I do love Sherlock and I do love Robert Downey Jr.
Well, yey for Sherlock Holmes.
And especially for it's sequel, A Game of Shadows.
Like the first, the comedy is brilliant, the action (running scenes and where Sherlock gets beat up) is brilliant and Sherlock is..brilliant.
Despite the fact that Moriarty was not as terrifying as I figured him to be, Jared Harris played the aloof criminal mastermind to perfection, even as he poisoned (by accident, obviously.) the lovely Miss Irene Adler who was in for quite a small amount of time.
And Jude Law makes a comeback as the trusty Watson, along with his wife (who goes for a swim), hangover, and "make it count" shooting.
Like the first movie, the slow motion fight scenes were back in action which were amazing in the first one and they knew it. They completed one, another got interrupted by the gorgeous Noomi Rapace, practically fresh from the Millennium series, and The last one was just jaw-dropping, despite the poor outcome. Though of course everything was solved accordingly as Sherlock and Moriarty went tumbling over the balcony and into Reichenbach falls.
The only thing I will say about the film was one scene was utterly awe inspiring but distressing to every cell in my body.
It was the slow motion forest scene, as they run from the bullets and the trees are exploding around them, I was near in tears from thinking, "What would it be like to be in that situation."
Basically what a film is meant to do, I believe, put you in the situation and make your skin crawl with anticipation for the characters, no matter how doomed they seem, it's only halfway through the movie, they can't die yet!
And with the cliffhanger at the end, I can barely wait for the next one, no matter how far it may be, what with RDJ in the running for The Avengers and Iron Man 3 which I'm also looking forward to.
Over all, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Acting: 7/10
Story: 6/10
Nerve wracking slow-mo forest scenes: 10/10
Til next time "?" ~
