Comments on: The Late Movies: the Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

By: Harlequin

Harlequin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:22:25 +0000

How could you miss Basil Rathbone? His is the best portrayal of Sherlock Holmes and the most accurate.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:40:38 +0000

Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are the BEST Sherlock and Watson. They were wonderful in both the movies and radio shows. These others couldn’t even hold a candle to them!

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:50:48 +0000

Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce. Holmes & Watson in the `40′s. At least 11 films.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:48:36 +0000

My favorite is They Might Be Giants with George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward. Great movie.

By: Josiah

Josiah — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:42:37 +0000

While I am excited to see a resurgence in interest in these classic stories, I am disappointed to see the departure from the canon.

The stories of Sherlock Holmes have intrigued readers for well over 100 years, so why do they feel like they have to change up the story so much?

Is the modern audience really that shallow that we need random explosions and a love interest to sell a movie?

Disappointing. I’d love to see a truly faithful modern adaptation.

By: no day

no day — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:07:06 +0000

House MD (starring Hugh Laurie) is based on Holmes because of his uncanny ability to diagnose. Not to mention he was shot by a man named Moriarty and his best friend is Wilson (Watson?).
I think at one point they were thinking of bringing in Stephen Fry as the doctor that House goes to when he can’t find the answer which parallels Holmes’ brother Mycroft who is even more intelligent than Holmes but can’t be bothered to use that.

By: Calli Arcale

Calli Arcale — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:49:41 +0000

If you include Brent Spiner’s performance in Star Trek: the Next Generation, you ought also to include Tom Baker’s performance in Doctor Who. In the serial “The Talons of Weng Chiang”, set in late 19th Century London, the Doctor dons a costume deliberately reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes and winds up assisting Scotland Yard in their inquiries. This surely delighted Baker, who is a massive Holmes fan. Indeed, Baker apparently recently performed in an unusual adaptation, where he played both Holmes *and* Moriarity. I would’ve loved to have seen that.

By: Dinosaur

Dinosaur — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:37:09 +0000

The great Peter Cushing played him in Hammer films’ “Hound of the Baskervilles”. Of course, he nailed it.

By: lewen

lewen — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:46:44 +0000

I was under the impression it was based on “a study in scarlet”
COurse I’ve never read the books.

awesome ReCatcha:
boasted The New York Times

By: Tracie

Tracie — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:10:46 +0000

Jeremy Brett was my favorite! Paired with David Suchet’s Hercule Poirot on PBS, that was one awesome hour of sleuthing!