It's my honeymoon!
Dec. 18th, 2011 05:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
januarI went and saw Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows this afternoon.
MYCROFT. Stephen Fry, I love you so frickin' much. He calls Sherlock 'Shirley'! Or maybe 'Sherlie', not sure on the spelling. But still! Sherlie! And the whole scene with Mary! Not a stitch of clothing on, and not a care in the world! Poor Mary. I, on the other hand, was cracking up almost through that whole scene. If they make another movie, I hope Mycroft returns. If not, I would be greatly disappointed.
I'm so sad they killed off Irene! As soon as Moriarty said he had no more use of her, I was thinking, 'Oh no! Is he going to kill her?' And he did. Woe.
We did get to see more of Mary, who is awesome. Holding that gun and telling Watson to open the door? Wonderful. Plus decoding the book and well, being awesome. And yes, Mary, Holmes would invite himself along.
Which brings us to Holmes/Watson. WOW, was the subtext (if it's so heavy, are we allowed to call it text?) heavy. On the train ("Lie down with me"), at the summit ("I thought you'd never ask" and then them DANCING TOGETHER). JL and RDJ make such a great team. Boys, I love your Holmes and Watson so much. Keep up the subtext. (By the way, when Holmes sends Watson the oxygen machine, at first I couldn't tell what it was. All I saw was something very, um, phallic looking.)
Holmes and Moriarty. Both of them predicting the fight between? Maybe the best scene in the movie. Then Holmes changes the plan, and they both go over the balcony and fall to their deaths. AAAAAAAAAAAAH. But of course that's how you take out Moriarty, that's what happened in the books: Switzerland, waterfall, falling to death. But this is Holmes we're talking about. We already had one Sherlock death fake-out in the movie, we just need another.
Other random little things:
- Sherlock on the pony!
- Urban camouflage suit!
- Watson using the big ass gun against the sniper!
- The scene in the woods was totally made for a 3-D viewing of the movie.
- Oh, cool. Noomi Rapace, who played Sim, is actually of Roma descent on her father's side.
Final judgement: better than the first? Mm, not sure. But it was awesome, none the less.
MYCROFT. Stephen Fry, I love you so frickin' much. He calls Sherlock 'Shirley'! Or maybe 'Sherlie', not sure on the spelling. But still! Sherlie! And the whole scene with Mary! Not a stitch of clothing on, and not a care in the world! Poor Mary. I, on the other hand, was cracking up almost through that whole scene. If they make another movie, I hope Mycroft returns. If not, I would be greatly disappointed.
I'm so sad they killed off Irene! As soon as Moriarty said he had no more use of her, I was thinking, 'Oh no! Is he going to kill her?' And he did. Woe.
We did get to see more of Mary, who is awesome. Holding that gun and telling Watson to open the door? Wonderful. Plus decoding the book and well, being awesome. And yes, Mary, Holmes would invite himself along.
Which brings us to Holmes/Watson. WOW, was the subtext (if it's so heavy, are we allowed to call it text?) heavy. On the train ("Lie down with me"), at the summit ("I thought you'd never ask" and then them DANCING TOGETHER). JL and RDJ make such a great team. Boys, I love your Holmes and Watson so much. Keep up the subtext. (By the way, when Holmes sends Watson the oxygen machine, at first I couldn't tell what it was. All I saw was something very, um, phallic looking.)
Holmes and Moriarty. Both of them predicting the fight between? Maybe the best scene in the movie. Then Holmes changes the plan, and they both go over the balcony and fall to their deaths. AAAAAAAAAAAAH. But of course that's how you take out Moriarty, that's what happened in the books: Switzerland, waterfall, falling to death. But this is Holmes we're talking about. We already had one Sherlock death fake-out in the movie, we just need another.
Other random little things:
- Sherlock on the pony!
- Urban camouflage suit!
- Watson using the big ass gun against the sniper!
- The scene in the woods was totally made for a 3-D viewing of the movie.
- Oh, cool. Noomi Rapace, who played Sim, is actually of Roma descent on her father's side.
Final judgement: better than the first? Mm, not sure. But it was awesome, none the less.
