I feel the opposite about the trailer, probably for the same reasons -- it just looks like a bunch of quips, instead of something of any heft at all.

Ah, where I'm not expecting heft at all. Quips and spats and RDJ and I'm a happy woman.

The Holmes/Watson relationship (and wow it's hard not to type House/Wilson) is easily the best thing about the movie.

See, this is just a bonus.

I'm so happy about the Canadian who decided to you-tube his old videos...he is a prince among men. He is not helping my Piven fixation, either despite Piven having *horrible* taste in film scripts of late.(Look! Topic. Boom!) Dude, I'd rather you be the second banana than be the lead and one of the few good things in a load of crap. okthksbai.

I am, and I'll keep an eye out for it, thanks.

Sadly, the DVD is out of print (and used copies seem to be getting mega-bucks per Amazon).

7% Solution pops up on tv quite often--keep an eye out for it. It's really quite good. Olivier plays Moriarty!

ETA: which I just noticed Frank has already mentioned. Oops!

Speaking of Alan Arkin movies, I really should seek out a copy of Wait Until Dark for a rewatch. Love that movie, and Arkin is amazingly creepy as Harry Roat. If you've not seen it, make sure you watch it with all the lights out for full effect.

Sadly, the DVD is out of print (and used copies seem to be getting mega-bucks per Amazon).

Alas! Maybe it will pop up on TCM.

7% Solution pops up on tv quite often--keep an eye out for it. It's really quite good. Olivier plays Moriarty!

Ooh.

Speaking of Alan Arkin movies, I really should seek out a copy of Wait Until Dark for a rewatch. Love that movie, and Arkin is amazingly creepy as Harry Roat. If you've not seen it, make sure you watch it with all the lights out for full effect.

Wasn't that movie mentioned in here a while ago (maybe even by you)? I'd never heard of it, but it seemed worth checking out.

I'm a geek for that movie, so I probably have mentioned it recently.

My sister showed it to me first, and made sure we watched with the room's lights out, which added a lot to the final confrontation sequence. I did the same when I introduced it to a friend of mine in college, and loved watching her launch out of her chair at the appropriate moment (not gonna spoil it!).

Yep, that's what you said! That's what made me want to watch it.

Have any of you seen The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother? I don't remember if it was good, but I remember it was funny.

Dark Shadows to start shooting next September/October!!

From the link: ""This is going to be Tim Burton and Johnny doing a vampire movie, right?" King teased. Enough said."

These words make me so happy. You have no idea.

The trailer has been all spats and explosions

That's why I want to see it! Pete, on the other hand, is appalled by the whole thing. He does not want to see Holmes as an action hero.

That "overlooked" list tires me, with all the baffled theories about why nobody saw these movies. Dude, most of them got mixed reviews, and a lot of them were indies with a limited release. This should not be difficult to figure out.

And it's a little odd for someone enthusing about how important it was to see Grindhouse in the theater to claim that it was "four or five" hours long. 'Cause... no.

Have any of you seen The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother?

I remember it being kinda funny. But I would have seen it when I was 1) gung-ho for anything remotely Holmesian, and therefore 2) about 11 years old. From the little I recall of it, I suspect that it wouldn't hold up very well.

Pete, on the other hand, is appalled by the whole thing.

I'm not quite appalled, but it bugs me in much the same way Star Trek did.