I have always been a die hard Sherlock Holmes fan, my all time favorite of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales was The Adventure of the Speckled Band.So I was excited to see that a movie was being made about one of the greatest characters in history, but I was also a little skeptical. These books were hardly packed full of the type of action that Guy Ritchie threw in to the mix, but surprisingly it worked.
Robert Downey Jr. was excellent, Jude Law was surprisingly a great Watson. (I mean come on, Jude Law is not the first name that comes to mind when you mention the name Dr. John Watson) Rachel McAdams was alright. I wasn’t floored by her performance, but she did well enough. I give her one thing though, she really kicked some British boo-tay that’s for sure.
The plot was fun and quick paced, I was never bored or wondering when the movie was going to be over, because that is always a bad sign. The ending totally set up a sequel, and since this movie isn’t doing too badly at the box office I think it’s safe to say that we haven’t seen all of the Sherlock Holmes filmĀ franchise. It looks like in the next film Sherlock will be facing off with his greatest nemesis of all–Professor Moriarty. So excited for that.
Good action flick. Good mystery. Good film.
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Yeah, I was completely shocked by Jude Law as well. Enjoying your blog!
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I am also a Holmes fan. I read all the stories and was glad to see that Guy Ritchie kept a lot of the original spirit of the Conan Doyle characters. I agree about Rachel McAdams. She was sort of blah. But Robert Downey Jr. scored another hit. Can’t wait to see him in Iron Man 2.
Sherlock Holmes was a great film and Downey and Law made a great duo as well as great eye candy!
I still have to see the movie… just haven’t had enough time to check anything out recently… I have heard good things though which makes me want to check it out even more…
as far as what Miss Action Flick Chick has to say, I figured the two would make a great duo as both are really solid actors… and what is this about them being great eye candy?? I’m offended by that statement, men aren’t just a piece of meat to be ogled over… haha, jk…
Don’t worry I still respect them. hahahhaha
Speak it sister!