not completely terrible
On Sunday CuteFilmNerd and I went to see Sherlock Holmes. It was definitely a Guy Ritchie movie – very early on we saw some very stock Guy Ritchie shots that were new and exciting with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Luckily he didn’t go overboard with those shots – just enough to work with the film.
On the whole it was a fun movie. I didn’t cringe as much as I feared I might. Jude Law was an acceptable Watson, one that made sense within the movie, but had his roots in the Canon. I liked the denouement – it made complete sense, even if there were parts of it I had already deduced. I even liked the inclusion of the building of the Tower Bridge in the movie. It showed some sense of history.
However…
Robert Downey, Jr. was fun to watch, with a pretty good English accent, but he wasn’t Holmes. Despite the many nice touches in the movie that showed that somebody had read the stories (Holmes shooting V.R. into the wall, having him box McMurdo onscreen, which was mentioned in Sign of the Four, as well as others touches), I saw nothing of Holmes in his performance.
Still, I didn’t hate the movie. I can deal with that.
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on December 28th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
I just can’t buy Robert Downey Jr. as an actual actor let alone my favorite detective. I’m going to pass on this one, in the theaters at least.
on December 28th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
It’s enjoyable as an Alternative S.H. — but we were spoiled years ago by Jeremy Brett on PBS. (grin) — Dr. Phil