Your Favourite Modern Day Sherlock

[Nymphs]

Hands down Benedict Cumberbatch.

I adore him and think he does such a wonderful job on the modern day interpretation of the character.

 

[The Neo Nerd]

I've been reading the books lately.

I think Miller plays him too acerbicly. In the books, Sherlock is not that spiteful.

Too me, the Sherlock in the books is blithely offensive, too busy being intellectual to think of the welfare of others. He does show some fondness for Watson, but will often treat him with disregard.

Cumberbatch does this really well. Severed heads in the refrigerator, eye balls in the microwave etc.

 

[Revoltingest]

I think Miller plays him too acerbicly. In the books, Sherlock is not that spiteful.
Too me, the Sherlock in the books is blithely offensive, too busy being intellectual to think of the welfare of others. He does show some fondness for Watson, but will often treat him with disregard.
Cumberbatch does this really well. Severed heads in the refrigerator, eye balls in the microwave etc.

The Miller version interests me more than the other precisely because he is so acerbic, & that he learns from the problems it causes for him. I find him more complex & interesting than the simpler Cumberbatch version. We actually get to see the character wrestle with his flaws, & grow with each season. Jeremy Brett comes in second because I appreciated the subtlety which he employed in showing Holmes' weaknesses. Of course, great writing enables great actors. Having never read the books give me a different perspective, so I don't claim to be right...tis just a perspective.

Poor Jeremy....RIP.