my review of sherlock holmes 2 a game of shadows

Rating: 8/10 (2 January 2012)

Sherlock Holmes 2 A Game of Shadows The sequel to Sherlock Holmes has more pizazz and atrocious slow motion camera shots then any film this year. The story is a coherent one but the action sequences slow it down. Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriaty, a genius mathematician who wrote the book The Astronomicals of an Asteroid are common enemies. Professor Moriaty distract Sherlock Holmes evidential and clueless mind while building ant-Christ missiles and bombs in a abandoned stockyard. While Holmes is busy with talking to a fortune teller/gyspy played by Noami Roapooce, Dr. Watson is getting married and enjoying his honeymoon with his beloved wife. But soon Sherlock Holmes invades Dr. Watson's life by meeting with him intensively on the train and throwing Watson's wife off a bridge to catch up with his brother Mycroft Holmes who is setting up a summit auction party in Switzerland. But for Watson's wife, he is embarrassed to be around Mycroft Holmes because he is in the nude. Robert Downey Jr.'s accent is great. Even Jude Law portraying Dr. John Watson is fun. I have no problem with the art direction. It is gorgeous in 1891. You have London, Paris, Switzerland, Berlin and Scotland. It sets the mood for a Sherlock Holmes story. The problem is the action sequences. For a young audience Sherlock Holmes goes from a detective having fun with clues and spy games in the first half of the movie to a elite stone cold action hero in the end. The slow-mo scenes are in every corner. It reminded me of the Matrix Reloaded or a PC computer game. The editing is way off in the sequel and the original score is the same from the first movie 2 years ago. No new piece of music. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows has it's flaws but it is still a quirky film with humorous and naughty moments to pleasurable movie entertainment. If you want a film that really is like the Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories go back and re watch the films from the mid-40's or early seventies PBS Mysteries that reinvented the Holmes character as he is in the book, a clueless detective looking for mystery. Robert Downey Jr. is the right choice for portraying Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law is reliable as the infamous Dr. John Watson. But except this one to be more marveled than the classic mysteries of the past.