Better than the First

Rating: 8/10 (23 February 2012)

I haven't seen the first Sherlock Holmes in a while, I bought it as a blind buy and when I watched it, I thought it was pretty good, but stopped short of greatness. I just thought that the villain was kind of lame, I mean we knew who he was, and it seemed that he was not smart enough for Holmes. This film fixes that, it is way more interesting this time to see Holmes try to outwit him, because Professor Moriarty is pretty much Holmes equal.
Everything that I liked in the first Sherlock Holmes movie is present here. The best part being the chemistry between Holmes and Watson, Downey Jr. and Law must have known each other all there lives, because they have some of the best on screen chemistry I've seen in a film. The action scenes are fun, although one of my problems is that director Guy Richie uses way too many slow motion shots, and shows way too much. However the comedy almost never misses, this is one of the funniest movies I saw from last year. Robert Downey Jr. steals the show, he is now one of my favorite actors, and the Sherlock Holmes character is one of my favorite movie characters. The film always keeps you guessing as to how Holmes will escape, and when it ends, I had a huge grin on my face because of how brilliant it was.
Like I said, the action scenes can be annoyng at times and there are a few boring parts, and Watson's wife seemed entirely pointless and just slowed the movie down, but I enjoyed this film, and I await a third movie.