![]() While this film has its dark elements, I have to say it was a lot of fun overall. a lively and at times percussive mix that just highlighted the excitement. Guy Ritchie did a great job of mixing humor and danger, and the choice to go with Hans Zimmer for the music was a winner - I absolutely loved the choices they made for the soundtrack. One of my favorite lines from the movie (by Holmes) was when he talked about "twisting facts to suit theories when one should twist theories to suit facts." Reminded me of a little worldwide debate going on at the moment. Downey plays the role as a tortured genius - he is just so much smarter than everyone else and so in tune with discerning the details of what is going on around him (to the point of distraction) that it makes him quite anti-social and reclusive. He was fascinating to watch with all his personality quirks and you could almost see the gears turning in his head when his deductive powers kicked into high gear. in the role - but with him in it, we have in this movie one of the most interesting characters I've seen on screen since Brad Pitt played Tyler Durden in Fight Club. I don't know how well this film would have worked were it not for Robert Downey Jr. Of course Holmes must piece together how Blackwood manages to come back to life and has to try to figure out what he is up to and stop him. He is stopped by our dynamic duo and just as they are finishing up the police arrive.īlackwood is captured but even behind bars he is menacing, intimidating and full of confidence - despite the fact he is sentenced to hang, he assures Holmes that he will be resurrected and will kill again prior to bringing about great change in the world. The target of Holmes and Watson is Lord Blackwood (played quite menacingly by Mark Strong), who has been murdering young women and is preparing to murder/sacrifice one in some apparantly satanic ritual at the start of the movie. Frankly, I was thankful for the flash forward which was step by step and in slow motion, because when the fight actually took place it was shot using those annoying close-in quick-cuts which made it very difficult to follow. ![]() Right from the opening moments we get a feel for the energy level of the film and insight into the way Sherlock thinks and acts - the screenwriters (three of them) and Guy Ritchie came up with a kind of flash forward method where we see him map out what he is going to do (in this case, disable a guard) and then we see him follow through. As the film opens, it is apparant that Holmes and Watson work in concert with the local police, although there is some (friendly?) friction between Holmes and police inspector Lastrade (Eddie Marsan). Rachel McAdams appears on the scene later on in the film as an ex-love interest of Holmes. Now do keep in mind that I am not comparing this to the classic character as portrayed in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories - not being a fan of the genre, I read a Sherlock Holmes story once, a LONG time ago and have no memory of it.ĭowney Jr, of course, plays Sherlock Holmes with Jude Law along as Dr. I had high hopes going in to Sherlock Holmes, and I'm happy to report that director Guy Ritchie, composer Hans Zimmer, Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law came together to exceed my expectations.
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