sherlock holmes
The movie "Sherlock Holmes," which characters originally come from the famous books about Sherlock Holmes and his friend Watson, is an 128 minutes thrilling experience. Without having read the books it's still possible to enjoy the film, since the producers have used their artistic licence to spice the characters up a bit.
Robert Downey Jr. alias "Sherlock Holmes" and Jude Law alias "Dr. Watson" do a great performance as the maincharacters and they are capable of lifting the movie in times when the movie gets a little long-winded.
It all ends with the classic the-dectetive-reveals-it-all, but since it's difficult to figure out what has really happened you will still find yourself a little bit suprised at the end. The only lack this film has is its missing twist since it's pretty much possible to predict how the plot will unfold itself the last hour. But all in all it's a very good movie definitely worth watching especially if you are into the detective-genre.
A Study in Sherlock
There is one thing that everyone can agree upon both critic and consumer alike, this is a new Holmes. The big debate is he better, worse, modern, a sell out, or a new vision of an old character. As all of you who truly know me (yes especially the ones who new me when I was in sixth grade just got my boobs and was working on some wicked acene, know I fell in Love with Sherlock Holmes). I read every single Author Conan Doyle Holmes book and even some shoddy knock offs just to get my Sherlock jones on.
So, I consider myself somewhat of a true affecianado. What other pre-teen do you know would stay up until 10:00pm on Sunday night just to watch Mystery on PBS (yes PBS) just to catch a glimpse of the dashing Jeremy Brett play the perfect Holmes. He embodied the Holmes of my dreams (just a tad bit to old). He was brooding, he was tall, he had a huge nose, a deer stalker, but more important a top hat (drool). He was dapper, he was a dandy, he was a piece of intellectual candy. The pipe, the pomp, the circumstance. He was a drug addict, he was eccentric, he paid street urchins and sometimes shady characters to do his bidding. In short he was Holmesian perfection.
Now on to the Robert Downey/Guy Richie Holmes. For one I must say I am unabashadely biased, because I Love RDJ, Guy Richie, not so much. I believe Downey was brilliant. He was younger, he was brooding, he was self loathing, when he didn't have a case, he was unkempt. Most all of these are Holmesian traits. So what he didn't wear a deerstalker? He was still the seedy, disgruntled, dashing Holmes I love. Sherlock Holmes does not get a long with people. He is exsaperating, rude, and a tad vulgar.
Unfortunately, the plot of the movie was lacking and yes, I hate to say it hokey. That was not Downey or Jude Laws fault. It was the writer and yes, the directors. This is a Holmes for the masses, not the intelllectuals. This is a sexed up, super sleuth, with a mind for work and a bod for sin. It's kind of cool, but too calculated. So, if you want a wild ride with a different take of a character they tried to revamp go see it, but if you a die hard fan, wait for the video and try not to cringe, too much.
Sherlock Holmes staring robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law.
After 14 months of waiting (click on website link below to see original blog post) I finally got to see this film in theaters. Sadly the plot lines were not cohesive and it had the usual Guy Ritchie faux-cockney razzle dazzle about it.
As for Rachel McAdams: I feel that an immense amount of pressure has been heaped upon me to like her simply because she is Canadian. My response to that is simply, 'So is my ass but that doesn't mean we need to see it everywhere'.
Jude Law on the other hand clearly went back to Drama camp and managed to pop out a non-offensive almost likable version of the long suffering Holmes sidekick, Dr.Watson.
As for Robert Downey Jr. I'm just so glad that he's not dead or on smack that I honestly don't care what films he makes so long as he is making films.
