Mr. Holmes is Takin' Care of Bees-niss in Moving New Trailer
- Dolly Shartin
- Apr 21, 2015
- 5 min read
Damn, British folks really love their Sherlock Holmes! I grew up reading Sir Arthur da Author, and I love these stories just as much as the next person...but those Brits truly cannot get enough of this arrogant gumshoe. And yes, I just said "gumshoe." As unoriginal as another Sherlock story initially sounds....this trailer actually caught my eye and had me tearing up a little. Watch below and then let's do what we do best, and break it down!
"It was 30 years ago, Watson had left, and the tourists had come back to Baker Street," the trailer begins, "to catch a glimpse of the rogue Sherlock Holmes."
That's actually not the apartment number, that's Sherlock's current age.
Sir Ian McKellen (who just happens to be one of my top 3 favorite actors of all time!) is speaking in the voiceover.
You may recognize me as Gandalf, or Magneto, or from many successful years in Theatre, or as Patrick Stewart's Bestie.
It becomes clear that HE is Sherlock. This movie is about an OLD-ASS SHERLOCK. Let's keep it real, none of us were really expecting that, which is pleasantly suprising. So, we ARE NOT, thankfully, going to be treated to another young, cocky, socially awkward Sherlock (even though I love those versions, too). We instead get the more refined Mr. Holmes.
This movie is based on the book, A Slight Trick of the Mind, by Mitch Cullin. In the film, Sherlock is writing a book about an unsolved case that caused him to retire. Bilbo Baggins assists.
"Wuz THOT him?" an English person asks. Translation: "Was that him?" She wasn't really calling him a THOT, Americans.
Everybody wants to see Mr. Holmes, he's pretty much the Kim Kardashian of England in 1947.
"I have zeen Sherlock Holmes," another Italian-sounding lady says. "Wiz a hot, and a Pipe!"
Did he also have a candlestick and have access to a Billiard Room? Because he may have killed Mr. Body.
The trailer then cuts to people in a theater (or a "cinema," as our friends across the pond like to think they are saying correctly) watching old black and white movies of Sherlock Holmes. The real Sherlock Holmes (Sir Ian), chuckles.
Heh, these bitches don't know SHIT.
"I prefer a cigar," he tells a little boy. The little boy is apparently his housekeeper's young son, Roger. His housekeeper is Laura Linney. You see, Sherlock is now retired, chillin on a seaside farmhouse, taking care of bees. Literally, he tends to bees...the kind that sting you, create honey, and pretty much control all life on earth, which, if you've seen the award-winning cinematic masterpeice "BEE MOVIE," is THE most vital role in nature.
Takin' care of bees-nis! Erry-day!
"I told Watson, if I ever wrote a story myself, it would be to correct the millions of misconceptions created by his imagination," Mr. Holmes says.
I kinda look that kid from Love, Actually. I'm your standard young Brit boy. See you on Game of Thrones in 15 years, guys!
"Did you write such a story?" Hiroyuki Shimosawa asks him. You see, Hiro also at one point performed in a Royal Shakespeare Theatre's prodcution of King Lear, just like Sir Ian! Theatre people unite.
You might recognize me from Rush Hour 3 or as one of Jackie Chan's BFFL's. I'm 54 but I look 34.
"I'm trying to do so now," Sherlock says.
"The case I chose to be my last began...." he starts. What I'm assuming is a flashback takes place here, and a man is visiting Mr. Holmes in his apartment. Sherlock says to the man, "You came about your wife..." and the man interrupts him. "How did you know?!?!"
How the hell did a detective know why I came to see him, why didnt he just let me inside wihout any information whatsoever?! So strange!
"When you're a detective and a man visits you," Gandalf explains to his young hobbit friend back in present-day-1977 time, "It's usually about his wife." We get the impression from these scenes that Sherlock is telling the boy about this previous case so that the boy, who has a much younger and sharper mind than Sherlock does right now, can help him solve it.
Before I go Into the West, to a far green country under a swift sunrise...I need your help, Frodo.
"My Ann has changed," the dude in the flashbacks tells Mr. Holmes. Cut to more flashback scenes. We get a close up of the pretty young(ish) wife with whom the mystery is surrounding.
Sorry, boo. I've changed.
"This case made me see that human nature is a mystery," Sherlock says to the boy, "that logic alone could not illuminate." I can see that this film's script is probably pretty close to the language of the book that it is based on.
We see the woman, Ann, from the flashback, drop a stone with some bugs inside. So creepy! Are they bees? IS THIS WHY HE KEEPS BEES? Did I solve the mystery?
Can we extract their DNA and make dinosaurs?
"My wits must be at their sharpest." We see a lot of flashback scenes that are clearly haunting Mr. Holmes. "She needed my help, but I failed to solve her case." :( I feel sad now.
I'm keeping her photo here in the notebook, because the case haunts me still to this day...
I legitimately feel tears coming on, because the thought of elderly Sherlock sitting around, still wondering about this unsolved case and being haunted by the ghost of this woman (Is she even still alive?) really bothers me. My tone is going to change now, because I seriously can't make jokes about the rest of the trailer.
Awe :( Please solve it, guys!
"Watson wrote the story, but he changed the ending," he explains to the boy.
"So what happened?" the boy inquires.
Mr. Holmes' mind is now fading, and my tears are falling....
"I must have done something terribly wrong," he says. "I chose exile, but what was it for?" We see scenes of two people holding hands, a train, and our mystery woman standing in a room where baby-themed posessions are all vanishing away.
These bees may be a clue as to what Sherlock supposedly did wrong.
Since all of the baby furniture is vanishing...one can assume Ann loses a child in some way. Absolutely heartbreaking :(
We see now that Mr. Holmes cannot recall the events that led to his "retirement" or exile, which is very depressing.
Who exactly is holding hands here, and why did this lead to Mr. Holmes' exile?
"Are you going to go back to the case?" the little boy, Roger, asks Mr. Holmes.
"I shouldn't leave this life without a sense of completion," Mr. Holmes states.
Will Mr. Holmes right his wrongs? Did he have something going on with his client's wife?
Overall, the flim seems to be an emotional, moving peice of art. Director/Writer Bill Condon, who's film credits include writing and directing Chicago, Dreamgirls, Gods and Monsters, Kinsey, and the last two Twilight movies, has put out some great work. Do you think this could be an Oscar contender for either Bill or Sir Ian?
With what appears to be a great adapted screenplay, will the mystery of Mr. Holmes earn any nods from the Academy?
Mr. Holmes is checking you out. Will you be checking out Mr. Holmes, if he's in your area?
What do you guys think of the trailer for Mr. Holmes? Has it got you interested in another Sherlock Holmes film, or have you had your fill? Is the wonderful Sir Ian enough to suck you into this story? Let us know your thoughts on the trailer here!
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