i spent a good part of my childhood poring over the sir arthur conan doyle's fictional characters, and the recent update in the form of robert downey jr. and jude law was a fun take on the stories but not necessarily an accurate one. pffftt..does accuracy matter at all?
it does when you read the book(s) page to page, in small prints, no less. this sherlock nailed that part. everything is 21st century, but holmes and watson are old souls from the books. he is cynical and unfeeling, the other he is loyal and human. they are two peas in a pod, but they are strictly friends. alright, that is just victorian sensibilities. but who cares, i want the book and i get it!
the casting of benedict cumberbatch is a huge plus since he embodies "the" holmes; tall, moody, calculative, the visage is nothing but a mask. martin freeman as dr. watson is not relegated as a sidekick but a friend who cares a lot about holmes (that part jude law got it right). since it is a mini series, each show takes about 1.5 hours. it is well written and not surprisingly it is engaging. that's the advantage tv series have over a full fledged film - that it has the luxury of time to develop the character and the story, the audience gets to know the characters better and bond. i guess that's why a lot of people can follow tv shows so religiously.
i'm already on season 2.
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