Robert Downey Jr, 2009.
It seemed like a cromulently made movie, but I didn't dig it. Took me three sittings to make it through.
Plot synopsis: Sherlock Holmes solves a case and sets up a sequel.
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Sherlock Holmes
I think I know what is bugging me about it, overall:
Holmes is supposed to be brilliant, but shouldn't we enjoy the journey of his brilliant deductions, from the clues he collects? We weren't really allowed to enjoy that journey. The clues were, generally, so fucking exotic that they may as well have been made up... "This plant from the south shore of that river in Turkey that has paralytic properties when reduced." I mean... yeah. Obviously that's what that plant leaf was. I totally called it.
I get that he thinks fast. I was willing to believe that he could observe one physical trait of an opponent, and instantly plan and execute the next 5 (1800s England) krav maga moves. Fine.
And then he fights Pierre the Giant, and it's just "try to hit this guy with heavy stuff a lot."
This movie may have made money, but I didn't dig it.
Holmes is supposed to be brilliant, but shouldn't we enjoy the journey of his brilliant deductions, from the clues he collects? We weren't really allowed to enjoy that journey. The clues were, generally, so fucking exotic that they may as well have been made up... "This plant from the south shore of that river in Turkey that has paralytic properties when reduced." I mean... yeah. Obviously that's what that plant leaf was. I totally called it.
I get that he thinks fast. I was willing to believe that he could observe one physical trait of an opponent, and instantly plan and execute the next 5 (1800s England) krav maga moves. Fine.
And then he fights Pierre the Giant, and it's just "try to hit this guy with heavy stuff a lot."
This movie may have made money, but I didn't dig it.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Sherlock Holmes
Can't believe we don't have a thread for this, but I had the same viewing experience as you.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
Sherlock Holmes
I did make an effort to look. I found references here and there, but no thread.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Sherlock Holmes
I looked too. Found nothing.
I think perhaps it bored me so much, and took so many viewings to get through that I never wrote one.
The only memory I have of that film is Downey fighting some big guy and hitting him with a wrench.
I think perhaps it bored me so much, and took so many viewings to get through that I never wrote one.
The only memory I have of that film is Downey fighting some big guy and hitting him with a wrench.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”