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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 354175" data-attributes="member: 23">Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows (2011)

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Even though they sound contradictory, I actually agree with both these comments.Like its predecessor A Game Of Shadows is a well-made and fun film, but I would have greatly preferred it if they&#039;d made exactly the same film but without any reference to the world of Holmes and Watson. They could have done a Kingsman and included references that pleased those familiar with Holmes without going all the way and risking pleasing nobody by fouling the nest (I&#039;m sure the Kingsman films would have been far less well-received by purists if the main character were named James Bond and had colleagues named M and Q, etc.). Watching A Game Of Shadows, I realised that the character played by Robert Downey Jr. feels far more akin to Peter Sellers&#039;s Clouseau than he does Holmes. Much of the time he&#039;s a bumbling, wildly eccentric object that the audience laughs at rather than with. Underneath it all he&#039;s practically a superhero with his ability to strategise given a Hollywood makeover and manifesting itself in a very physical way complete with special effects . It&#039;s an odd combination. Fascinating to watch, but a million miles from the way I envisage Holmes. It&#039;s a little difficult to get past and I realise that the Holmes iconography is actually weighing the film down, which isn&#039;t the way it should be. Once again, Jude Law&#039;s contemporary RP felt wrong. With Rachel McAdams&#039;s role mercifully greatly reduced, Kelly Reilly was the biggest offender on the vocal fry front. Everyone spoke using contractions (&quot;I&#039;m&quot; for &quot;I am&quot;, etc.) and McAdams gave it the double-whammy by using a contraction that was also most ungrammatical when she said &quot;There&#039;s two of you&quot;.As a Sherlock Holmes film I&#039;d advise anyone to steer clear. But if you&#039;re after an action-adventure with comedy, fun character interactions and nice period location work from around Europe you could do a lot worse than watch.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 354175, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows [/SIZE][/B](2011) [IMG width="842px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fd0%2F8c%2F2e%2Fd08c2ea9f6b3d5048bca8be1854a98ce.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=7fc6d9927a01b6c384636a693be6ae2c1bf1cabe05edc8eb4c6b622c06114cd8&ipo=images[/IMG] [/CENTER] Even though they sound contradictory, I actually agree with both these comments. Like its predecessor [I]A Game Of Shadows[/I] is a well-made and fun film, but I would have greatly preferred it if they'd made exactly the same film but without any reference to the world of Holmes and Watson. They could have done a [I]Kingsman[/I] and included references that pleased those familiar with Holmes without going all the way and risking pleasing nobody by fouling the nest (I'm sure the [I]Kingsman[/I] films would have been far less well-received by purists if the main character were named James Bond and had colleagues named M and Q, etc.). Watching [I]A Game Of Shadows[/I], I realised that the character played by Robert Downey Jr. feels far more akin to Peter Sellers's Clouseau than he does Holmes. Much of the time he's a bumbling, wildly eccentric object that the audience laughs at rather than with. Underneath it all he's practically a superhero with his ability to strategise given a Hollywood makeover and manifesting itself in a very physical way complete with special effects . It's an odd combination. Fascinating to watch, but a million miles from the way I envisage Holmes. It's a little difficult to get past and I realise that the Holmes iconography is actually weighing the film down, which isn't the way it should be. Once again, Jude Law's contemporary RP felt wrong. With Rachel McAdams's role mercifully greatly reduced, Kelly Reilly was the biggest offender on the vocal fry front. Everyone spoke using contractions ("I'm" for "I am", etc.) and McAdams gave it the double-whammy by using a contraction that was also most ungrammatical when she said "There's two of you". As a Sherlock Holmes film I'd advise anyone to steer clear. But if you're after an action-adventure with comedy, fun character interactions and nice period location work from around Europe you could do a lot worse than watch. [/QUOTE]

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