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Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England. |
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Oscar Flashback: Sherlock Holmes (2009)
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Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert!Recommended for my viewing pleasure by my sister was Sherlock Holmes, for which Hans Zimmer was nominated for the Best Original Score Oscar and for which Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer were nominated for the Best Art Direction Oscar (film year, 2009; awarding year, 2010). The other nominees in these categories were:
Best Original Score
Up (Winner)*
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Best Art Direction
Avatar (Winner)
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Nine*
The Young Victoria
Apparently, my sister loved the good detective's newest revamp so much, she purchased it for herself, and just as I was walking in on Easter Sunday to my family's humble abode, my dad was popping it into the DVD player for his own amusement. So, opportunist that I am, I jumped right into the easy chair and partook of the visual appetizer to Easter dinner. It's elementary, really. (And, yes, I will be tossing that line out a few times during this review, I'd wager).
In this latest incarnation, Robert Downey, Jr. plays the good detective, and Jude Law portrays his begrudging assistant Dr. Watson. Directed by Guy Ritchie (ex Mr. Madonna), the film opens to Holmes, eccentric inventor and private investigator extraordinaire, down on his luck and in need of a good case. Fortunately, he and Watson are turned onto the murders of several poor souls, including the threat to a young woman, by someone calling himself Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong), a seeming trafficker in the black arts. Holmes manages to stage the capture of Blackwood, but while in prison, Blackwood warns Holmes of three more impending deaths that will change the world. Blackwood is hung and later pronou...
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reviewed by Pippin2010 (Filmaster.com) on the 30th of May 2010
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Without expecting much I actually really enjoyed this. The action is spot-on and it pays just enough reverence to the source material without being a straight-ahead adaptation. I await the obvious sequel with some anticipation.