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...is one of three films we saw this weekend.
If you're a Robert Downey, Jr. fan, you may like it a lot.
Otherwise, Guy Ritchie's take on Sherlock is pretty much an in-your-face, fighting, exploding, chasing, chaotic mess, unlike anything A. Conan Doyle ever imagined.
I'd give it a C.
The others -
Avatar in 3-D. Simply incredible, as long as you don't think about it too much and just sit back and get into it, literally.
I'd give it an A.
And then there was Extract on DVD.
Touted as a comedy starring Jason Bateman, there were very few laughs. The characters were all pretty pathetic.
I'd give it a D.
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or people at risk. You think.... the public makes a "victim?"
Have you been holding your breath for forty years to see an impersonation of "Jaws" from that old 007 film? Well, you'll love this Holmes, then. Heck, you even get to see TWO lengthy fights with that guy against Holmes.
The women, I have to repeat, are the holmliest I've seen in any major film. The average American (or South American) soap has more feminine pulchritude. No excuse for that except that Ritchie, the director, is the ex of Madonna. Compared to her, yes, they are beautiful.
Okay, enough. I'm sorry. Expending this much effort beating this dead horse of a movie is wasted effort.
Jolly good fun!
But of course one has to be up for fun to enjoy a movie like that.
"The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The suspense lay in how Holmes would prove that Moriarty had not come back from the dead. It was a gamble since the audience would not sit in suspense for the duration of the film, but would be more interested in the special effects and action. If they could do a good job with Hound of the Baskervilles in this formula, it wold be hugely entertaining.
By the way, the effects and recreation of nineteenth century London, including the tower bridge under construction, were just as impressive and immersive as Avatar for my money.
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
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It's funny you could recommend not thinking about a horribly written piece of crap like Avatar and rate it an A, but you couldn't extend the same courtesy to Sherlock Holmes. Note that Doyle's Holmes was a gifted fighter like the Downey version. One difference--Doyle's Holmes indulged in cocaine and Downey's version didn't, but was portrayed as manic. In other respects--especially in terms of wardrobe--Downey stayed closer to Doyle than other actors who have played Holmes.
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
I've got to agree with you on this one J.I.! The Sherlock of A.C.Doyle was a fighter, an early practioner of jiujitsu in the stories. He was certainly not a fop of any description.
Another thing this film gets right is Dr. Watson - who was a war veteran and certainly not the buffoon he is often portrayed as in some films.
While I love the Jeremy Brett Holmes interpretation, I must say that we really enjoyed this Sherlock.
%22Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent%22 - Salvor Hardin
...observation and analysis (and action).
I saw S. Holmes on Christmas, about a week after seeing Avatar IMAX 3D and felt as entertained though in a different way.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes would be one book I'd keep if on a deserted desert island.
RDJ's Holmes would narrate his attack plan, what he needed to accomplish with each shot to defeat his opponent. The action would then speed up to real time and he would stay with the voiceover, narrating each shot as it happened.
This was quite a brilliant approach to producing the hand-to-hand combat. I vaguely remember the days when I could slow down my opponents in sports and running and sometimes I can anticipate traffic during bicycling before cars even make their move. Great fighters and athletes do have the ability to remain calm under pressure and slow down the action around them, anticipate their opponents and attack to win. The fight scenes in Sherlock Holmes did this in a clever way that tied some form of Holmes' intellect to the action.
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
Yes; what you deftly describe is not unlike a musician's ability to anticipate the music yet play in sync with it. Some even say the ear is faster than the eye (depends on person).
Anticipating traffic is a life saver.
Marvelous thing the brain - as this accomplished Sherlock Holmes film shows.
...by what you perceived as Avatar's "liberal" politics, doesn't mean it isn't a terrific film.
I can't recall being as engrossed in a film in a long time.
and get the same jungle cartoon. Dora is cuter, though.
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