Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law are back again for the next installment of the Sherlock Holmes series. Sometimes movie are made strictly for fun. And that is this movie.
Just like the first Holmes flick this is not you fathers Sherlock Holmes. Baring little resemblance to the iconic literary character developed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the late 1800's. But in fairness, that Holmes wouldn't fly today with the movie going public at all. So Holmes and Watson have been morphed into 19th century action figures, and it seems to be working.
This story has Holmes and Watson in the middle of a late 19th century terrorist plot to start up a world war by diabolical men. Holmes as usual is one step ahead and is trying to hold off world war as along as he can. And he drags along Watson (who was on his honeymoon at the time). Will he succeed? I'm guessing.
Downey has done a great job in the first two movies now of creating a new Sherlock Holmes character. He is perfectly cast. And when all is said and done, these performances may be the ones he is most remembered for. He seems comfortable in this role, and brings a nice believability to this. Jude Law is strong at Dr. Watson, and seems on the same page with Downey most of the time.
These movies are not award winning cinema by any means, but they are a few things that are really good. They are fun, and released at the perfect time of the year. This will provide a ton of holiday movie going fun for fans well into January. They are loaded with action, and humor, and overall, pace long quickly and give you a well rounded day at the movies.
Sherlock Holmes 2. Nothing,except holiday fun. That's all we ask, and that all this is.
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Maybe it is just me but it hard to think of anyone as Sherlock Holmes other than Jeremy Brett, the late actor who played it to near absolute perfection in the BBC granada TV series. That was a work of art so near to the description of Holmes by Sir Doyle that you began to doubt if Sir Doyle had seen Brett through a time machine and written Holmes or vice versa. I have seen many movies and serials of Holmes by various productions but Brett can never be replaced as Holmes. For me, Holmes never dies at Reichenbach Falls (though Doyle was forced to get him back in the Adventure of the empty house). For me, Holmes died the day Brett died. Every great actor or director once in their lifetime gets buried under a tomb of immmortality because of one performance or movie (Ramesh Sippy could never shake off SHOLAY....never). Same with Brett...till his end, he could never be anyone other than Holmes.
I tried seeing Holmes Part 1 as potrayed by Robert Downey jr.....How does one describe it?Too painful to watch one of the greatest fictional literary figures ever being massacred by mediocrity. I stopped after 20 minutes and went back to the comfort of youtube to see Brett in my favorite story of all...The Adventure of the Dancing Men. No offence against Downey Jr. He may be a fine actor but the nuances you need to play the mad genius of Holmes.....sorry....no way. It's like asking any actor of today to re-enact Vijay Verma of DEEWAR...That was a role that Amitabh was born to play.
Nice review of the movie. Downey Jr makes a very interesting Sherlock Holmes.
I liked the first movie. I need to check this one out.
Cheers!
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