Hook line and sinker

Rating: 4/10 (8 July 2012)

The first "Holmes" was well made and hooked us into this travesty. I realize that movie makers think that they have to cater to 14 year olds. We're many times that age and we don't need, fancy special effects to make the movie enjoyable. The first half was merely a video game with the depth of a trout pond. The second actually came alive with some real dialogue and even a dash of substance, like Die Forelle, classical music which madmen have been happy to obsess about since talkies came into being. Then the added Don Giovanni, beautifully staged for more musical color. Not there is anything wrong with Hans Zimmer's score. That was the highlight of this movie. To have such well tuned actors as Law and Downey acting more like Bugs Bunny and Mr Magoo than the real talents they are is sad. And it will probably only get worse. Those of us who enjoy fine acting and a credible plot will simply stop going, leaving the audience to an ever attenuating adolescence which is happy with lots of booms and little brilliant dialogue. Sad.