Sherlock Holmes

Who would Lg ally review have thought Metoprolol er Zantac during pregnancy 25 mg that Robert Hctz lisinopril Downey Jr. would become one of my favorite actors?  And only after two recent movies.  Iron Man and now Sherlock Holmes.  Of course I have seen him in other movies but it is these two recent ones that make him stand out in my mind.  It is the way he plays his characters and delivers his dialog.  He really sinks into the character.  And he does it again in Sherlock Holmes.

But this isn’t a Robert Downey Jr. review, this is a Sherlock Holmes review.  What about the other actors?  Jude Law played a wonderful Watson.  Rachael McAdams was good but not great.  I enjoyed Mark Strong as Lord Blackwell.  His wardrobe really fit the dark disturbing character he played.  This leads me into the next piece of the movie I want to talk about.

The feel of the movie was great.  London was wonderfully, dark, gritty, and real feeling.  As mentioned before the wardrobe was really good.  The soundtrack was unique and amazing as is the usual for Hans Zimmer and really added to the movie.  Let me also note that there are some genius camera shots.

I read some reviews of Sherlock Holmes that criticized it for being focused too much on action.  It definitely had a good amount of action but I think that it was also a very good mystery movie.  Holmes is depicted as a logical quick thinker who can take action when he needs to.  Even during the fights the movie makes it clear that Holmes is logically thinking through what he is doing.  This is done in a very unique and entertaining way.

I enjoy movies that have a big reveal at the end provided that it is backed up very well by the rest of the movie.  The Prestige is a great example of one I liked a lot.  Sherlock Holmes does this very well.  I never could quite predict what was going to happen next but in the end it wraps up very nicely.  I always felt that Holmes was one step ahead of me.  This is the kind of movie that you watch the first time for the ending and the second time to pick up all the details that you missed the first go around.  Sherlock Holmes worked great on first viewing.  We will see how it performs the second.

Was the movie perfect?  Probably not.  But it knew its strengths and focused on them to the point that it hid any weaknesses had.  We will see how it holds up on the second viewing because I definitely want to see it again.

Note to Parents: There is a spoiler ahead.  Just fair warning. The movie is rated PG-13 for a little language, violence and a couple awkward scenes.  Nothing explicit is shown during a clothes changing scene and Holmes wakes up naked in a bed but he is covered and the scene is brief.

The only other thing I think would be a good topic of discussion for parents to have with their kids about is the use of the occult in the movie.  The bad guy in the movie uses magic gained through occult ceremonies to obtain his goals.  At the end of the movie it is all shown to be a fake but I still think that this is good discussion material.  At a follower in Christ I do believe that there is spiritual evil out there.  The real deal is not fake and we need to be aware of that as Christians.  Don’t use its inclusion in the movie as a reason to skip the movie.  Instead use it as a teaching opportunity to talk to your kids about the reality of spiritual evil in the world.