Saturday, December 26, 2009
The game's afoot.
Took in Guy Ritchie's treatment of Sherlock Holmes this evening and what fun it was. There was a lot of this movie that flew over my head, but I think a good Holmes story is supposed to do that, isn't it? I didn't get left too far behind so that I didn't enjoy every moment of it, however. This is a very visceral version of Holmes, maybe taken with a few too many liberties from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's work, but I thought the spirit of the character was there. And what can I say about the setting? How can old, damp, and dingy look so wonderful? I found myself wanting to jump in and live in "Jolly Old." Now wouldn't that be a trip?
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HA! I totally agree. I think even at one point I leaned over to my friend and said...now I need to go to England. RDJ was hilarious but not in a distracting way. I forgot how Holmes would sum up how he figured it out...so when we got to that part it was a nice wrap up for me. Fantastic.
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