Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Village Roadshow etc.

December 25, 2009

Historical Drama, Action

DVD
C-

I enjoyed this in the theater at the time, although it's not really my thing, but it didn't hold my interest now.  Guy Ritchie directed, eleven years after Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

Mr. Holmes

Mr. Holmes

BBC Films etc.

19 June 2015

Historical Drama

DVD
C

This didn't quite click with me but I'm not a big Sherlock Holmes fan, so it's better than some uses of his character.  (Certainly better than Holmes & Watson!)  This is based on Mitch Cullin's A Slight Trick of the Mind, and obviously inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle.  Bill Condon directed nine years after Dreamgirls, which I gave a C+ and felt didn't live up to its potential.

The Lost World (1960)

The Lost World (1960)

20th Century Fox

July 13, 1960
Sci-Fi

DVD
C

I liked this about equally with the silent version, although I only watched a quarter hour of this one and about forty minutes of the '20s movie.  And Jill St. John was the best thing about this version.  Director Irwin Allen helped adapt the book by Doyle.

Holmes & Watson

Holmes & Watson

Sony Pictures Releasing

December 25, 2018

Historical Comedy

DVD
D-

Aggressively unfunny and anachronistic, and I pitied poor Kelly Mcdonald as the landlady.  But, um, the costumes are nice?  I guess technically based on books, adapted by director Etan Cohen.

The Great Mouse Detective

The Great Mouse Detective

Disney

July 2, 1986

Children's, Fantasy, Mystery

DVD
C-

I liked the look of the movie but I didn't care about the characters or the story.  There are four directors listed at IMDB: Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, David Michener, and John Musker.

The Lost World (1925)

The Lost World (1925)
First National Pictures
February 2, 1925
Sci-Fi
DVD
C

Although I'm not a silent-movie fan, I ended up watching two-thirds of the 68 minutes (in this edition), because I liked the sense of humor and was somewhat invested in the human characters, especially Bessie Love as Paula White.  But the too-long dinosaur battles, although very well done for their time, and the gratuitous blackface character (with "dialect" title cards), made me tune out.  This is based on the novel by Arthur Conan Doyle and directed by Harry O. Hoyt.