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Sherlock Holmes DVD review & discussion

post #1 of 13
3/23/10 at 2:35am
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post #2 of 13
3/23/10 at 8:19am
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His accent is great and fun, he pulls off the action stuff famously, and his chemistry with Jude Law leaves you wishing for a better story to showcase them.
I agree with all of this, but the section I underlined may be verbatim what I said to everyone after seeing this theatrically.

"Dan Explode."
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post #3 of 13
3/23/10 at 9:10am
"Upside Downey" just about killed me.

And I pretty much agree with everything in this review. I really wanted to love this movie, and I barely even liked it. Despite the great chemistry of the leads, the whole thing just felt lifeless and kinda dull, and was a complete slog to get through even with the relatively brisk running time. I look forward to a sequel, but really hope they come up with a better story to tell.
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post #4 of 13
3/23/10 at 10:00am
And I pretty much disagree with many things in this review. I found the movie to be very exciting. I was excited through all the action pieces (though I would have liked somewhat better editing of the fight in the "ginger midget's" lab), and I thought the bridge event at the end matched well enough with the aesthetic of the rest of the film that it did not look bad.

I loved the main cast members and their interactions. I found Adler to be charming as a character, and despite Nick's claim, she did show herself to be up to sparing with Holmes (she beat him in the hotel room, and her charms and questionable motives kept Moriarty's true goals hidden well enough until the end).

Overall I liked it all, and I am very much looking forward to the next one.

A related note: on the other hand, I just watched Richie's RocknRolla and was somewhat disappointed. I liked the actors well enough, but I thought the story fell flat. Mark Strong and Gerard Butler were great.
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post #5 of 13
3/23/10 at 11:13am
The Downey/Law relationship works so well that I can easily forgive this film almost everything.
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post #6 of 13
3/23/10 at 11:20am
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The Downey/Law relationship works so well that I can easily forgive this film almost everything.
I really wish I could, too, but everything around them was just so inert that I eventually found myself not caring about anything that was happening on screen. Like I said, I loved Law and Downey as the characters, and I look forward to the next installment, but I really want both guys to appear in a film that lives up to what they bring to the table.
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post #7 of 13
3/23/10 at 12:11pm
A friend of mine and I were discussing how the way Downey and Law play off each other (especially in the scene where Holmes first meets Watson's fiance) seems very reminiscent of how Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard play off each other on "House". Opinions of the show aside, I really enjoy the energy vollied back and forth between House and Wilson on the show, and equally liked watching the same energy being channeled in Holmes.
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post #8 of 13
3/23/10 at 12:14pm
Such similarities are to be expected considering how much House is based on Holmes.
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post #9 of 13
3/23/10 at 12:19pm
Well, yeah. I mean, I know "House" is based on Sherlock Holmes, but I don't recall previous portrayals of Holmes and Watson haivng quite that same devilish air. I mean, Holmes was quite obviously fucking with Watson in the film, just like House does with, well... everyone. I just don't remember that aspect of the Holmes character being shown in previous films or TV shows.
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post #10 of 13
3/23/10 at 12:39pm
I know most people don't feel this way, but Downey did the same thing with IRON MAN for me. It coasts by on his charisma alone.

Now that introductions are out of the way, hopefully we can get a sequel that doesn't betray the talent involved.
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post #11 of 13
3/23/10 at 7:25pm
Holy shit Upside Downey.
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post #12 of 13
8/4/10 at 11:27pm
Re-watched this for the first time over the weekend and had a ball with it. Simply a very fun two hours at the movies. Light without being stupid, playful but not forgettable with RDJ and Law using their fantastic chemistry together to give the film its beating heart. They really do crackle onscreen together, I just wish they'd shared more screen time. Definitely Ritchies most accomplished piece of directorial work as well. Assured and confident without the insecure 'look at me' showiness of much of his earlier work, I really feel like old Guy knew this was a real make or break picture for his career and stepped up accordingly.
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post #13 of 13
8/5/10 at 11:25am
The biggest and most inexplicable misstep this film makes: spending the entirety of the plot trying to "break up" Holmes and Watson. It baffles me that they decided to tell that story in the first movie, for a number of reasons.
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