luckybuccaneer
Joined Dec 2012
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Astonishing animated series fully deserving of its 9+ IMDb score. With storytelling this good, and animation this sublime, this is the way forward for difficult to film subject matter.
Everything from characters, to world building, to voice acting...there is absolutely nothing that cannot be made if done like this. THIS is now the benchmark.
If you do not like animated series, this will change your mind.
Everything from characters, to world building, to voice acting...there is absolutely nothing that cannot be made if done like this. THIS is now the benchmark.
If you do not like animated series, this will change your mind.
As a die hard Holmesian I was fully prepared not to like this, but after my initial surprise at the first episode I found myself enjoying where they were taking it. (Although I've never read it, I was aware of the graphic novel and I think this series needs to be compared to that context and not the traditional Sherlock Holmes we all know).
I would have preferred it stay a bit truer to Doyle's Holmes as it was an opportunity to introduce a new generation to that. However, it does stay true (I believe) to the graphic novel, which I am now looking forward to reading, and so that is what it should be judged against.
Yes it a YA series, but all in all this is a thoroughly enjoyable story that has surpassed any expectations I had of it, with a cast that I genuinely cared about. And to all those that balked at the "modern" take on it, bet your all cool with Cumberbatch so back in your box please. If your cool with Sherlock Holmes having a mobile phone then you can certainly put up with this.
I would have preferred it stay a bit truer to Doyle's Holmes as it was an opportunity to introduce a new generation to that. However, it does stay true (I believe) to the graphic novel, which I am now looking forward to reading, and so that is what it should be judged against.
Yes it a YA series, but all in all this is a thoroughly enjoyable story that has surpassed any expectations I had of it, with a cast that I genuinely cared about. And to all those that balked at the "modern" take on it, bet your all cool with Cumberbatch so back in your box please. If your cool with Sherlock Holmes having a mobile phone then you can certainly put up with this.
This is not the Snyder movie, but his "cut" of it, and ultimately it still shows.
Had Snyder been allowed to fulfil his original vision, this saga could have been a defining moment in the DC universe. Instead, he was left with an awful first product and the dregs on the cutting room floor as a backbone.
However, what he has done is use that backbone to reshoot, develop and cut a fine, character driven story that surpasses the Whedon version is every way possible. It is astonishing what he's managed to do.
BUT! As much as I loved it, and while the 4hrs is a absolute joy and no chore whatsoever, this is still NOT the movie(s) Snyder would have made had the studio not been so driven to reproduce Marvel's Avengers. Which makes it an altogether more bitter pill to swallow when we know we are unlikely to see where he would have taken us next.
Still, a solid 7.5/10, rounded up to an 8 for the sheer brilliance in doing what he did to make this what it is.
Had Snyder been allowed to fulfil his original vision, this saga could have been a defining moment in the DC universe. Instead, he was left with an awful first product and the dregs on the cutting room floor as a backbone.
However, what he has done is use that backbone to reshoot, develop and cut a fine, character driven story that surpasses the Whedon version is every way possible. It is astonishing what he's managed to do.
BUT! As much as I loved it, and while the 4hrs is a absolute joy and no chore whatsoever, this is still NOT the movie(s) Snyder would have made had the studio not been so driven to reproduce Marvel's Avengers. Which makes it an altogether more bitter pill to swallow when we know we are unlikely to see where he would have taken us next.
Still, a solid 7.5/10, rounded up to an 8 for the sheer brilliance in doing what he did to make this what it is.