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Sep 12, 2010 - 11:53 PM
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DeputyRiley
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Sherlock Holmes (2009) -- 5/10
Well, I'm at a loss. A measured 50% of me enjoyed the movie (Downey Jr., Jude Law, Holmes and Watson's repartee, Zimmer's awesome music, great visuals and period details) but 50% of me couldn't connect with the film. I can't really say why my rating doesn't exceed a 5/10, I guess I really admire the skill and artistry put into the production of the film, but storywise I simply wasn't that impressed or engaged. Rachel McAdams, as appealing as she most certainly is, didn't enhance much as the female lead, and Mark Strong as the villain was exceedingly dull. I guess it all boils down to this: the movie was exciting, but not very exciting, the movie was amusing but not very amusing, the movie was original...well, it was very original, but its prominent originality wasn't appealing enough to win me over. I'll have to rewatch this film a few months from now...perhaps then I'll gain a bit more perspective on my appreciation (or lack thereof) regarding the film.
Side note: what's the name of the actor who portrayed the main police officer with the red hair and mustache? The one that jokes that his wife is a chambermaid? He was quite good.
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Sep 13, 2010 - 8:26 AM
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BobJ
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Sherlock Holmes (2009) -- 5/10
Well, I'm at a loss. A measured 50% of me enjoyed the movie (Downey Jr., Jude Law, Holmes and Watson's repartee, Zimmer's awesome music, great visuals and period details) but 50% of me couldn't connect with the film. I can't really say why my rating doesn't exceed a 5/10, I guess I really admire the skill and artistry put into the production of the film, but storywise I simply wasn't that impressed or engaged. Rachel McAdams, as appealing as she most certainly is, didn't enhance much as the female lead, and Mark Strong as the villain was exceedingly dull. I guess it all boils down to this: the movie was exciting, but not very exciting, the movie was amusing but not very amusing, the movie was original...well, it was very original, but its prominent originality wasn't appealing enough to win me over. I'll have to rewatch this film a few months from now...perhaps then I'll gain a bit more perspective on my appreciation (or lack thereof) regarding the film.
Side note: what's the name of the actor who portrayed the main police officer with the red hair and mustache? The one that jokes that his wife is a chambermaid? He was quite good.
Being a ridiculously obsessed Holmes fan in general I couldn't wait for this film. But I also found it lacking. My first issue is the pacing of the film. It just moves too quick with little to no time for us to really get to know these characters. Second, this is one of the rare scores I enjoyed by Zimmer. However, I was sick of it by the half way point as it repeated itself far too often. Storywise, the scene where Holmes performs a satanic ritual just didn't make any sense. I wasn't offended because I knew Holmes wasn't doing this to worship satan or anything, but the idea of why he was doing it just wasn't sound enough.
It's an enjoyable movie, just not a great one. I would give it 6/10 for the amazing performances.
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Sep 13, 2010 - 9:50 PM
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DeputyRiley
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Watchmen (2009) -- 2/10
Eh, no good. I really tried to make it through the whole thing, I made it to the 131-minute mark, but life is just too short to watch a 3 hour movie that you aren't liking. Very self-indulgent, I didn't care for any of the characters, I was turned off by the gratuitous violence (and a laughable sex scene)...granted I haven't read the graphic novel but that doesn't really matter, I just couldn't get into this one...
Though the violence didn't bother me, I otherwise felt the same way. Though I felt Jackie Earl Haley was great as Rorshach.
Yes, Jackie Earl Haley was great. For another great Jackie Earl Haley/Patrick Wilson pairing (although much darker) check out Little Children, a very fine film.
I really want to give a shout out to Jeffrey Dean Morgan, too, although his talents were wasted in Watchmen. I was in love with his performance as John Winchester on Supernatural (one of the coolest shows ever btw).
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Sep 13, 2010 - 11:20 PM
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Michaelware
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I didn't like Watchmen either. Cheesy nihilism. It says, you deserve this. I liked the book, but it seemed more like a warning against insane beliefs and people willing to carry them out like in Dr Strangelove. I really don't think the movie is sophisticated enough to catch the feeling, or it deliberately turns it on it's head and gives us the opposite meaning by endorsing negativity. Um, yeah, I know all people in the world do not agree with this statement. The movie had it's moments though.
About the violence - it just seemed trendy to me. Like porn. In the days of classic filmmakers like Peckinpah and De Palma, Carpenter etc, such acts were seen as horrific and painful and were terrible things that happened to people we identified with, and those who used them had consequences. The type of film popular now (Death Proof, Inlglourious Basterds, Hostel, Saw) uses cheap violence and sadism as the point in itself, we laugh and invite those values inside and then movies change their normal values. On another level we're attracted because it's in us too. Or not. Just typing.
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