tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post242498764143570151..comments2024-02-18T08:45:16.295-08:00Comments on The Film Connoisseur: Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)Franco Macabrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-8243058822012150662012-07-20T05:30:25.687-07:002012-07-20T05:30:25.687-07:00@Fritz: Yeah, they obviously took a few liberties ...@Fritz: Yeah, they obviously took a few liberties with Holmes and Watsons's original meeting place, but for the most part it's a pretty good Holmes film, the character feels true.<br /><br />Yeah, in regards to Holmes finding women interesting, I believe with this film they wanted to establish why in the books and films Holmes is womanless for most of his life.<br /><br />Agree about the Temple of Doom connection, many other reviewers have compared it to that film, I guess Spielberg producing had a lot to do with that, and the fact that Temple of Doom had just been released and been a huge success just one year before Young Sherlock Holmes.<br /><br />@Jack Thursby: The hallucinations are the big highlight of this film! For me the freakiest hallucination was the one with all the pastry coming alive and trying to force itself down Watsons throat!<br /><br />As for the mummification sequence, Temple of Doom got a lot of heat for being a little too graphic for kids, which is true, I mean guys get their hears ripped right out of their chests and stuff, people get burned alive, but I still see Temple of Doom as a kids film; it's just so much fun. But I'm guessing with this film, Spielberg and Levinson were trying to give a more 'kid friendly' version of a similar story.Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-15025844632324420762012-07-20T01:48:35.436-07:002012-07-20T01:48:35.436-07:00Yeah, really liked this movie. Despite the fact it...Yeah, really liked this movie. Despite the fact it goes against the Holmes canon I thought this was pretty good. Rowe and Cox made a great double act. Shame they didn't make any sequels because I'm certain that was the intention.<br /><br />Gotta say the bit at the start when the guy starts hallucinating that the turkey he's about to eat has come to life gave me nightmares of weeks!<br /><br />There's absolutely loads of Harry Potter connections. I can't remember where it is but some one wrote hundreds of pages on the similarities between the two.<br /><br />One of the biggest bits of thief though seems to be the mummification sequence which seems like a direct lift from Temple of Doom. Thought Spielberg would have changed this being the producer?Jack Thursbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101157160144955486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-87446548686521609762012-07-19T19:26:54.655-07:002012-07-19T19:26:54.655-07:00Francisco,
This is one of my favorite films from ...Francisco,<br /><br />This is one of my favorite films from the period!<br /><br />One of the reasons I believe that it is largely forgotten is that the more ardent Sherlockians dismissed it because it disregarded cannon. Yes, Doyle's "A Study in Scarlet" clearly establishes this as Holmes' and Watson's first meeting, so that makes Young Sherlock Holmes an alterate history stroy, which is just fine with me.<br /><br />You're so right in congratulating the three leads. The chemistry between them is wonderful! It's also nice to see that as a teen that Sherlock was a normal boy and found girls interesting.<br /><br />The action sequences also are very reminisant of the Indianna Jones films, which is why this film is so imminently re-watchable!Fritz "Doc" Freakensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209589620766485745noreply@blogger.com