Sherlock Holmes- A Game Of Shadows
Not as good as the first film (which is easily in my top ten favourite movies ever) but not bad. Pretty darn good in fact.
Liked:
-Stephen Fry alone is worth the price of admission. Also he gets naked at one point (for no plot reason at all). And he’s totally playing Mycroft as gay, which I’m all for.
-The relationship between Holmes and Watson is just as complicated and lovely as in the first film. While Watson may (probably) love his wife more than he loves his best friend, Holmes’ truest love is always gonna be Watson. And they have a little dance together! Which you’d think would raise eyebrows in that era, but no-one does, and that’s still cool.
-Damn, the chemistry between RDJ and Rachel McAdams is through the roof. Then again, as nicely demonstrated by ALL THIS MOVIE, Robert Downey Jr has chemistry with anything that breathes.
-Liked Sim and her fighting skillz, although she didn’t have an awful lot to do really.
-Moriarty was pretty good. Shame he probably won’t return for the threequel…
-Hey look, it’s Colonel Moran! Looking nothing like I pictured him…or how he’s described in the book…but even so.
-The final get-out clause at the end is actually pretty well done. Cos there’s so much stuff in the film- random objects and inventions- that when one turns out to be important it’s not actually a cheat. Or it doesn’t feel like one.
-I love Mary. Does no-one else love Mary?
Disliked:
-They killed off Irene BEFORE EVEN THE OPENING CREDITS. :(
-Not enough Lestrade. Or really, any Lestrade beyond a tiny cameo.
December 20, 2011 @ 9:08 am
Sounds good. I’m going to see it on Wednesday *dances*
December 20, 2011 @ 8:56 pm
It is fabulous. :D
December 20, 2011 @ 5:49 pm
Am firmly teling myself that Moriarity may have lied???? We actually liked it more than the first film, but we love the first one, so the difference is not huge. The ending was brilliant. I think Ironman shows RDJ has chemistry with oh metal and computer voices ahahahahahaha, so, um yeah.
December 20, 2011 @ 8:59 pm
Ooh yes. He is a villan after all. I just think Irene is brilliant and want her back… Next up, The Avengers, where RDJ will undoubtably have chemistry with Thor and Hawkeye and Captain America and The Hulk… :D
December 21, 2011 @ 5:13 pm
I saw an AVENGERS preview (I think with the Sherlock film), and he SO zaps Bruce about the green rage thing, and also trades snark with the rest. *happy sigh*
December 23, 2011 @ 2:18 pm
Ah yes, some very Whedonesque snark!
December 30, 2011 @ 6:07 am
The dancing and no one caring made me think of the real “Captain Jack Harkness”. I still don’t believe %100 that Irene is truly dead…