*nods emphatically, glad to meet a kindred spirit*

I couldn't agree more on all points (though I've only seen three or four of the Russian movies and am by no means an expert).

I love Brett's interpretation, but sometimes I want to smack him upside the head (i.e. the "Did I really do remarkably badly?" scene in SOLI, for one). Clive Merrison is my favorite Holmes ever and the closest to what I see the Canon as being, and Michael Williams was a Watson totally worthy of him.

Bert Coules should be knighted for those dramas, y'know.