Who was the best Sherlock Holmes?

Gordon Gecko

Saw the new one, with Robert Downey Jr., there for the first time and was very impressed despite being initially skeptical. I think it's a brilliant revamp of one of cinema's most loved characters. Opinions on the film and whether you think the franchise has a future?

jaykhunter

Ach, even if you hate Robert Downey Jr he should at least be an option to vote for.

Mickeroo

The only ones I've seen on screen are Robert Downey Jr. and Nicholas Rowe.

ricero

the tv series is much better

indough

not a chance is that tv series better than the recent movie. funnily enough i found that adaptation quite a bit more close to the actual stories than others. at least that stupid hat is gone for one thing

cosmicfart

Another unoriginal remake sign:o

Ridley

Gordon Gecko wrote: »

Opinions on the film and whether you think the franchise has a future?

Well it has a future because the sequel is out soon.

Didn't like it myself. Some dodgy CGI, the villain was undermimed at the end by

introducing a bigger threat before he was dispatched

and I didn't think the whole plot to

retake America

was that big a deal anyway.

I'll take the Benedict Cumberbatch BBC TV series (which are ninety minute films anyway), thank you very much.

ricero

indough wrote: »

not a chance is that tv series better than the recent movie. funnily enough i found that adaptation quite a bit more close to the actual stories than others. at least that stupid hat is gone for one thing

one bad thing about the movies is jude law hes terrible. martin freeman is the best doctor watson

Mickeroo

ricero wrote: »

one bad thing about the movies is jude law hes terrible. martin freeman is the best doctor watson

The dynamic between Watson and Holmes (and Downey Jr's performance) was what made the film for me. I liked the way they made Watson to be a bit of a bad ass too, thought Law was great myself.

Phony Scott

A bit of a thin selection considering Holmes is one of the most widely portrayed characters in screen history. Based on that list, I’d go with Jeremy Brett (in italics), his version of ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ frightened me when I was very young.

Bit of a limited poll considering just how many actors have portrayed Holmes. Young Sherlock Holmes is one ofthe more interesting takes on the character, a film I can watch over and over again and only grow to love more. It's been a staple of my years viewing since I was a child. Basil the Great Mouse Detective is another of the great adaptations and one of Disney's most underappreciated masterpieces. Hard not to love any film which features a singing Vincent Price aswell as a truly loveable version of Holmes.

Chad ghostal

I really enjoyed Rupert Everetts take on holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Silk Stocking, it has less of a comic book feel to it than the modern Holmes films.

Tipsy McSwagger

I voted for BR. I didn't like the Guy Ritchie film at all especially RDJ mumbling his way through the whole movie.

The worst bit was when the dock blew up and I thought Jude Law was dead but he only had a sore arm.

mike65

Peter Cushing for me, just the right mix of intense and sly humour

Corsendonk

Basil Rathbone mainly because I have seen all his Sherlock Holmes movies at least once.

jimthemental

The Brett ones are very close to the Conan Doyle stories and are so well acted that I think it is a rival to The Wire as the best TV show ever. Sherlock, the BBC's modern interpretation is brilliant too, and a great take on the Victorian side of modern London. One problem there though is the extremely poor action scenes which are farcical. Hope they sort it out for the next series.

IvySlayer

No Brent Spiner? :pac:

True trekkies will know what I'm on about

Mickeroo

IvySlayer wrote: »

No Brent Spiner? :pac:

True trekkies will know what I'm on about

I'm afraid I know exactly what you're talking about.

Jimbob1977

While he didn't portray Sherlock Holmes in a film, Jeremy Brett was made for the role.

I watched the series on ITV as a child in the late 1980s/early 1990s. I was captivated by it. The quintessential Englishman. Good manners, intelligent, chivalrous, a sense of duty and honour.

He played the role in keeping with the Arthur Conan Doyle books.