The Sign of Four

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Bradley H Overly long drawn out movie length episode 1 in series 4. Overacting by inspector with a close 2nd by ‘twin’ sons, gratuitous extras with training at the histrionic school of acting, weird and annoying camera shots - I mean how many times do we film a mirror reflection for goodness sake? Not to mention the 221B front door left open for a ‘framed’ shot, London landmark shots taking priority over scenes, obscured scenes by objects in foreground - never seen this before. A good editor would have dumped all of this rubbish in an instant. Kept thinking to myself - did the Americans throw money at this 4th series and is this the result? Jeremy Brett’s Holmes was gathering quite a following by then but money definitely ain’t made it better in this instance! Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/16/24 Full Review Audience Member cualquier capitulo de Jeremy brett es una obra maestra digna de ver Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member The video quality was pretty bad on this one. Often the bright white parts of the image including characters' faces were glaring so much you couldn't make out what was happening. I thought the US title being changed to Murder at the Baskervilles was a cheap way of trying to get more profit out of an audience's assumed association with the more famous Sherlock Holmes mystery Hound of the Baskervilles. This mystery was not nearly on the same level. Holmes and Watson and the other familiar characters are again pushed into the 1930's with the dress and technology expected of that time rather than recreating Arthur Conan Doyle's London of the 1880s-1900s. The acting is not as strong. The viewing audience is not given the chance to share in Holmes' observations, but instead theories pop out of Holmes' head seemingly whenever he wishes to cause a look of confusion and awe on the faces of his colleagues. The script was not very thrilling or well constructed. The focus was very much on attempting to show humorous exchanges between the clueless Lestrade and a condescending Holmes. Also Holmes appears to be a conspiracy theorist more in this story by the way he talks about a Moriarty that no one believes exists. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm not a fan of Sherlock Holmes, but I'm watching 30s movies so I thought I'd give it a try. It didn't surprise me or encourage me to like Holmes, it was a routine mystery movie. I don't recommend this one. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member More commonly known as Silver Blaze. It's another good Sherlock Holmes tale, this one tends to wander a bit now and then but it is still interesting and well done. Arthur Wonter is not as good as Basil Rathbone as Sherlock, but he does well. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Silver Blaze, aka Murder at the Baskervilles. Pretty good Sherlock Holmes flick. The movie flows pretty quickly but is still a gem. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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