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Is it worth $10? No
In Victorian London, Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and Watson (Jude Law) must stop Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong), who practices black magic, from taking over the world. Rachel McAdams also stars as Holmes ex-girlfriend Irene, and she serves as a conduit between Holmes and Moriarty, Holmes' arch nemesis whom we never see. Similar to Irene and Holmes relationship, much of the movie is a big tease that keeps the viewer three steps behind Holmes at all times, meaning it's no fun for the viewer to try to figure things out on his own. Director Guy Ritchie’s (“Snatch”) period piece action movie is also too convoluted for its own good, though admittedly it’s amusing thanks to Downey’s immense charm.
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christian.z
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... I thought this movie was actually good, a three star movie. I'll admit I did not see the movie while in theaters, but I did not have any appeal to see at the time. I was turned onto the movie due to its witty appeal and cinematography. This movie does actually give the audience the chance to put the clues together to figure out the outcome of the story, but we do not know anything about the alchmey that took place during the Victorian era thus not making the outcome certain (at least I do not know about it, i.e. the explanation for Lord Blackwood's disappearing act). In addition, the thought process that is carefully explained through Sherlock Holmes was a breath of fresh air to the storyline in accordance with the slow motion shots to follow his reasoning. Also, the fight scene was cool too when Sherlock Holmes used his knowledge of the human body to defeat the fighter in a matter of blows. Snatch was a good movie too. It was an intense storyline involving multiple plots to bring together the characters of the movie, which is a Guy Richie signature movie tactic along with whitty dialogue. |
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