What Happened to Technicolor?

Rating: 5/10 (8 February 2013)

There are two mindsets. Modernization and Traditional. This series is without doubt, for mostly monetary and not literary concerns, determined to the former. That said it will depend on your tolerance for tweaking, or maybe a complete makeover would be more accurate, of the beloved characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
This is first and for the most part an action movie with Holmes keen mind and "curse" for observational retainment, rendered as hyper-kinetic dialog and visual flairs. Even the story is compressed for this modernization and is confusing.
There is also that "new" look of steel blue, gray, and shine that one can only believe is somehow a subconscious feel for the cold and soulless 21st century. What happened to Technicolor? Isn't anything lush anymore? Is this what the Movie goers of today really want to see on a big screen and in 3D no less? There really is no excuse for this lifeless, anemic look.
Anyway, here it is and it is here to stay and you the viewer are the lesser for it. This is today's Holmes and Watson, for better or worse and if you look at the box-office receipts it is unlikely to change.