

I see movies for free, so I'll see it if it's worth my time. But if I didn't work at a movie theater, I'd want to be sure my $10 a ticket would be worth it.

Dude you work at a movie theater, how do you have self worth?

/I keed.

NuclearPenguins: Meh. I'll most likely enjoy it for what it is, but as a Holmes aficionado I wont be satisfied until we can dig up and clone Jeremy Brett. To date, Brett was the best portrayal of Holmes from the original stories.

Just repeating for emphasis.

Needs more Jeremy Brett.

Sherlock Holmes is not about explosions and gunfights. I am not a purist about anything but this is like Wild, Wild West.

Sabyen91: Sherlock Holmes is not about explosions and gunfights. I am not a purist about anything but this is like Wild, Wild West.

And i love Guy Ritchie. This sounds more like Michael Bay.

shower_in_my_socks: This looks like fun, harmless holiday fun. I'm looking forward to it.

Exactly, Sherlock Holmes should not be mindless fun.

Sabyen91: Sherlock Holmes is not about explosions and gunfights. I am not a purist about anything but this is like Wild, Wild West.

Bye bye, Basil.


Personally I liked the time The Detective punched out Ra's Al Ghul.

GAT_00: I'm going to say it now. Sherlock Holmes >> Avatar

Sherlock Holmes better than Fern Gully II: Revenge of the Smurfs? You don't say!

What is it with nerds and their love for judging movies before they see them?

/or video games before they play them?
//or books before they read them?
///and so on

WhoIsWillo: oldebayer: WhoIsWillo: why don't we wait for a national publication to run something before we start saying it's good.

Um, I know this is a weird idea, but why not wait until we see the movie before we judge it?

I see movies for free, so I'll see it if it's worth my time. But if I didn't work at a movie theater, I'd want to be sure my $10 a ticket would be worth it.

If there was a fine for farting of exactly 10 dollars, I would still eat extra spicy chilli colorado burrito's for lunch.

Seriously, is 10 dollars that much money to get all butt hurt about? What are you guys, 12?

Waiting for some nerd to mention some obscure novella that 'Sherlock Holmes' has a similar plotline to.

Dr Doom: What is it with nerds and their love for judging movies before they see them?

/or video games before they play them?
//or books before they read them?
///and so on

Not a true nerd but the explosions on the trailor kinda turned me off. Doyle wrote literature, not car chases.

Dunno, from the previews it looked pretty good. Oh yeah, and the movie is not slated for release for another 9 days.

I don't check Rotten Tomatoes' rating since I saw they gave Star Trek a 92%

I don't think I can see it, Michael Medved told me that the movie gives Holmes and Watson teh ghey.

rynthetyn: I don't think I can see it, Michael Medved told me that the movie gives Holmes and Watson teh ghey.

Hmmm, I wonder if Holmes has a coke problem?

With Robert Downey Jr do you really need to direct? I mean come on...The guy is brilliant sober.

Sabyen91: rynthetyn: I don't think I can see it, Michael Medved told me that the movie gives Holmes and Watson teh ghey.

Hmmm, I wonder if Holmes has a coke problem?

Maybe with some opium on the side, but purely for academic purposes, mind you.

Sabyen91: Sherlock Holmes should not be mindless fun.

Tell that to Arthur Conan Doyle.

Deadhouseplants: I read one review for Avatar written by a black critic and he was going off about a white man's zionist movement?

Let me guess, Armond White? The dude's a professional troll

Gunther: Let me guess, Armond White? The dude's a professional troll

Oops; pic didn't post. Let me try that again:

Dr Doom: Sabyen91: Sherlock Holmes should not be mindless fun.

Tell that to Arthur Conan Doyle.

Are you kidding? Car chases, explosions and shootouts? Are you really defending this shiat? It is like turning Poe's work into sparkly vampires.

Dr Doom: Sabyen91: Sherlock Holmes should not be mindless fun.

Tell that to Arthur Conan Doyle.

O.K., but you gotta dig him up.

Gunther: Gunther: Let me guess, Armond White? The dude's a professional troll

Oops; pic didn't post. Let me try that again:

Heh, well, considering Transformers 2, Fantastic 4 and anything by Tyler Perry is on the right side I am not going to listen to him. Still, I think this movie will be shiat.

