I'm curious if you've seen the movie Mr. Holmes, and if so, what did you think of it?
I have, and I had very mixed feelings. SPOILERS ahead.The things I hated were:
1. the mainĀ āHolmes does not understand human emotion until a woman makes him FEEL by DYINGā plot. Not only is women dying to advance a male characterās emotional development a boring trope that needs to burn in hell already, if you have read the canon (which I assume the author of the book the film is based on did) you know that it is blatantly not true. Itās a false and tired cliche that keeps popping up in Holmes adaptations, and I hate it.
2.Ā ānot even Watson understood meā - fuck RIGHT off with that. If there is ANYONE in the whole goddamn universe who understood, loved, cherished and empathized with Holmes, it is Watson. Always. Through communal living, through marriage, through living apart, donāt you come at me with thatĀ āno homoā bullshit when it comes to Watsonās relationship with Holmes.Things I loved:Ā
Literally everything else. I even thought the mystery he was trying to remember was interesting, right up until the whole suicide part! The visuals, the wasp sublot, the style, atmosphere, and of course Sir Ianās impeccable performance - it was all perfect!Ā Overall, I really did love it. I just have a very strong suspicion that I would hate the source material, and that its author has some trash opinions about women and homosocial relationships. And that he thought he had something new and original to say about Holmes, but it was actually the same old crap that completely disregards the heart of the canon.