Comments on: Murder By Decree http://filmjournal.net/livius/2008/06/22/murder-by-decree/ Mainly Western and Noir reviews Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:44:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: Mike http://filmjournal.net/livius/2008/06/22/murder-by-decree/#comment-4675 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:13:00 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/livius/2008/06/22/murder-by-decree/#comment-4675 Thanks for mentioning the 'pea' scene - as you say, always makes me smile. I think this is a great Holmes movie, even if Plummer and Mason probably didn't need to be Holmes and Watson in this story and could have played any fictional detective of the era. Plummer isn't all that Holmesian when it comes down to it, though I'd agree it makes his climactic speech all the more powerful for being so unexpected. When I looked the Anchor Bay R1 was actually a little bit cheaper than the R2, and contained more extras. Whatever I choose, I'm sure it'll be a good purchase. Thanks for the review- an extremely fair treatment. Thanks for mentioning the ‘pea’ scene - as you say, always makes me smile. I think this is a great Holmes movie, even if Plummer and Mason probably didn’t need to be Holmes and Watson in this story and could have played any fictional detective of the era. Plummer isn’t all that Holmesian when it comes down to it, though I’d agree it makes his climactic speech all the more powerful for being so unexpected.

When I looked the Anchor Bay R1 was actually a little bit cheaper than the R2, and contained more extras. Whatever I choose, I’m sure it’ll be a good purchase. Thanks for the review- an extremely fair treatment.

]]> by: Martin White http://filmjournal.net/livius/2008/06/22/murder-by-decree/#comment-4662 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:44:15 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/livius/2008/06/22/murder-by-decree/#comment-4662 Personally i prefer the R1 as it also contains a commentry.as much as i like the Brett Version i've always had a soft spot for Plummer/Mason .its just a shame that they didn't team up for another film. Personally i prefer the R1 as it also contains a commentry.as much as i like the Brett Version i’ve always had a soft spot for Plummer/Mason .its just a shame that they didn’t team up for another film.

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