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[redfiona99]

There are apparently two Sherlock Holmes films coming out in the near future. I should be excited, except I can't work up anything but dread for them.

One features Sascha Baron Cohen as our favourite consulting detective, which I'd be fine with if I didn't think it was going to be a spoof because he'd make a wonderful Holmes if he played it straight. He's got the height, the intelligence, and I'm sure he'd be brilliant (and I don't even like his work). But ... hmmm ... spoofage. I don't mind pastiches and spoofs done with love (such as Without a Clue and whatever the Billy Wilder one is called), but I'm dubious.

The other one has Robert Downey jr as Holmes, which, again, pretty neat casting (Twig, if you read this, is he any good at accents?). Intensity, intelligence, charm are all covered. But Guy Ritchie is directing and I'm not so sure how well he does outside of his comfort zone.

I'll still probably end up watching them both, but still...

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[angstbunny.livejournal.com]

I'm iffy about RDJ as Sherlock, too, and I didn't know Guy Ritchie is directing. Dude is fabulous at stuff like "Snatch", but yeah, I'm uncertain as to how good he'd be outside of that. I don't know if I can handle some kind of stylized Sherlock Holmes.

I've never heard RDJ do an English accent, but he does a pretty good Aussie. He did it in "Natural Born Killers" and he's going to do one in "Tropic Thunder." Except both are in the context of satire, so I feel he's a little on the exaggerated side. I don't know how well he'd do with a straightface proper Brit accent.

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

I think with Holmes you either have to do it straight, or hyper-stylised. There is no middle ground.

If he can do Aussie without sounding South African, then he should be able to do something that approximates English English.

[coneyislandbaby]

I'm pretty sure the SBC one will turn out to be a parody - it also has Will Ferrell (I believe as Watson). I'm not sure if I'm amused or scared - possibly both.

I really don't see RDJ - and I love him - as Holmes at all, though.