NuclearPenguins: Fano: Then in a just world this has a 98% rating.

I love that movie so much.

I think this could seriously contend for one of the greatest Sherlock Holmes movies of all times ...
The Great Mouse Detective, FTW.

/My foot, my foot, my only foot!

Sabyen91: Are you kidding? Car chases, explosions and shootouts? Are you really defending this shiat? It is like turning Poe's work into sparkly vampires.

I'll admit it looks silly, but no sillier than Holmes going up against Cthulhu or Dracula or Jack the Ripper or any number of unorthodox Sherlock stories that I admittedly enjoy. Holmes was Doyle's cash cow; mindless pap designed to entertain the brainless masses. I've read every original Sherlock story multiple times and love the character to death, but I'm not going to pretend it's high literature and anything more than a Victorian version of CSI.

Dr Doom: Sabyen91: Are you kidding? Car chases, explosions and shootouts? Are you really defending this shiat? It is like turning Poe's work into sparkly vampires.

I'll admit it looks silly, but no sillier than Holmes going up against Cthulhu or Dracula or Jack the Ripper or any number of unorthodox Sherlock stories that I admittedly enjoy. Holmes was Doyle's cash cow; mindless pap designed to entertain the brainless masses. I've read every original Sherlock story multiple times and love the character to death, but I'm not going to pretend it's high literature and anything more than a Victorian version of CSI.

It IS high literature. And this garbage insults it. And insults the intelligence of the audience, though they apparently are looking for people with really low IQs with all of the special effects bullshiat they are pulling.

WhoIsWillo: Deadhouseplants: That's awesome, especially when you factor in that 87% of the critics on Rotten Tomatoes are worth as much as rotten tomatoes.

I read one review for Avatar written by a black critic and he was going off about a white man's zionist movement?

Dude, do not judge RT.com by Armond White. Even if metacritic is better.

And subby, Transformers 2 had a fresh rating until the mainstream critics started to put their two cents in. Not saying that will happen, just saying why don't we wait for a national publication to run something before we start saying it's good.

The people writing reviews for national publications are exactly the same as "independent" reviewers: they're just people with an opinion.

What you really should do is go back and look at reviews of films you liked, see what reviews also liked it. Then look at their other reviews of films you've seen. Both ones you like and ones you don't.

The point I'm trying to make is, anyone can be a reviewer. The trick is not to look at what RT's percentage is, but find reviewers that have the same taste in film that you do. Go by their opinions as their reviews will let you know whether you will like it or not.

Dr Doom: I'll admit it looks silly, but no sillier than Holmes going up against Cthulhu or Dracula or Jack the Ripper or any number of unorthodox Sherlock stories that I admittedly enjoy.

Wait, what?

Gunther: Dr Doom: I'll admit it looks silly, but no sillier than Holmes going up against Cthulhu or Dracula or Jack the Ripper or any number of unorthodox Sherlock stories that I admittedly enjoy.

Wait, what?

I am guessing graphic novels. Not written by Doyle. And not literature.

Sabyen91: It IS high literature

If you say so.

Gunther: Wait, what?

Neil Gaiman's "A Study in Emerald" puts Sherlock Holmes in a Lovecraftian universe. He's not fighting against Cthulhu or anything, but it is interesting if you're into that kind of thing. It's available in PDF form on his website: Link

Also, Roger Zelazny's "A Night in the Lonesome October" features Holmes, as well as Jack the Ripper, Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, the Wolfman, Rasputin, and others as they take sides in a plot to awaken one of the Old Ones. One of my favorite books to read near Halloween.

Dr Doom: Sabyen91: It IS high literature

If you say so.

Gunther: Wait, what?

Neil Gaiman's "A Study in Emerald" puts Sherlock Holmes in a Lovecraftian universe. He's not fighting against Cthulhu or anything, but it is interesting if you're into that kind of thing. It's available in PDF form on his website: Link

Also, Roger Zelazny's "A Night in the Lonesome October" features Holmes, as well as Jack the Ripper, Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, the Wolfman, Rasputin, and others as they take sides in a plot to awaken one of the Old Ones. One of my favorite books to read near Halloween.

Um, yeah, that is not Doyle. I love Zelazny and I think Holmes would be great in the Amber Universe but even Amber wasn't full of of shiat blowing up.