Guy Ritchies ‘Sherlock Holmes’ story details are leaking out
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- By drvenkman
I came across an article over at IESB in which a reader of there’s who refers to himself as Jack the Ripper claims to have the inside scoop on Guy Ritchies new ‘Sherlock Holmes’ flick. It looks like they are going to release these story details a little bit at a time so they are calling this part, part 1.
This actually sounds incredibly cool! I would consider these big fat SPOILERS, so if you don’t want to know how the movie starts out then don’t read ahead. But if you do then by all means read on.
The movie starts off in London (of course) and the year is 1891 with a night time chase overlayed with a narration by Mr. Watson.
Watson describes London as the capital of the world full of criminals and villainy. Funny, it reminds me of Mos Eisley. He also explains who he is.
During a foot chase we are introduced to Sherlock Holmes. Holmes has a very dry sense of humour and is, just like in the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle books, very thorough in his observations.
The foot chase quickly goes underground into the sewer.
In the sewers, Holmes with the help of Mr. Watson gets himself in a fist fight with a bunch of bowler hat wearing, gun-totting thugs and also a 400lb, 7 foot giant.
All this while a dark robed Satan worshiper is about to sacrifice himself a hot young girl.
After an all out fight, Holmes and Watson defeat the thugs and the dark robed villain named Lord Blackwood.
We find out that Blackwood is behind the brutal deaths of at least 5 women who have been butchered horrendously. There is history alluded to between Blackwood, Watson and Holmes.
Blackwood is arrested by Inspector Lestrade who obviously feels a bit of contempt for Holmes – a consulting investigator who does not work for the police force officially.
Holmes and Watson tell Inspector Lestrade they do not want any credit for their latest bit of handiwork but Holmes and Watson always get credit regardless apparently.
Let the opening credits roll! A montage of newspaper clippings (that plays while the credits appear on the screen) shows the history between Watson and Holmes and their early crime fighting ways. From their first crime scene in their 20’s to the latest involving Lord Blackwood.
Supposedly this information is from the set of the film and real. I hope it is because it sounds pretty insanely aewsome. I’m in.
This really doen’t sound cool, it’s a very similar plot to ‘Sherlock: A Case for Evil’, ‘Young Sherlock Holmes’ and ‘Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper’. Basically it *is* the Masonic Jack the Ripper conspiracy theory, just without Jack the Ripper! A cheesy action flick when they could have made something decent based on the stories by Conan Doyle, but nope, once again they’ve not bothered.
This has potential to be pretty kick-ass, but here’s the thing: Guy Ritchie has a tendency to over-complicate the plotlines of his films in attempt to achieve that “Oh my god, that was clever” reaction from the audience. He needs to keep it simple and straightforward, in order to please the commonfolk like myself. Oh well. It’s not like I have the slightest idea of what the hell I’m talking about, I just want people to think I do.
Here’s hoping for some nudity.
Ethan. you are 100% right on about Guy Ritchie over complicating the plot lines in his films. He needs to take a step back and calm down a bit, focus on the story and keep it simple. Shelock Holmes can be a great film. I want it to be great! I don’t want it to be a Guy Ritchie “Cool” movie. Thats so 90’s.
Details are ‘leaking’ out?? Oh no, they’re all the way out. Anyone care to read the script go here:
http://www.raindance.co.uk/site/picture/upload/image/books/Sherlock_Holmes.pdf
I must warn any reall Holmes fans that it’s pretty awful. I think I’ll save my movie ticket money for something a little more original. I mean, would it have killed them NOT to butcher Holmes’ character??