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David McK (3600 KP) rated Sharpe's Enemy (1994) in Movies

Oct 17, 2021 (Updated Oct 17, 2021)  
Sharpe's Enemy (1994)
Sharpe's Enemy (1994)
1994 | Adventure
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
TV movie from 1994, based on the Bernard Cornwell novel of the same name.

This is the one that has Elizabeth Hurley in it (proving she can't act), and that has the second - and last - appearance of Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill, alongside the first appearance of the French spymaster Pierre Ducos.

it's also no as polished as the previous entry in the series, with the shocking moment towards the end failing to really hit home, and with the entire thing feeling, maybe, half an hour longer than it needed to be.
  
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David McK (3600 KP) rated The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in Books

Nov 1, 2023  
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry
6
7.3 (8 Ratings)
Book Rating
First things first: I downloaded this as a free e-book from (I think) Project Gutenberg, and have actually been reading this for a while on an on-and-off basis - able to do so as this is really a collection of short stories rather than a novel in its own right.

It's also not hard to see why Sherlock Holmes is such a popular character: the mysteries are all entertaining, while the prose is not so dense as to be off-putting to the more casual reader.
  
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David McK (3600 KP) rated A Study in Scarlet in Books

Sep 17, 2023  
A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Billingham | 2009 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.8 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
The very first Sherlock Holmes novel, it's interesting reading this to see how the character is pretty much already fully formed, and to compare both Holmes and Watson to the various interpretations of each that follows.

This is where Watson first meets Holmes and takes lodgings with him in 221b Baker Street, and where Holmes science of deductive reasoning is first shared with the former following the investigation into a murder in London, that proves to have ties to the Church of the Latter Day Saints ie the Mormons.
  
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David McK (3600 KP) rated Sharpe's Regiment (1196) in Movies

Oct 23, 2022  
Sharpe's Regiment (1196)
Sharpe's Regiment (1196)
1196 |
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
While there is now something like 23, maybe 24, Sharpe novels by Bernard Cornwell when this was released there was only roughly half that.

This is the only novel (so far) to be set mainly in England, with Richard Sharpe and Patrick Harper travelling back to London to find the missing recruits from their second battalion - a storyline to which this adaptation sticks remarkably closely.

It's not perfect, of course, with subplots left out or condensed somewhat (and the lack of budget shows), but it is still a good enough watch!