[identity profile] rachelindeed.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] 221b_recs
Title: You Can Make Me Whole
Music Title & Artist: "Pieces" by Red
Vidder: VilyaXxX0llwyna
Pairing or Character: Holmes/Watson
Verse: Ritchie films
Link: You Can Make Me Whole on the vidder's tumblr page

Reccer's Comments: I haven’t spent a lot of time exploring the Ritchie movie side of the fandom (though I know some excellent fanworks for that 'verse have been recc’d here before). But I like this vid because it showcases the way that, although their tone was often ridiculous, those movies nonetheless approached key elements of the canon with real heart.

In particular, I liked what they did with Reichenbach. Jared Harris provided my favorite version so far of Moriarty, the script made Holmes’s final problem very directly entwined with protecting Watson, and they resolved the storyline with a twist that freed Watson from years of unnecessary grief. All in all, it gave me far more than I was expecting and I enjoyed it a lot.

This vid focuses on the Holmes/Watson relationship, full of high emotion and quietly shared looks, ballroom dancing and the inescapable waterfall. I particularly enjoy the way the vidder has started at the end, as it were, and placed Watson's canonical last lines from The Final Problem as the prologue. Jude Law's reading of these words gets me every time.

Date: 2015-09-08 08:32 am (UTC)
swissmarg: Mrs Hudson (Default)
From: [personal profile] swissmarg
That was great, thanks for pointing it out. It really gets at the depth of their friendship and devotion.

Date: 2015-09-08 05:33 pm (UTC)
ext_1620665: knight on horseback (Default)
From: [identity profile] scfrankles.livejournal.com
Really lovely - I thought the editing was excellent. And the song is such a good choice - the lyrics and images work so well together.

Date: 2015-09-09 08:03 pm (UTC)
hardboiledbaby: (Sherlock holmes watson)
From: [personal profile] hardboiledbaby
Great rec, thank you!

Also:

I liked what they did with Reichenbach. Jared Harris provided my favorite version so far of Moriarty, the script made Holmes’s final problem very directly entwined with protecting Watson, and they resolved the storyline with a twist that freed Watson from years of unnecessary grief.

Agreed! Some of Ritchie's choices make me eyeroll so hard, but the movies still hold a special place in my heart because of the reasons you point out, and the strong focus on Holmes' and Watson's relationship.

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