I find that I've grown painfully tired of every RDJ character having the "Let me explain in jaded monotone how much more awesome than everyone else I am. Repeatedly." thing going on, so I'm going to pass on the Sherlock Holmes movie.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 15, 2011 9:27:16 am PST #17039 of 30000
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Jessica - Dec 15, 2011 9:39:33 am PST #17040 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I find his Sherlock Holmes incredibly annoying. Possibly because his English accent isn't very good, which he covers up by mugging at the camera and mumbling.
le nubian - Dec 15, 2011 10:17:14 am PST #17041 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Right?
I was so disappointed with the first film. I was jazzed and ready to go. I love SH and this film was not worth it.
Amy - Dec 15, 2011 10:25:04 am PST #17042 of 30000
Because books.
RDJ isn't really Holmes to me in the first movie, but I didn't care because he's ... RDJ. I'm easily pleased by him.
erikaj - Dec 15, 2011 11:17:01 am PST #17043 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
wrod. Sometimes I still feel proud of him for pulling his life together so much. Which is stupid, cause, hello? Stranger!
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2011 11:50:28 am PST #17044 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's their business to make us care disproportionately. He's pretty good at that. And it sure beats being pissed off at/disgusted by people like La Lohan or Winning!Sheen who can't get their arse out of the drugs, and just keep sinking past rock bottom every time you look.
God bless a recovery story for a change.
Consuela - Dec 15, 2011 12:37:33 pm PST #17045 of 30000
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God bless a recovery story for a change.
Yeah. I cordially loathe Mel Gibson, but I think it's kind of awesome the way RDJ is sticking up for him, because Gibson helped him out when he was in a hole.
I would feel better about Gibson if I thought he was aware he was in a hole and was actually trying to climb out, but he and Charlie Sheen appear to be in adjacent pits that they dug for themselves...
erikaj - Dec 15, 2011 12:45:38 pm PST #17046 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Yeah, I hoped he would, but it looked like a long shot there for a while.
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2011 12:49:03 pm PST #17047 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's weird (okay, maybe not), but I never had any ill wishes towards RDJ. Cruise and Gibson and Sheen have gone that extra mile to make themselves so fucking unsympathetic as well as falling down holes, that I could care less if they ever clean up their respective acts.
But RDJ? I was rooting for.
I was also rooting for LiLo, but fuck, I'm tired of that.
erikaj - Dec 15, 2011 12:52:03 pm PST #17048 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
She seems quite determined to be a mess. But then, Drew Barrymore was too.