WHOA!
NEVER BEEN TO THIS BOARD OF NL AND I AM SURPRISED AND PLEASED AT WHAT I SEE!
ITS NICE TO KNOW THERE ARE HOLMES FANS HERE IN NL!
LOVED SIR CONAN'S GREATEST WORK SINCE I CAME ACROSS THE 'HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
WHEN I WAS TEN.
I BELIEVE ITS THE SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR MANY DETECTIVE NOVELS AND MOVIES ALL
OVER THE WORLD. HOLMES METHODS ARE UNIQUE AND INCREDIBLY INTERESTING.

WHAT DOES ANYONE THINK OF THE MOVIE WHERE ROBERT D. JUNIOR AND JUDE LAW PLAY HOLMES
AND WATSON.
I KINDA LIKE THE MOVIE FOR MANY THINGS.
FIRST THE MOVIE'S MAIN ACTOR STIRS AWAY A BIT FROM THE BOOKS' MAIN CHARACTER IN THE
SENSE THAT MOVIE HOLMES IS SHORTER THAN BOOK HOLMES, AND STOCKY AND MUCH MORE MUSCULAR
THAN BOOK HOLMES. BUT I LIKE THE DEPTH OF ROBERT'S HOLMES. HE PLAYS THE MANNERISM OF
THE BOOK HOLMES SO WELL. I LIKE THE PART IN THE MOVIE WHERE HE SPRAWLS ON THE FLOOR
OF HIS BEDROOM LIKE A MAD MAN WITH HAGGLED HAIR WAITING FOR A CASE TO COME!
BOOK HOLMES OFTEN COMPLAINED OF THE BORING INTERVALS BETWEEN CASES WHERE HIS GREAT
MIND WOULD BE LEFT RUNNING WITH NO CASE GRIND AT , AND THE EFFECT WORE HIM OUT PSYCHOLOGICALLY.
THE READER WOULD FEEL SORRY FOR HIM AT THESE MOMENTS. GUESS, THAT'S WHAT CAUSED HIS ADDICTION TO
COCAINE!
I LIKE THAT MOVIE HOLMES CAN ENGAGE IN FIST FIGHTS MORE OFTEN THAN THE BOOK HOLMES.
THIS DOES NOT DEVIATE FORM THE BOOK AS HOLMES IS QUOTED IN ONE OF THE BOOK SERIES, (I
THINK IT WAS ' A STUDY IN SCARLET ' ), 'THAT AS A YOUNG MAN, I TOOK TO THE RINGS, ' AND JUDE LAW'S
WATSON SHOULD ENGAGE IN ARM FIGHTS BEING A FORMER MILITARY MAN HIMSELF.
MOVIE HOLMES CALCULATION OF FIGHTING MOVES BEFORE THE FIGHT I THOUGHT WAS TOTALLY COOL! ITS WAS LIKE
USING THE LAW OF PHYSICS AND BODY ANATOMY TO PREDICT AND ENGAGE IN COMBAT!

THE FACT THAT WE GET TO KNOW TOWARDS THE END OF THE MOVIE THAT THE MYSTERIOUS MAN IN THE COACH
WAS HIS ARCH NEMESIS AND ENEMY, PROFESSOR MORIARTY, AND THAT WE NEVER GET TO SEE THE
PROFESSOR'S FACE BUT KNOW FROM HINTS FORM THE ENDING SCENE( WHERE THE LADY WARNED HIM THE HE WAS MORE
DANGEROUS THAT HOLMES THOUGHT, AND HE JUST ANSWERED WITH A SHRUG OF THE SHOULDERS - AND I
AM LIKE I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM SQUARE OFF WITH THE PROFESSOR IN PART TWO! )

ALL IN ALL I LOVED THE CHARACTERS PLAYED BY ROBERT AND JUDE. THEY ARE FUN TO WATCH, EVEN
FOR SOMEONE WHO IS NOT A FAN OF THE BOOK. I WAS SO IMPRESSED BY ROBERT'S PERFORMANCE, THAT
I FORGAVE HIM FOR NOT BEING SIX FOOT TALL WITH AN ATHLETIC FRAME.

HAS ANY ONE WATCHED MONK, A SERIES MOVIE? MONKS METHODS OF DETECTION ARE SO SIMILAR TO
HOLMES THAT I AM TEMPTED TO THINK THAT MONK IS A MODERN DAY VERSION OF HOLMES. THEY JUST
TWIST THE CHARACTERS BUT ALL IN ALL THEIR ROLES ARE BASICALLY THE SAME. ANY ONE SHARE
MY THOUGHTS ON THAT?

HOWEVER, IS THERE A MODERN DAY SERIES SHOW THAT ACTUALLY PLAYS THE HOLMES CHARACTER
LIKE LOST, 24, ER ETC ? I WISH THERE WAS, WITH A NAME LIKE 'THE BAKER STREET MYSTERIES'
SO ONLY HOLMES FANS WILL KNOW WHATZ UP!