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with two interesting stories thrown in.
This is not a "whodunnit"? It is not a thrilling mystery but the story of the aging Sherlock on the backside of life: losing his health and mind. I wouldn't be surprised if the Alzheimer's Guild wasn't behind it.
Holmes goes home to the countryside. We learn later that his guilt and sense of loss forced him to leave London. Surprisingly, it's about 1946.
Poor McKellan struggled and suffered through this role splendidly. He embodied a man in free fall to senility, dementia, and/or Alzheimer's. He was seen after by his housekeeper (Linney) and her young son (Milo Parker). His relationship was strained with Linney but nurturing with Parker which caused friction.
The flashbacks were woven into the film seamlessly. Smooth transitions to an earlier case in London involving a lovely, greiving wife and husband who doesn't understand her. We also go to Japan where he visits with a man who invited him (a fan) and offered to help him find "prickly ash" for his memory. Both stories are as calm as the rest of the story. This is classic English story telling rolling on its rather slow pace.
You can never fault a big budget Brit film for anything. They seem to make the best costume-personal-dramas out there.
A must see for the old folks. First matinee was a sea of gray and white heads. Enjoy.
*The tailer is a bit deceiving as it projects a more urgent pace to the film.
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good performances by all as well
When Holmes was in Japan do you think he was lured there by a false promise? That "prickly ash" didn't actually exist outside of he dirt they dug at Hiroshima? Perhaps a slow poisoning was in mind?
I think he wanted to poison Holmes both literally and by wasting his time and giving him mental anguish (the kid spit it out). It seems to me Holmes actually lied to him by saying his father wanted to leave them but later the film showed what really happened and Holmes recommend he leave his family behind.
I am not sure if I got that part right or if I made myself clear.
bottom line is: Holmes was human with faults and emotions that corrupted his reasoning.
I wonder what Arthur Conan Doyle would have thought?
Big SH fan here but going to pass on this.
I saw a bbc show about the first 'Doctor Who' show. It was a dramatization called 'An Adventure in Space and Time'.
You'd think there'd be lots of interesting stories to tell about the beginning of 'Doctor Who', but no, it was just 'OH MY GOD, WILLIAM HARNELL IS OLD, HE CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE, HE'S SAD, IT'S PATHETIC GETTING OLD'.
I suspect this movie will be more of the same.
Who wants to see your hero feeble?
"A lie is half-way around the world before the truth can get its boots on."
-Mark Twain
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Too late.
"A lie is half-way around the world before the truth can get its boots on."
-Mark Twain
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