
Wow! I was blown away how NOT good this movie is. It’s defies all belief, as it seemingly had everything going right for it, but ultimately ends up turning into a turd sandwich. Great Cast and brilliant director (Guy Richie), but sadly it never get its shit together. Its only redeeming factors is when Sherlock Holmes beats the shit out of people in a cool, stylized super slow-mo (similar to the fight scenes in SNATCH), which is pretty awesome, but for some reason they stop doing it after the 2nd fight scene, to he films detriment. The Plot is a shit. I couldn’t really follow the story, because it’s so convolutued and too cleverly stupid. Shut up already, and beat up more people in slow motion. I generally like Robert Downey Jr. but he plays Sherlock Holmes like an unlikeable James Bond. Instead of being charming and incorrigible, Sherlock Holmes is more or less a cunty asshole you want to choke out (think: Kanye West).
The story comes together in the end, but by then I found I didn’t care too much. The Sherlock Holmes B story , the love affair with the femme fatal is pretty cliché ,but give a need distraction from how shitty and weak the central story is. It’s a lot better than his chemistry between Watson and Holmes, which unconvincing and poor. The villain is also totally un-engaging, and his stupid scheme for a power grab and world domination is quite unbelievably cartoonish to the point of being just plain retarded. Guy Ritchie should stick to what he knows, and make Snatch 2.
THE GOOD: A few cool fight scenes were Robert Downey Jr. beats the shit out thugs in slow motions.
THE BAD: Everything else. This move is NOT good! They even shamelessly set the movie up for an un-warranted sequel. Why?
VERDICT: AVOID…just youtube the fight scenes. This movie is NOT worth renting.
