Enola Holmes Movie

[Lunamor she/her]

I recently watched the Enola Holmes movie, and I really liked it! It was cute, pretty funny, and had great messages. It was a bit clunky at times (especially the fourth-wall breaking), but that was understandable, as it can be really hard to portray a character’s internal thinking from a book in a movie format. The cheesiness in some parts actually fit the movie well, as it kinda just owned that style and didn’t try to make it too serious. What did you guys think of the movie? If anyone has read the books I’d be really interested to know how accurate the movie was.

[Ixthos he/him]

5 minutes ago, Lunamor said:

I recently watched the Enola Holmes movie, and I really liked it! It was cute, pretty funny, and had great messages. It was a bit clunky at times (especially the fourth-wall breaking), but that was understandable, as it can be really hard to portray a character’s internal thinking from a book in a movie format. The cheesiness in some parts actually fit the movie well, as it kinda just owned that style and didn’t try to make it too serious. What did you guys think of the movie? If anyone has read the books I’d be really interested to know how accurate the movie was.

I really liked it, aside from their characterisation of Mycroft. I know he was needed to be the legal guardian so Sherlock couldn't be, and to represent the oppressive and classist nature of the society, but it seems to make him very different from his original Conan Doyle version, who was even smarter than Sherlock to the point he was basically a human computer, actually WAS the government to a certain extent, and hated doing work.

I actually really liked the forth wall breaking, especially the - as odd as this might sound - when she was being drowned, then faked it, and when the man let his guard down she openned her eyes and grinned at the camera - I loved that!

I enjoyed the film a lot, though I think it certainly had some problems, but I would gladly watch it again, and I hope they make more.

[Lunamor she/her]

2 minutes ago, Ixthos said:

I really liked it, aside from their characterisation of Mycroft. I know he was needed to be the legal guardian so Sherlock couldn't be, and to represent the oppressive and classist nature of the society, but it seems to make him very different from his original Conan Doyle version, who was even smarter than Sherlock to the point he was basically a human computer, actually WAS the government to a certain extent, and hated doing work.

I actually really liked the forth wall breaking, especially the - as odd as this might sound - when she was being drowned, then faked it, and when the man let his guard down she openned her eyes and grinned at the camera - I loved that!

I enjoyed the film a lot, though I think it certainly had some problems, but I would gladly watch it again, and I hope they make more.

I haven’t read much of the original books, I had no idea Mycroft was like that, that’s really cool!

I loved that particular instance too- when she didn’t speak to the audience, just kinda interacted with them in a sort of The Office way, was executed really well. Millie Bobbie Brown did a fantastic acting job, especially considering how different from her usual roles this was.

I‘ve heard that there’s at least some talk of a sequel, and consider the large amount of source material and the great reception of the movie I’m hopeful we’ll get another movie.

[Ixthos he/him]

1 minute ago, Lunamor said:

I haven’t read much of the original books, I had no idea Mycroft was like that, that’s really cool!

I loved that particular instance too- when she didn’t speak to the audience, just kinda interacted with them in a sort of The Office way, was executed really well. Millie Bobbie Brown did a fantastic acting job, especially considering how different from her usual roles this was.

I‘ve heard that there’s at least some talk of a sequel, and consider the large amount of source material and the great reception of the movie I’m hopeful we’ll get another movie.

I hope they get to make them. I hear that Conan Doyle's estate is suing them for the most ridiculous of reasons - they made Sherlock "too human" or somesuch. I hope it gets thrown out of court - these movies have potential.

[Lunamor she/her]

8 minutes ago, Ixthos said:

I hope they get to make them. I hear that Conan Doyle's estate is suing them for the most ridiculous of reasons - they made Sherlock "too human" or somesuch. I hope it gets thrown out of court - these movies have potential.

Apparently they have all claim to “his emotions”. I really hope the court sees how ridiculous that is 

[Experience he/him]

I thought that the movie was very well made, and I really enjoyed it. It was just really fun to watch, and the storyline was actually good.

[+Ptolema]

I honestly loved the movie. I was really glad to see it's apparently based on a book (and that there are more of those!)

I didn't know a lawsuit had apparently happened, but I really hope that doesn't ruin the chances of more of these movies existing

[danex he/him]

So my opinions might not be the most valid, as I only watched like.....7 minutes of this movie (my siblings had it on) but from the tiny bit I saw, I wasn’t impressed. I am a Sherlock Holmes die-hard fan, I’ve read every single one of the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and loved them all. When I saw that Mycroft was apparently the ‘abusive guardian’ archetype I was actually upset. I still am. He isn’t an antagonist, he’s Sherlock’s brother for Pete’s sake. I hope that isn’t his entire character in that movie, that isn’t even remotely faithful to the originals. (Also, I’m like 99% certain Sherlock doesn’t have a sister at all in the originals, but it has been a few years so maybe I’m forgetting some off-hand mention. She definitely isn’t a character, if she even exists.)

If they made Sherlock ‘too human’ and now they’re being sued, well, that’s on them. Sherlock isn’t human. He’s a drug-addict, a self-proclaimed sociopath, and a mad genius. He is anything but human. I was even mad at the show Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch for making him too human, and they still had him mostly insane. (Sherlock is still my favorite TV show of all time.) I wouldn’t expect a lawsuit like that to win, it is mildly ridiculous, but I’d still say they were wrong. That is, if they did, in fact, make him overly ‘human’. 

Edited October 20, 2020 by Danex

[Lunamor she/her]

These movies are based on a spin off book series about Enola, one that I don’t think was written by Doyle. It seems like those books took some liberties with the originals, though I haven’t read them so I can’t be too sure.

[Use the Falchion]

I wasn't sure if I was going to watch this movie - I'm still not sure - but y'all's opinions of it are definitely giving me more of a reason to try it out! 

[Shard of Reading he/him]

So, I just watched the movie at my grandmother's house and overall I liked it. I want them to make a sequal but only because I feel like the progressed the mother's plot a little, and then completely ignored it. I was expecting them to come back to it but the mother just jumped in at the end of the movie and I feel like there was a whole lot of unexplored things with her plot.

But otherwise I enjoyed it. Even the 4th wall breaking at times.