Re: New Holmes Movie, thumbs up.
On Dec 27, 10:02 pm, Mmm <zpo-18...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm fond of Holmes' blasted billiard in the early part of the movie.
I don't normally like the shape, but the very slight curve of the stem
made it for me. Now I want one. :-) The saddle bit billiard at the
end of the movie wasn't as much to my liking.
I saw the movie. I agree that the setting seemed much more realistic
than the Granada/PBS series. But the TV series seemed much more
truthful to the personality of Holmes - Robert Downey is NOT Holmes,
but the (early) Jeremy Brett could have been.
That said, the movie took place in the late 19th century. I THOUGHT
that the first sandblast pipes were made by Alfred Dunhill in the
1910-20 time frame. Is the sandblast pipe smoked by Holmes an
anachronism??
Ah, the devil is in the details, isn't he? :-)
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