The cat is asleep on my ankle. I see pins and needles in my future.

[lexzilla]

I don't think anyone does but...Today has been declared lurker amnesty day! Have you read me but never commented? Do you surf by occasionally? Here for the fic recs? Say hello! You are under no obligation to ever comment or delurk again, but here's a chance to do so in a post just half for that.


Also I think I finally have an unpopular fandom opinion \o/ 

Here it is: Sherlock Holmes is a god-awful movie. You know that generally I love bad movies - I say YES to giant killer bunny rabbits! YES to mutant shep on the rampage. YES to giant chicken feet of doom!* - but this wasn't even one of the so bad its good kind of films. It was just bad. Let me prove it to you [very very briefly]:

• This is not a Holmes movie. It's a generic action blockbuster shoved into a period setting
• Jude Law's forehead is terrifying

That said, I only lasted 35 minutes! Maybe it gets better after that?  Doubt it :P  

* Night of the Lepus / Godmonster of Indian Flats / The Giant Claw

Comments

[walmer92.livejournal.com]

So i'm not sure if i'm technically a lurker - of yours,anyway - having just found your journal, but I really wanted to say thanks for your rec lists. I'm going thru a serious J2 period at the moment, and I signed up to do CW RPS recs on Crack Van with about only 3 clear ideas of what I want to post. so thank you, the lists are amazing.

Also, it's so good to hear someone else agreewith me on Holmes. i'm English, and I grew up reading Holmes. The point was that he was cool without being an action hero - he solved crimes with deduction, not hitting things. When I first saw the trailer I was so happy someone was making a Sherlock Holmes movie - and then I saw the whole trailer.

Loads of people have said it's a fun movie, even if it's not real Holmes, but I refused to go see it, and now I'm really glad I did. Thanks for confirming my opinion, and thanks again for the rec lists.

[lexzilla.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's always nice to hear that people like the recs and find them useful. Hopefully our tastes will agree :)

Yep. That's pretty much how I felt until I was watching the trailer and it was all 'BOOM FLASH BOOM' and I was left feeling very apprehensive. I mean, I'm not a Guy Ritchie fan anyway, but I really wanted to give this a chance because I grew up reading Holmes too. As I said to someone else, I can quite happily watch Basil Rathbone's Holmes fight Nazis so surely...but, no.

The detective/thoughtful element was replaced with flashy visuals and a semi-mystical plot. Eurrgghh.

You're very welcome and, again, thank you.