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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 385076" data-attributes="member: 8">THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1970)[ATTACH=full]50316[/ATTACH]How much you&#039;re going to like this Sherlock version depends on how much you expect from the film&#039;s title.The &quot;private life&quot; - which suggests something scandalous and juicy - only features in the first act. After that it becomes the mystery one would expect from a Sherlock Holmes story.Personally I&#039;m glad that&#039;s the way it played out because I&#039;m not sure if it would be interesting to watch 2 hours of Sherlock doing drugs and being suggestive about his suppressed homosexuality. I can get that in any other film.Not that the theme is abandoned altogether after that first part, it just doesn&#039;t seem very relevant anymore.The odd slapstick moment notwithstanding I think it always stays on the right side of comedy, and most of it is in the snappy and (what appears to me) very British dialogue.It&#039;s not a CASINO ROYALE kind of parody (thank goodness).The way the plot thickens and thickens and thickens almost made me wonder if Sherlock could solve the mystery before&nbsp; the film ended, but perhaps that&#039;s how it happens in all Sherlock stories.It&#039;s a bit frustrating but in a very entertaining way.I thoroughly enjoyed Robert Stephens and Colin Blakely as the Holmes/Watson duo, and the sets and locations make it look pleasantly old-fashioned.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 385076, member: 8"] THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1970) [ATTACH type="full" alt="1704793697413.png"]50316[/ATTACH] How much you're going to like this Sherlock version depends on how much you expect from the film's title. The "private life" - which suggests something scandalous and juicy - only features in the first act. After that it becomes the mystery one would expect from a Sherlock Holmes story. Personally I'm glad that's the way it played out because I'm not sure if it would be interesting to watch 2 hours of Sherlock doing drugs and being suggestive about his suppressed homosexuality. I can get that in any other film. Not that the theme is abandoned altogether after that first part, it just doesn't seem very relevant anymore. The odd slapstick moment notwithstanding I think it always stays on the right side of comedy, and most of it is in the snappy and (what appears to me) very British dialogue. It's not a CASINO ROYALE kind of parody (thank goodness). The way the plot thickens and thickens and thickens almost made me wonder if Sherlock could solve the mystery [I]before[/I] the film ended, but perhaps that's how it happens in all Sherlock stories. It's a bit frustrating but in a very entertaining way. I thoroughly enjoyed Robert Stephens and Colin Blakely as the Holmes/Watson duo, and the sets and locations make it look pleasantly old-fashioned. [/QUOTE]

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