So there's a question to liven up the thread (hopefully):
Favorite Holmes.
Favorite Watson.
Favorite Holmes movie.
Holmes is a tough one. I think it might be Peter Cushing (and it's a shame his TV run was either wiped or supressed, as those were supposed to be even better than his turn in Hound), though both Christopher Plummer and Robert Stephens were quite good. Jeremy Brett eventually struck me as too mannered, but early on was quite good in the role.
My favorite Watson has to be Robert Duvall, as it's also one of my favorite examples of "who thought that casting would work" that actually does. James Mason would be close second.
Not sure about which movie, either. A few I haven't seen for a long, LONG time.
I liked The Hound of the Baskervilles with Ian Hart as Watson and Richard Roxburgh (the baddie from Moulin Rouge) as Holmes. They also did The Case of the Silk Stocking, but I've not yet seen it.
Holmes: Jeremy Brett. I didn't like the Granada series much, but I think Brett did the best job of capturing what a crazy bastard Holmes is.
Movie: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.
...Hm, I can't seem to muster up any opinions about casting Watson.
About half of those are "movies which have a lot of nudity in them but I swear that's not why I put them on this list."
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
and
The Lookout
definitely fit the bill, though. I also liked
Grindhouse
and
Stardust
and have heard good things about various other movies on the list.
I know!
I have seen about half, too.
Which is really why I love Netflix, because I live in a very "New Moon on four million screens!1" kind of city, despite how big we are.
I really liked "The Woodsman" too.
Fave Holmes: Basil Rathbone!
