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SHERLOCK HOLMES - REVIEW

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It's doubtful that many shared Guy Ritchie's pumped up vision of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic sleuth, and after films like  Swept Away  as well as unflattering reshoots which delayed the film's release, Guy's Sherlock Holmes wasn't looking good. On many accounts, what was expected (and somewhat feared) is indeed present, with Sherlock and Watson busting bad guy butt like a James Bond and John McClane team-up and of course numerous silly, overblown moments.  That aside, one can't deny that this Sherlock Holmes is a lot of fun. No matter what its flaws are, this is good old fashioned Hollywood nonsense: it's stylish, very engaging, clever, silly and works both as a detective story and a buddy comedy. Law makes a fine Watson and Downey Jr is appropriately charming ( if a little short) and makes an entertaining Holmes. Rachel McAdams also offers fine support and gloriously manages to avoid being the usual annoying, thrown-in-as-a-love-interest-for-the-

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS - REVIEW

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Before Guy Ritchie's original Sherlock Holmes came out I was as sceptical as can be. It looked absurd and I just couldn't understand how anyone could picture Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character in this way. Holmes and Watson physically kicking butt like a couple of badasses? I didn't get it. Then I saw the film and, against my own will, enjoyed it enormously. Sure it was ridiculous and very silly throughout... but in a good way! Clearly Ritchie and the gang were having a ball making their own balls-to-the-wall macho version of the iconic sluth and it showed. No doubt die hard fans of Sherlock around the world were facepalming their way through it but it's hard to deny how trashily entertaining it was. Besides, the Jude Law/Robert Downey Jr. team-up worked perfectly and the relationship between these guys saved the movie from being just a clusterfuck of kicks, punches, oofs! and arghs!. Now here comes the sequel: same director, same cast (with fresh additions)