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Sherlock? A "D." No suspense to solve the riddles, no beautiful damsels in distress

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In Reply to: RE: Sherlock Holmes... posted by mkuller on January 03, 2010 at 20:51:30

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.

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I found it highly entertaining. - sjb 17:29:55 01/06/10 (0)
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 film attempted to give the supernatural angle some intrigue. YMMV - Jazz Inmate 22:39:58 01/05/10 (2)
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
- " Moriarty come back from the dead"? DID YOU EVEN WATCH THE MOVIE? n/t - PCL 11:15:20 01/07/10 (0)
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- Good word, "attempted." nt - tinear 08:00:37 01/06/10 (0)
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