What Can We Expect From A Sherlock Holmes Sequel? What should they avoid?
Reichenbach Falls, Reichenbach Falls, a thousand times Reichenbach Falls. As one of the most iconic and exciting elements of the original stories, it would be entirely understandable if Ritchie was chomping at the bit to bring this epic (and deadly) confrontation between Holmes and Moriarty to life with cliff-side fist fights, bartitsu (or the "the Japanese system of wrestling") and that fatal plunge. But Moriarty needs more of a build-up for this one to truly pay off. We're seeing it as a set-piece ending for a third film, after a second film with Moriarty as principal adversary rather than shadowy figure in the background.
Other than that, having Irene and Holmes actually get it together would be dreadful, since the whole point is that they should butt heads, as would cutting down on the cinema-friendly action to pander to hardcore Sherlockians who might have complained about the first film. One thing that the films will undoubtedly avoid is Conan-Doyle's tendency to make all his villains either deformed, handicapped or, er, murderous pygmies. Oh, and aside from maybe the title, they shouldn't touch 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles' with a bargepole, because Holmes is barely in it, and, well, [SPOILER]it's just a big dog[END SPOILER].
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Digging into a Bank Vault
Posted on Monday March 1, 2010, 14:05 by MattPage
: The Red-Headed League has a group of men digging their way into a bank,
: and being busted for having dirty knees, which lacks a certain - as the French say
: - I don't know what.
Didn't stop the Coen Bros. giving it a shot in their Ladykillers remake. Read More
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Baskerville...
Posted on Wednesday February 24, 2010, 19:36 by jamesjewell1983
disagree with not taking on this on,
its a great story, ripe for Richie-style adaptation and another (potential) big scale
production in the south-west after tim burton's Alice in Wonderland last year Read More
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Re: hound
Posted on Tuesday February 23, 2010, 16:45 by Smegg
what i enjoyed about the film was that it kept you guessing and with HOTB everyone knows the story. It just wouldnt work Read More
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DONT DO IT GUY!
Posted on Tuesday February 23, 2010, 05:41 by larryclavin
I was really bored watching Ritchies Sherlock Holmes, I had the ending figured out 15 minutes in, it was very very obvious... Downey Jr is entertining, in a half drunk, captain jack sparrow sort of way...Law never does it for me, I just dont believe him, if he was to play a self absorbed, undertalented, overpaid sleazy b*stard then maybe I could believe him in a role like that...but alas, I sat in the cinema for all of 2 hours, and the only thing that kept me awake was my broken leg(thats another story). A sequal would have to be cast with big draw "stars" to get an audience back, and I believe that would damage the project...it all depends on a gross though does'nt it... Read More
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hound
Posted on Monday February 22, 2010, 22:27 by joeSD95
i think the HOTB needs a decent adaption, nothing i've ever seen has really cut it, also what do you think the spoiler was Read More
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More characters
Posted on Monday February 22, 2010, 19:12 by Tallscreen
Having Moriarty would be a good idea, but I like the way he pulled strings from the shadows in the first film. If this is how his character operated, rather than the Bond-villain-esq megalomaniac "baddie", then it could be good. Certainly the Holmes/Watson chemistry was one of the strong points of the first film. The sequel should be definitely about them, rather than any villain.
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Re: The Reichenbach Falls
Posted on Monday February 22, 2010, 16:14 by britesparc
I doubt they could make it as exciting as the scene was in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (the book, natch, not the film), so I agree: they shouldn't bother ;-) Read More
