November 16th, 2010
The BBC’s modern-day Sherlock is better than you might imagine. But I didn’t buy in all the way until the last few minutes of episode 1.3 when Moriarty walked onscreen. Played by Andrew Scott he’s totally, completely mesmerizing, like a 00 agent crossed with Heath Ledger’s joker. The line reads, the walk, the changing vocal register–phenomenal work. Even more, I loved setting Moriarty up as Sherlock’s professional mirror-image–the idea of him not as a Napoleon of crime, but as a criminal consultant is sheer genius. Scott unveils himself at about 1:45 in the clip below and will probably dominate the series for the rest of its run.
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A worthy foe for a worthy Sherlock and Watson. But, c’mon, three episodes? Are they serious? My sixteen year old daughter and I are completely hooked and…three episodes!?
SLL November 17, 2010 at 7:17 pm
You forgot the most important point: if you close your eyes, Sherlock sounds just like Alan Rickman. And not the Colonel Brandon one. The Severus Snape one.
“Obbbviously.”