Throughout this version of Sherlock Holmes, the two partners banter constantly, reminding me of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Critics Consensus: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a good yarn thanks to its well-matched leading men but overall stumbles duplicating the well-oiled thrills of the original. Still, besides the bravado and over-the-top derring-do. "Then get what's in your hand out of my face," Watson retorts. The plot is as follows: Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) is rather depressed because of the possibility of Watsons (Jude Law) marriage. Just brace yourself for the sort of stylized, high-impact fare for which director Ritchie is best known. "Get that out of my face," Watson tells him. ![]() Sitting in their rooms at 221 B Baker Street, Holmes is toying with an electric cattle prod. And for that matter, Jude Law doesn't play Watson like the docile friend and physician he is in the stories. Though Sherlock, the detective, does retain his amazing deductive powers, he is definitely not the refined gentleman your grandparents knew. The only way to revive Sherlock Holmes for contemporary audiences is by turning him into Jason Bourne and hiring someone like Guy Ritchie to overload the senses. It's a highly satisfying bit of filmmaking. Then we see him carry out those actions at normal speed. delivers an inspired performance that is nearly impossible to resist.ĭuring one of my favorite scenes in "Sherlock Holmes," Downey plays the detective as a bare knuckles boxer who explains in voice over and slow motion just how he'll defeat his opponent. But (and this is a huge "but") the talented Robert Downy Jr. Its yet another can-he-save-us-from-Doomsday plot, the kind James Bond was cutting his teeth on in movies 40-plus years ago. It’s not exactly special to point out that any production featuring Sherlock Holmes is almost entirely dependent (let’s be reasonable and say 99.8 percent dependent) on who is playing the. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who created the original character, must be turning over in his grave. Ritchies Sherlock Holmes is too long, too generic (surprising, given Ritchies always inventive visual and story-telling style) and not nearly as clever as it seems to think. ![]() By Terry Hunter The new Sherlock Holmes movie transforms the elegant detective into an action hero. The movie begins with a vast explosion in Strasbourg followed by similar pyrotechnics in London, Paris and Germany, which punctuate endless chases, fights on trains and battles that result in a.
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