5/19/2009

New Sherlock Holmes trailer!

I'm a huge Sherlock Holmes fan. Always have been. I love a good mystery, although my taste tends to lean towards the noir genre than anything else. However I've read a couple of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyles and loved 'em! Heck, I even liked the Young Sherlock Holmes movie from the 80s! Still watch it to this day.

However this new updated Holmes has hit something of a bad chord with me. First of all, I'm not digging the selection of Jude Law as Watson. I have an idea of what Watson looks like and Law ain't it. It smells of a "name casting", nothing more. Second, Guy Ritchie as director doesn't seem like the right fit. He has one style, and that's frenetic and hap hazard. I'm not sure it's right for Sherlock Holmes. And after watching this trailer, I have to say that my initial fears appear to be justified. This looks more like a buddy comedy than a mystery. I don't know if that's something I'm interested in, to be perfectly honest. But we shall see. Check out the trailer below and let me know what you think.