Sunday afternoon: what can be better than dinner and a movie?
This first part: the movie – the 2009 Sherlock Holmes directed by Guy Ritchie.
We thought we should try a new cinema: Cinema Pro, a one-screen theatre situated near University Place. Besides the good location it also offers pretty comfortable seats and decent sound and image quality. But I digress…
The movie itself: not that great. I totally agree with the film critics that said that if it wasn’t for Robert Downey’s performance the movie would have failed. Maybe I’m a little bit conservative but I like my Sherlock Holmes old-fashioned, keeping its inner mental problems for himself and being more preoccupied to solve the case.
As for Watson, I think he should have been a little more contoured as a character, with a little bit more personality.
Maybe it was Guy Ritchie’s style that didn’t match this sort of story but I must say the plot itself wasn’t a masterpiece either: a few bad characters that try to take over the world using the black magic façade to manipulate the ordinary people. When you’re thinking Sherlock Holmes you’re thinking wits, deduction, and anticipation. The movie had all this but in smaller proportion compared with the fight scenes (that remind one of scenes in Fight Club).
In my humble opinion if you take away a few of the fight shots, add more witty deductions and keep the performances of the male actors you could have a better version of the movie. But, then again, if you change all these you’ll get another classic Sherlock Holmes movie. So I guess it’s up to what you’re expecting.
On a scale from 1 to 10 I would give this movie a 7 at most.
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