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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 329350" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>THanks for the review, Witz. husband & I were wondering about the movie ourselves. We're both Sherlock Holmes afficionados ourselves.</p><p>The Jeremy Brett series - the first Dr Watson (first series only) was played by my former boss's brother (not Edwrd Hardwicke, but somebody Burke). The eyebrows were a giveaway!</p><p></p><p>I always got annoyed with any version that portayed Watson as an idiot - he was not. To get it really right, Watson has to be seen as intelligent, jsut not as perceptive as Holmes.</p><p></p><p>We've been getting audio CDs of various books, including Sherlock Holmes stories by Conan Doyle, and loading them onto the iPod for a while. It's a great way to while away a long car trip - one Conan Doyle short story will take up about an hour or so of a long-distance car trip. Any recalcitrant kids are a captive audience. we've found it has helped hook in the kids into realising that Sherlock Holmes is actually a lot of fun. I especially recommend "The Blue Carbuncle" for Christmas.</p><p></p><p>RD Jr does play Englishmen really well. I loved him in "Chaplin". Sheer brilliance.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 329350, member: 1991"] THanks for the review, Witz. husband & I were wondering about the movie ourselves. We're both Sherlock Holmes afficionados ourselves. The Jeremy Brett series - the first Dr Watson (first series only) was played by my former boss's brother (not Edwrd Hardwicke, but somebody Burke). The eyebrows were a giveaway! I always got annoyed with any version that portayed Watson as an idiot - he was not. To get it really right, Watson has to be seen as intelligent, jsut not as perceptive as Holmes. We've been getting audio CDs of various books, including Sherlock Holmes stories by Conan Doyle, and loading them onto the iPod for a while. It's a great way to while away a long car trip - one Conan Doyle short story will take up about an hour or so of a long-distance car trip. Any recalcitrant kids are a captive audience. we've found it has helped hook in the kids into realising that Sherlock Holmes is actually a lot of fun. I especially recommend "The Blue Carbuncle" for Christmas. RD Jr does play Englishmen really well. I loved him in "Chaplin". Sheer brilliance. Marg [/QUOTE]
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