Trailer
Cast
Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes
Jude Law Doctor John Watson
Rachel McAdams Irene Adler
Mark Strong Lord Henry Blackwood
Eddie Marsan Lieutenant Lestrade
Plot
Crime in London and the brilliant Sherlock Holmes is called to the case. He stops a ritual murder and catches a criminal. This criminal, Lord Blackworth, is sentenced to death but insists on talking to Holmes before the hanging. Things get weird after the hanging (rising from the dead, a dead redheaded dwarf, chemistry, dark magic, etc). Can Holmes solve the case before the country falls?
Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.
3/5 - Where to start? It took me two times to be able to fully watch and critique this movie. I'm not joking. Mr. Downey Jr is wonderful in this movie but it was over my head. The stuff is all explained at the end, like a typical Sherlock Holmes tale does, but I had a hard time keeping up the first round.
The first time I watched this, I was very disappointed in the movie. Irene, Watson's fiance and the chambermaid that finds Holmes locked up make women look terrible. Like, to the point of either women are weak and stupid, victims of the criminals or just flavor added to the storyline. I understand that the Holmes stories didn't focus on women because this was before the women's rights movement but... That was the main reason I had issues with the movie. Irene was so much of a distraction that I couldn't focus on the plotline! Okay, I get it that she was there to distract Holmes, which didn't work (spoilers but it is Holmes!), but it did distract me.
I couldn't understand the plotline through the first round but the end told how the plot worked, so the second time made more sense. The second time through, the women were merely additions to the story but still Irene was there to distract. The other women (Watson's fiance and the chambermaid) were low priority but at least Watson's fiance tried to keep Holmes on the case.
Plotline after the second viewing made sense and yet it takes a lot to catch it. Dark magic? Not so much. More of using chemistry to cause an illusion of magic, which is caught by Holmes of course.
This movie is complex to the point of I'm just going to shrug and tell you that if you like mystery and whodunnit and inspector movies, try it but don't be surprised if you can't understand it the first try. If you can, I congratulate you! Otherwise, this might not be the best movie for you. Not suggested for children, but with supervision might be okay for children? Violence, magic, death/murder, etc is all over this movie so it is up to your discretion.
Oh, music soundtrack of this movie is WONDERFUL! I highly recommend listening to at least the music of this movie.
YouTube Sherlock Holmes 2009 Soundtrack List
Thanks for reading my review! More reviews to come eventually, including Thor: Dark World (2013), Dream House (2011), and Geostorm (2017).
~ Gracie DeLunac
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