Not to beat a dead horse, but ...

[leethet]

This quote from the L.A. Times review is precisely my sense of the thing, a sense acquired entirely from trailers of this movie and of Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes" franchise. Note: I'm not claiming cleverness or insight or anything - I have not seen, nor do I intend to see, any of the films involved - just saying this reviewer has expressed my feelings about things.

"The film seems to be following the same essential formula as Ritchie's successful "Sherlock Holmes" pictures, to take a vintage story set in the past and shoot it essentially as a modern story, with fancy contemporary effects and camera tricks, quippy dialogue and stylized costumes and sets. "

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-man-from-uncle-review-20150814-story.html

Comments

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen any of the Holmes movies, so it would be hard for me to compare the two, especially since I won't have seen the UNCLE movie until tomorrow. *g* Oddly, I find that I'm more inclined to be swayed by other fans' reviews, than that of a professional reviewer, so I'm still hoping for the best–or at least not the worst.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

I'm still trying to figure out why I'd want to see a completely different version of Napoleon and Illya, not so much physically, I can get past that (I think), but they seem to have much different characters as well. I don't really want to dilute my view of the show.

If the consensus were that this is a great script on the other hand... that would have taken a different kind of director.