Watched this last night on ABC Australia.
As a keen Sherlockian I was, and you may find this hard to believe, glad of the changes made to the story. Another attempt to retell the original tale would be unnecessary, and pointless. The hound itself was a big let down, a real dog should have been used, with a little additional retouching by special effects to give it more a "horrorific" appearance.
The settings were where? Does anyone know? I cannot believe it was filmed on Dartmoor, as I know the moors well.
The cast was good, but I would have preferred Richard E Grant to have played Holmes, surely a role he is long overdue to play? Watson was brilliant, and rather more true to the books than others who have played him.
The handling of the Selden part of the story was superb.
The drug use of Holmes was falsely and unnecessarily used, every one knows Holmes never used coke when involved in a case! I'll get this on DVD without doubt.
As a keen Sherlockian I was, and you may find this hard to believe, glad of the changes made to the story. Another attempt to retell the original tale would be unnecessary, and pointless. The hound itself was a big let down, a real dog should have been used, with a little additional retouching by special effects to give it more a "horrorific" appearance.
The settings were where? Does anyone know? I cannot believe it was filmed on Dartmoor, as I know the moors well.
The cast was good, but I would have preferred Richard E Grant to have played Holmes, surely a role he is long overdue to play? Watson was brilliant, and rather more true to the books than others who have played him.
The handling of the Selden part of the story was superb.
The drug use of Holmes was falsely and unnecessarily used, every one knows Holmes never used coke when involved in a case! I'll get this on DVD without doubt.