KnotMissPriceless
Why so much hype?
Nonureva
Really Surprised!
Ensofter
Overrated and overhyped
XoWizIama
Excellent adaptation.
j-martin7
Excellent version of the Classic Story. Contains nearly all the elements of the book, so (as previous reviewer stated) is a perfect introduction for kids.Superb voice casting, with Peter O'Toole lending great authority here. With enough drama/action to satisfy adults too.Spoiler Alert!!!Sherlock Holmes helps a young Henry Baskerville, who has just arrived from Canada, to become the new Lord of Baskerville Hall. It's all here; The escaped convict, Barrymore, and Sir Hugo getting his throat ripped out by The Hound. Also available on DVD too; are other Sherlock Holmes Adventures.'The Sign of Four' , 'Valley of Fear' and 'A Study in Scarlet' (Again, voiced by O'Toole). Check out Amazon for a bargain too.
winner55
Of the four Sherlock Holmes series of animated films made for Australian TV, This is the best.All of these films have two major positive qualities - They are true to the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the voice of Holmes is that of legendary actor Peter O'Toole, who does a splendid job bringing a light touch of wit to the character of the famous detective.All four films also share two major failings: the animation is shoddy and the pacing is slow.Somehow, these failings are not so intrusive in this version of the Hound of the Baskervilles; my guess is because the original story is by far the most leisurely and most convoluted of the Holmes narratives, with a denouement that is simplicity itself. Consquently it is easy to remove unnecessary slow moments from the story before finishing the script, and to use the major 'clew' to compress the finale - this worked for Hammer in their Peter Cushing version as well. Consequently the version here actually feels tighter than the original.Won't impress fans of recent animation, but a worthy view for an off-hour for Holmes enthusiasts.
Arcana_Pontifex
Okay, so it's not Disney.And in the age of computer animation, video games, and anime, these cartoons seem archaic, but I remember they were pretty watchable. Peter O'Toole certainly has the voice for a good Holmes. It would have been cool to see him as the detective in a live action movie, but this is as close we're likely to get. We can only speculate what might have been. There is something about the story, the casting, and the atmosphere that for me makes up for the rough animation. For kids they are a good introduction to Sherlock Holmes. Pity they are not likely to be released on DVD.
cartman_1337
Never have I been so bored watching a movie as I was while watching this one. I'd seriously rather watch paint dry than to expose myself to this piece of crap again. For the first time ever I nearly fell asleep while watching a film - and I was wide awake when I started watching. The animation is terrible, the lip movement doesn't match the audio, the actors are all doing terrible jobs at making the dialog sound interesting. It is, on a completely different note, interesting to hear that Peter O'Toole is the one that sounds LEAST interested in the job he was doing of them all - he probably realized too late that what he had taken upon himself to do was complete garbage! The film is terribly slow paced, the dialog terrible and talked at such low speed you've nearly forgotten what they started saying in the first place once they reach the end... The original story by Doyle is excellent, but the treatment it has received here makes it look like SH*T! There isn't one single interesting or exciting part in the whole movie, and that is actually quite an accomplishment considering the material they had to work with... This is the worst offense anyone has ever done to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and should be avoided at all cost. Watch any other adaptation of the legendary book, and preferably the excellent 1939-version with the ultimate Holmes and Watson; Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce!This film deserves negative marks, but seeing as that's not possible, it gets a very solid 1/10!
