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 Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:53 pm
Has anyone seen the Seven Percent Solution? I must admit, I found the squaring-off of Holmes against Freud rather amusing, but that actor was anything but Holmesian. And (yes, I know the title...) it did centre a bit too much around drugs. Give me a good case, but... rehab? Er...
Opinions?
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Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:09 pm
Well, I can't help but like both it & the book. That's where my Sherlockian interests all began! I know Nicol Williamson isn't terribly Holmes-like, but I think he did well portraying this rather fragile Holmes.
And the hidden motivations for his drug addiction & all are right out of one of the Holmes bios, I believe--Vincent Starrett, or William Baring-Gould, though? I can't remember.
OH--And the whole chopping up the train sequence was right out of Buster Keaton's "The General"! xd
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:05 pm
Oh, I know! I laughed all through the whole train scene, first time I saw it. My boyfriend was over, and of course he noticed nothing. gonk
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:30 am
xd The Holmes didn't look anything like a Holmes, but the Watson was excellent. Freud at tennis!!!
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Planck`s_Constant Captain
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:00 pm
Is there anywhere I can find this one for less than $75? I went looking for it the other day and I was floored by how much it is running.
Even Granada is cheaper by a long shot.
Hm, if they are going for so high, it must be a good show. I guess.
I'll see if I can't snag the book somehwere, at least while the movie is out of my grasp.
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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:43 am
Personally, I didn't think it was all that brilliant. But that could be me.
And, sir... Torrents are free. mrgreen
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Planck`s_Constant Captain
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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:59 pm
Yeah, it has it's flaws...but I still love to watch this movie.
The reasons I stated in '06 still stand. smile And I think it and the novel set off the explosion of Sherlock Holmes pastiches in the mid-70's, which was also mostly cool.
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