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 Post subject: Sherlock Holmes
PostPosted: December 31st, 2009, 12:26 pm 
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How many of you have seen it? I watched it on Wednesday and really enjoyed it. Jude Law and Downey Jr. both acted brilliantly, and Rachel McAdams didn't disappoint at all either.

Very witty and action-packed (I figured it would be a lot more low-key detective work, but Downey kicked some serious ass.)
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 Post subject: Re: Sherlock Holmes
PostPosted: December 31st, 2009, 5:20 pm 
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I saw it a few days ago. It was exactly what I expected, really good, but nothing phenomenal. RDJ and Jude Law's performances were phenomenal though! Definitely worth the money, and I'll get it on DVD. Looks like there's going to be a sequel too.

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 Post subject: Re: Sherlock Holmes
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I saw it and thoroughly enjoyed it. :D Robert Downey Jr. can certainly do good work, and the plot kept me guessing right to the end!

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I will see it soon. It looks as good as Avatar.

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 Post subject: Re: Sherlock Holmes
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Very witty and action-packed

As a fan of the stories, that's what I'm afraid of. Less reclining in armchairs and more kung-fu. Oh well, I expect I'll still see this as Downey is never less than watchable.

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 Post subject: Re: Sherlock Holmes
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Tweedy wrote:
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Very witty and action-packed

As a fan of the stories, that's what I'm afraid of. Less reclining in armchairs and more kung-fu. Oh well, I expect I'll still see this as Downey is never less than watchable.
Yeah, they even said on some talk shows that they moved away from the stories a little bit. Something about not portraying Watson as a bumbling idiot or something along those lines (among other things.)

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PostPosted: January 1st, 2010, 3:07 am 
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Robert Downey Jr.'s performance was amazing.
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I liked how they incorporated his intellect in the fight scenes.
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seeing it in about 4.5 hours actually, hopefully it holds up to the expectations I have.

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 Post subject: Re: Sherlock Holmes
PostPosted: January 2nd, 2010, 11:45 am 
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Awesome film, I loved it.

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 Post subject: Re: Sherlock Holmes
PostPosted: January 4th, 2010, 12:52 pm 
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The movie reminded me of Indiana Jones 4. I loved it as an action movie, but not as a Sherlock Holmes movie.

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Having gone into it with no real expectations/pre-formed opinions since I had never read a Sherlock Holmes story I really enjoyed it. I found myself hoping for a sequel as soon as the movie was over.

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 Post subject: Re: Sherlock Holmes
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The scene where he goes up to the horse and cart in disguise (not going to give any more spoilers than that) was filmed at my university campus :D
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Overall, I really liked the movie. It had some action, yeah, but was still very clever. They paid nice attention to small details and characters more than in many movies nowadays; I'd be disappointed if they didn't with a Sherlock Holmes movie.

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The scene where he goes up to the horse and cart in disguise (not going to give any more spoilers than that) was filmed at my university campus :D


I love when movies have scenes like that. Those type of things were the best part of movie.

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 Post subject: Re: Sherlock Holmes
PostPosted: January 6th, 2010, 8:29 pm 
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Jaron wrote:
Tweedy wrote:
Donut Juice wrote:
Very witty and action-packed

As a fan of the stories, that's what I'm afraid of. Less reclining in armchairs and more kung-fu. Oh well, I expect I'll still see this as Downey is never less than watchable.
Yeah, they even said on some talk shows that they moved away from the stories a little bit. Something about not portraying Watson as a bumbling idiot or something along those lines (among other things.)


Watson wasn't a bumbling idiot in the books... That sounds more like the character that Nigel Bruce played in the old Sherlock Holmes films with Basil Rathbone.

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 Post subject: Re: Sherlock Holmes
PostPosted: January 12th, 2010, 2:50 am 
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Tweedy wrote:
Donut Juice wrote:
Very witty and action-packed

As a fan of the stories, that's what I'm afraid of. Less reclining in armchairs and more kung-fu. Oh well, I expect I'll still see this as Downey is never less than watchable.


It's certainly more modern as to be expected.

It is a good film though, I enjoyed it.

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PostPosted: January 12th, 2010, 7:07 pm 
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I thought it was a pretty cool movie, 9/10. Only thing that caught me was he seemed to talk fast. Overall I thought it was awesome, other than that.

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 Post subject: Re: Sherlock Holmes
PostPosted: January 20th, 2010, 6:45 pm 
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I thought it was a great film also, it was just cool, nothing else for it. I do like all of Guy Ritchie's films anyway though, even the films that weren't so highly rated like 'Revolver' etc.

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Probably one of my favorite films in a while.. Thought it was an all round fantastic film! It held my attention very well, and was quite disappointed when it ended..
Fab' that they left it open for a sequel ;)

Good film - *well* worth watching in the Cinema..

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I've watched about an hour of it tonight & liked the action but I didn't understand a lot of the other characters. Nice fights
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