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throughthelookingglass
Minister of the Sacraments of Jabootu
USA
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 Posted - 08/05/2007 : 6:30:28 PM
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Hello all
I'm new to this board. I stumbled across this site a few months ago after suffering through Dante's Peak, and finding Ken's review.
Anyway, I saw the most wonderfully awful movie the other day; a German Sherlock Holmes movie starring Christopher Lee. Has anyone else seen it? It's...amazing.
[url]http://imdb.com/title/tt0056480/[/url] |
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 08/05/2007 : 6:40:12 PM
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| Wasn't Christopher Lee's voice dubbed in that movie? |
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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
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throughthelookingglass
Minister of the Sacraments of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 08/06/2007 : 1:56:33 PM
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I disagree with some of that review, such as
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Walters is an engaging Watson
He looked like a constipated bulldog half the time. And...
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Sohnker is a perfectly sinister Moriarty
If by sinister the reviewer means 'pompous idiot', then yes, he was sinister.
The movie does have its strengths (few as they are), it's just that 'acting by anybody other than Christopher Lee' is not among them. |
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 08/17/2007 : 12:26:18 PM
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| Also, wouldn't a movie based on "Valley of Fear" necessitate Holmes being offscreen for most of the film? (The same would also be true of adaptions of other early Holmes tales, such as "A Study in Scarlet" and "Hound of the Baskervilles".) |
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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
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Posted - 08/17/2007 : 4:08:17 PM
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Noe that you mention it, that's true. Valley of fear is a Holmes mystery only for the few first chapters. The bulk of the novel is a long flashback to show the distant past of the main characters.
I've always though that the best way to film that novel would be to completely ditch the Holmes storyline and adapt just the flashback. It's interesting enough, a sort of early hard boiled novel. |
Edited by - Neville on 08/17/2007 4:11:42 PM |
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 08/17/2007 : 7:57:33 PM
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Agree entirely.
There was another earlier film attempt, misleadingly titled The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes starring Arthur Wotner as Holmes and Ian Fleming as Watson. Saw it once years back. Can't say I remember much about it, but it was entertaining enough to inspire me to read the original novella. |
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Culfy
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/18/2007 : 04:29:58 AM
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Originally posted by Neville
Noe that you mention it, that's true. Valley of fear is a Holmes mystery only for the few first chapters. The bulk of the novel is a long flashback to show the distant past of the main characters.
I've always though that the best way to film that novel would be to completely ditch the Holmes storyline and adapt just the flashback. It's interesting enough, a sort of early hard boiled novel.
This was actually done in essence by Sean Connery in "The Molly Maguires" which is based on the historical facts behind The Valley of Fear.
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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
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Posted - 08/18/2007 : 06:50:22 AM
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| Good to hear that. Now I need to watch that one... |
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 08/18/2007 : 10:12:10 AM
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| Nice catch, Culfy. Was Molly Maguires any good? |
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Culfy
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/05/2007 : 05:37:52 AM
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Originally posted by zombiewhacker
Nice catch, Culfy. Was Molly Maguires any good?
I'll let you know when I've watched it.
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