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David
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 Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay  Do you enjoy the cult British director's action and spectacle oriented version of literature's most famous detective? _________________   1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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David
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay A big yay on my end. I love these films. Downey and Law have ace chemistry, and the blend of action, atmosphere, and humor is just right. And they do not erase the more traditional film and television adaptations.
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thompsoncory
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay The first is excellent. The second is incredibly boring.
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David
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay I love both, but the second is superior. Less of Rachel McAdams' slightly dull character.
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thompsoncory
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay David wrote: I love both, but the second is superior. Less of Rachel McAdams' slightly dull character. And replaced with Noomi Rapace's completely pointless character that adds nothing to the story whatsoever 
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David
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay Fair enough, but the second film seems more aware of the fact the Holmes/Watson homoerotic friendship is the heart of the franchise. It does not try to push the Noomi Rapace gypsy character as much as the first does McAdams' Irene Adler. She is just part of the mystery at hand.
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay I like the second a little more too, I like the cat and mouse aspect more than the obvious figure out how he faked his death plot. I really like the style and acting in both. And I agree, a nice different approach (more accurate adaptation) that works very well.
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Magic Mike
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay Big NAY! They're so fucking boring  .
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movies35
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay NAY. I haven't seen the second but the second was boring as shit.
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David
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay movies35 wrote: I haven't seen the second but the second was boring as shit. _________________1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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Magic Mike
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay To be fair the second is slightly less horrible. That would make a good blurb for the DVD/Blu-ray jacket .
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publicenemy#1
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay movies35 wrote: NAY. I haven't seen the second but the second was boring as shit. what. I liked the first one, second one was whatevs to me.
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay Nay - - garbage.
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay Nay-ish. The first one is sufficiently entertaining, but the sequel is bland and mostly forgettable.
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay Major Nay. /salute
Neither of these films produced any kind of emotional reaction. They are good for nothing more than background noise, and even in that they fall below expectations. Which is a shame since I'd consider Snatch one of my all-time favorite films.
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Libs
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay The movies are only OK. Not great but not terrible either.
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay Absolutely yay!
I love the vision and style and RBJ and Law as Holmes and Watson was perfection.
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Riggs
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay Yay, especially for the second film.
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movies35
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay David wrote: movies35 wrote: I haven't seen the second but the second was boring as shit. I meant the first was a boring piece of shit.
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....yay
They're good films, and Downey Jr ad Law are absolutely incredible with their chemistry, and yes I like the scenes where Holmes plans out the fight in his head, but other than that, pretty forgetable.
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay Still haven't seen the second one, but I enjoyed the first one.
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay Nay. This is not Sherlock.
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay Algren wrote: Nay. This is not Sherlock. It's always so shocking when Algren writes something sensible.
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay Bradley Witherberry wrote: Algren wrote: Nay. This is not Sherlock. It's always so shocking when Algren writes something sensible. The same can be said of you in regards to things non-contrarian. _________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films - yay or nay MAJOR yay. Love the films. Love the style and the cast and the setting... And the first film's score is BRILLIANT.
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