The new Sherlock Holmes movie
Dec 19, 2011 4:33:55 GMT
Post by anglophile on Dec 19, 2011 4:33:55 GMT
I just got home from seeing the new Sherlock Holmes movie and now confess that I am officially 'over the top' where Rufus is concerned. There were at least 4 things that qualified as immediate connections to Rufus for me in this movie -- and "Sherlock" is very different in premise and in the 'action' that is an essential element than anything our boy has ever done. Still ... my mind was on Rufus throughout the picture. If you've seen "Sherlock" or if you happen to view it sometime soon, tell me if I'm completely off-base here.
I have 4 rather immediate comparisons/contrasts to offer, but I'm sure if I watched the movie again, I would find more. Nevertheless, here they are:
(1) Rufus in drag and Downy in drag are 2 very different "animals." Downey is simply funny. Rufus is funny, sexy, gorgeous, desirable. Granted, none of those Rufus-y drag attributes were necessary to the film, but I kept thinking how much better he would have been at it.
(2) The shot of the upper half of Stephen Fry's bare bum will make you, quite literally, fall to your knees and thank the deity you worship that you have been privileged to view Rufus' naked bottom perfection in all its glory. There is a reason the movie shows only a "crack" of Fry's nether regions but a full-cheeked vision of Rufus'. We can be grateful for both decisions.
(3) I believe it is Jude Law who makes reference to something in the movie as "Big" and I was immediately transported to the airline lounge scene in TOTS when the Earl orders a drink and ends up describing it as "Big." I'd be willing to bet Law saw the scene and tried his best to emulate it in "Sherlock." You know what they say about imitation ...
(4) Downey's 5 o'clock shadow is a poor and scruffy second cousin to Rufus' natural masculine facial hair. And nobody in the movie can boast of Rufus' eyes. Or lips. Or ears. Or nose. Or interesting scars. Or cheekbones. Or broad shoulders. Or curly hair. Or perfect long legs. Or finely-fingered hands. Or rounded posterior (oops, guess I've already been there once) Or chest nicely dusted with hair. Or broad back. Or eyebrows. Or ...
Having said all that, I want to note that I really liked the movie. Would just love to hear what anyone else who has seen or will see it soon thinks in relation to Rufus.
I have 4 rather immediate comparisons/contrasts to offer, but I'm sure if I watched the movie again, I would find more. Nevertheless, here they are:
(1) Rufus in drag and Downy in drag are 2 very different "animals." Downey is simply funny. Rufus is funny, sexy, gorgeous, desirable. Granted, none of those Rufus-y drag attributes were necessary to the film, but I kept thinking how much better he would have been at it.
(2) The shot of the upper half of Stephen Fry's bare bum will make you, quite literally, fall to your knees and thank the deity you worship that you have been privileged to view Rufus' naked bottom perfection in all its glory. There is a reason the movie shows only a "crack" of Fry's nether regions but a full-cheeked vision of Rufus'. We can be grateful for both decisions.
(3) I believe it is Jude Law who makes reference to something in the movie as "Big" and I was immediately transported to the airline lounge scene in TOTS when the Earl orders a drink and ends up describing it as "Big." I'd be willing to bet Law saw the scene and tried his best to emulate it in "Sherlock." You know what they say about imitation ...
(4) Downey's 5 o'clock shadow is a poor and scruffy second cousin to Rufus' natural masculine facial hair. And nobody in the movie can boast of Rufus' eyes. Or lips. Or ears. Or nose. Or interesting scars. Or cheekbones. Or broad shoulders. Or curly hair. Or perfect long legs. Or finely-fingered hands. Or rounded posterior (oops, guess I've already been there once) Or chest nicely dusted with hair. Or broad back. Or eyebrows. Or ...
Having said all that, I want to note that I really liked the movie. Would just love to hear what anyone else who has seen or will see it soon thinks in relation to Rufus.
) but even at that young age I was hypnotized by Mr. Curry. I knew who he was because he voiced the Evil Manta in the Little Mermaid Adventures cartoon ;D I re-watched it for the first time since then a few years ago and was in hysterics at some points and I really enjoyed it. I'd forgotten how good the music is and I even liked the 'Glee' versions of them when they did an episode dedicated to Rocky (when I was still following 'Glee'). While I was visiting England over the summer, I actually reunited with that same friend after 13 years of not seeing each other and only slight amounts of contact, and we both laughed so hard remembering that day. I watched Edward Scissorhands for the first time a year later also at her house and...well, that's another story 
