New Sherlock Holmes flick..

[Insanecyclone]

Great movie and I really hope there is a sequel with that ending.

[Siniroth]

Great movie and there is going to be a sequel with that ending.

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[Acturus]

Finally got to see this on Saturday.

The charcters were more robust than Doyle ever wrote them. I feel that Downey Jr. put a bit more of a sloppy drunk spin on it and Law was a little more confrontational than Watson should have been. Actors' influence, for sure.

Regardless, great movie. The way they handled Holmes' deductive reasoning in the slow-motion narrative scenes was brilliant.

There was a LOT of action, and while I know the stories were always full of action, it was never overt. Doyle as Watson, as the narrator of the stories, always sort of glossed over everything but the deductive reasoning, leaving it as the focus of each tale.

The purist in me had a couple of issues with the movie, but nothing that got in the way of a very good story.

[aduidarnenye]

I saw it yesterday. I think Madonna ruined Guy Ritchie. It was, as someone has probably already said, basically a buddy cop movie with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson shoved in. The action was okay but the fight scenes were a bit lacking. The plot was one of those ones that tries to be interesting and surprising but I found it very obvious. I was willing to let Avatar have a very obvious plot because I felt the story in that was supposed to be simple. A Sherlock Holmes mystery should be a bit more, well, mysterious.

[Linliel]

It wasn't a Sherlock Holmes movie to be honest -- there was more action hero than detective going on! I really felt it was more a cross between Iron Man, House, and Indiana Jones in a steampunk style world than anything else! That said, it was pretty enjoyable, though I won't be rushing to see it again or buy the DVD.

[Rhinox]

I saw it yesterday. I think Madonna ruined Guy Ritchie. It was, as someone has probably already said, basically a buddy cop movie with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson shoved in. The action was okay but the fight scenes were a bit lacking. The plot was one of those ones that tries to be interesting and surprising but I found it very obvious. I was willing to let Avatar have a very obvious plot because I felt the story in that was supposed to be simple. A Sherlock Holmes mystery should be a bit more, well, mysterious.

Take away the action, Comedic timing by RDJ and jude law you have a pretty shitty movie like From hell with johnny depp and it wouldn't debut in the top 5.

[Draggy]

wait so it wasn't Andy Garcia? Haha, could've sworn it was!

[Acturus]

wait so it wasn't Andy Garcia? Haha, could've sworn it was!

Yeah, I thought the same thing.

[hawkie]

Is that Sir Arthur I hear rolling over in his grave?... most definitely.

[Qalbert]

so anyone know if the joke he tells is real, and is it safe to assume pushing in your stool is a reference to buttsecks?

[Xno Kappa]

Just saw it today, thought it was pretty good. The slow-motion scenes where he deduces(?) everything were awesome. Have to watch it again though when it comes out in BluRay with subtitles, didn't hear/understand some of the scenes.

[kuronosan]

I actually thought it was a good take on the books, although some of the characters were a little more 'actionized' than they should have been.

I do have to agree that it felt like a buddy cop film with the Holmes name attached, but it wasn't exactly the same as every other buddy cop film out there. Really, it stayed true to their characters more than most other movies would have and yes... it preyed more heavily on action than on Holmes' deductive abilities... but that was the point. If it just focused on his ability to be a detective (and a brilliant one, shit... some of the stuff he explained in the end came out of left field for me and I'm not one for missing things in movies) then it would be like every other Sherlock Holmes film out there.

Why would that be something worth seeing? I've read the stories... I've seen the series, watched the movies, checked the spin-offs... I don't want Sherlock Holmes 2009 with different actors and the same contrived Sherlock Holmes plot with deductive reasoning. I liked this take on an old favorite and I'm looking forward to the sequel, provided they leave Rachel McAdams out of it (even though she looked gorgeous).

[Xno Kappa]

Seriously, her acting in this movie was atrocious. She always seemed confused on how to portray the character.