Sherlock Jr. (1924) & Holmes and Watson (2018)

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English - June 10, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 72.6 MB
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Finn and Uther watch two anarchic, fourth wall breaking takes on the character of Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Jr. (1924) is Buster Keaton’s classic crime-comedy-action-romance that combines incredible jokes with the wildest action beats of the silent era. Holmes and Watson (2018) is 90 minutes of Britain and America’s finest comedic and dramatic talents failing to find anything comedic or dramatic to do.

Keaton vs. Chaplin. Is it fundamentally wrong for a film to be based around dreams? Which members of the Holmes and Watson cast would have made better Holmes and/or Watsons? Uther lures Finn into a deadly game of cat and mouse, while Finn tries to list every cultural event of the late 70s.

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