Friday, December 19, 2014
Elementary
The cliche of the Holmes saga.
He doesn't say it once.
Today's film was the first episode of the television version
The first episode in the first season of 3 episodes to be exact.
I am a long time fan of the great man but quit watching as he evolved through many boring versions.
The character is perfectly defined but not always realized as perfectly as he deserves.
They have done him proud here. Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are the famous pair. It is the pair after all that defines the character. Holmes himself is so great he must be carried by two actors. One for the deducting, the other to elicit the thinking. Not a novel dramatic device but in this case it works quite well.
I enjoyed the program very much and will watch the whole series, now four years in the making.
The first Sherlock is on the page and the second more visual one is Basil Rathbone. Too young for him, eh?
And then on from there. He has quite a history. Many of his actors have been unable to fill his boots but it would appear that Cumberbatch will do just fine with Freeman's help.
Today's Holmesian puzzle is something about a dead body and a sister and some other business none of which matter at all. It is the action, the deduction, in short, the acting that matters.
I would watch this episode again! But will not now. I need to move on to the others.
I bought this set so that makes it a 5 out of Netflix5.
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