Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

2011-12-16 Thread otsisto
I found the MTV review site which pulls various reviews and the reviews are mixed. The one you presented is there, another says something to the effect that if you liked the first you will like the second. One trashes Robert Downey's acting and another Ritches work. So reviews are not always reliab

Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

2011-12-16 Thread Charlene Charette
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Franchesca Havas wrote: > I hear you I do but I have to say that the very first few paragraphs of > the book thoroughly describe exactly the man we see portrayed on the > screen. > > Franchesca I think part of the issue is more people are familiar with the old mo

Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

2011-12-16 Thread Franchesca Havas
I hear you I do but I have to say that the very first few paragraphs of the book thoroughly describe exactly the man we see portrayed on the screen. Franchesca Sent from my Windows Phone From: lis...@juno.com Sent: 12/16/2011 2:48 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A

Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

2011-12-16 Thread lisa58
You are in for a treat--I wish I could afford to buy it, and have all of them. Yours in cosutming,Lisa A On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:38:02 -0800 Lavolta Press writes: > > Well, in the first movie it was kind of refreshing to see Watson > sock > Holmes in the jaw after that well-known remark Holme

Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

2011-12-16 Thread lisa58
Actually I pretty much hate any of the Jeremy Brett series. He just played Sherlock as a sort of robot and mean, not with the deep humanity that he really had. I'm serious when I say that the Russian version was the best ever--they did an occasional series that lasted a couple of years, not ever

Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

2011-12-16 Thread Lavolta Press
Well, in the first movie it was kind of refreshing to see Watson sock Holmes in the jaw after that well-known remark Holmes makes about Watson merely illuminating the genius of others. I bought the Russian series but have not got around to watching it. Fran Lavolta Press Books of historic cl

Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

2011-12-16 Thread albertcat
I must admit I love the Jeremy Brett "Hound of the Baskervilles" and "Sign of Four". But some of the others in that seriesyikes! The costuming for the series was understated and very realistic and believable with some beautiful details. -Original Message- From: lisa58 To: h-cos

Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

2011-12-16 Thread lisa58
I wasn't even able to get through the FIRST movie in this "series", and it was because of the same issues I read about in the review of THIS movie. And I"m a Sherlock Holmes FANATIC. The best Sherlock Holmes EVER, and the best costumes, were int he Russian version of Sherlock Holmes form the

Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

2011-12-16 Thread Lavolta Press
I guess so. I find life is too short to either view bad movies or read bad books (unless I'm being paid to edit the books and turn them into better books). Fran Lavolta Press Books on making historic clothing www.lavoltapress.com On 12/16/2011 2:05 PM, Sharon Collier wrote: Actually makes me

Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

2011-12-16 Thread Sharon Collier
Actually makes me want to see the movie (I was going to anyway). I find movie reviewers to often be rather full of themselves. And besides, we do a thing we call "Bad Movie Night". We have seen some of the MOST awful movies, but they are still fun, festive adult beverages make the most poorly made

Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

2011-12-16 Thread DeNae Leverentz
Well, Roger Ebert mentioned that he was putting it on his list of favorite movies. I'm hoping to see it DeNae On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Lavolta Press wrote: > I was really looking forward to it till I saw this review. Has anyone > here seen it, and how are the costumes? > > http://www.s

[h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

2011-12-16 Thread Lavolta Press
I was really looking forward to it till I saw this review. Has anyone here seen it, and how are the costumes? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/16/DDEI1MCACK.DTL Fran Lavolta Press Books of historic clothing and needlework patterns www.lavoltapress.com www.facebook.com/L