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Topic: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Read 2565 times)
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K9
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TRAILERLooks slightly dumb but promisingly fun. I enjoyed the first, mainly for the rapport between RDJ and Jude Law, which was exceptionally good I thought. This one is being directed by Guy Ritchie again, which is a good thing I think; and the inclusion of Moriarty should make for an entertaining story.
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Khaldun
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Fucking hated the first one.
But I have to admit I love the way they keep tweaking the people who are like NO HOLMES AND WATSON MUST NOT BE TEH GAY with this trailer.
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Margalis
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What was to hate in the first one?
I'm generally pretty negative and I enjoyed it, mostly for the acting and character interaction yes.
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vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
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Lakov_Sanite
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What was to hate in the first one?
I'm generally pretty negative and I enjoyed it, mostly for the acting and character interaction yes.
People came out of the woodwork proclaiming "this isnt sherlock holmes!" and half of them probably never read the books anyways. Maybe it wasnt holmes but it was a decent buddy cop flick and on that metric I liked it. |
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HaemishM
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I liked the first one well enough that I think it's worth a sequel.
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Fraeg
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Mad skills with the rod.
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I will definately watch it once it hits Netflix. Jude and Robert got the  from me the first go around. |
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Morat20
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I liked the first one well enough that I think it's worth a sequel.
The first was well paced, decently written, amusing, and had good chemistry between the leads. The story itself naturally lends to sequels (rather than forcing another iteration of a popular one-shot). So yeah, worth a sequel. Problem is I suspect sequels will suffer from the bigger/louder/more over the top problem. |
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Simond
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What was to hate in the first one?
I'm generally pretty negative and I enjoyed it, mostly for the acting and character interaction yes.
People came out of the woodwork proclaiming "this isnt sherlock holmes!" and half of them probably never read the books anyways. Maybe it wasnt holmes but it was a decent buddy cop flick and on that metric I liked it. It was actually a lot closer to the books than most of the other Holmes films and TV series, to be honest. |
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RhyssaFireheart
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Pfft. Who cares if it's the "real" Sherlock Holmes or not. I'd be going just to see RDJ and Jude Law play off each other. Eye candy's where it's at!
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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In before Van Helsing.
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Soln
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the opportunity for evil is just delicious
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good to see Noomi Rapace getting Hollywood work
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pxib
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Tagged along to this as a matinee and it was a flawed film with cinematic fun worth the price: James Bond, c. 1891.
If you liked the first one, this is more of the same. The pacing isn't as tight, most of the actors (often impeccably) cast as secondary characters are wasted in the roles (including Ms. Rapace and especially Mr. Fry) -- though a few get moments to shine (particularly Watson's wife and Moriarty's handyman) -- and the whole enterprise has absolutely nothing to do with Conan Doyles' works outside of a lot of name dropping... but Holmes and Watson have all the chemistry they had last time and the action set pieces are spectacular in all the ways that Mr. Ritchie is known for.
If you're looking at your watch at the beginning then worry not, things accelerate majestically as soon as the wedding is over. Also the mystery-solving is even dumber and even more obtuse than last time and its unraveling is largely confined to a third act so accelerated it feels rushed. If you didn't like the first one, this film is not for you.
I, on the other hand, expected a frenetic but trashy reheat and was pleasantly surprised.
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Tannhauser
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I enjoyed the first film and this looks like more of the same so have at it. RDJ is stupidly talented and Jude Law is agreeable. I would like to see Ms. Rapace here, her role in TGWTDT was great.
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Lakov_Sanite
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Flawed but it was a very enjoyable romp. The finale was in my mind excellent and worth the price of admission.
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UnSub
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Saw this. Kept thinking that Sherlock Holmes is Batman (with a kooky streak) and Watson is Nightwing.
Downey Jr and Law still have a nice chemistry, but the rest of the cast seemed wasted and the narrative reminded me of "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen".
I did like Jared Harris as Moriarty. He fit the suitably bland academic image who was the utterly ruthless criminal genius. Much better than Mark Strong's Count Evil villain from the first film.
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