Look, Up In The Sky, ....

Rating: Null/10 (28 August 2012)

Is there an age limit for modern movies? Or an IQ limit? I thought the first Sherlock Holmes movie was bad, and then I watched "A Game Of Shadows" at a friends house. I must say right up front, I do not like the idea of Holmes and Watson as superheroes who can defy gravity and rational behavior with equal dexterity. I liked the more pedestrian movies of long ago with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in which the two acted normally and solved mysteries.
But there is another component missing from those films, and that is a coherent script. This is not the first modern movie I have seen which lacks continuity and order; it is as though movies nowadays have a schizophrenic quality wherein the plot diverts from reality and descends into periodic madness. Are Hollywood screenwriters now all on drugs, or just some?
Well, enough. I have made my point and I am obviously outnumbered judging by the user ratings. I do think Robert Downey is one of the better actors around nowadays, and Jude Law made a better effort this time. I just long for some indication of the superior workmanship that Hollywood was known for and which began to recede in the mid 70's, approximately after "The Sting", which may be the last great American movie.