A Game of Shadows

So guess which movie I finally went to see today!…



Title: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows             Country/Year: USA/ 2011

Genre: Action, Adventure. Crime

Director: Guy Ritchie

Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapance and Jared Harris

Plot:

Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.

Quotes:                                                                               When/Where/With

Dr. John Watson: Oh, how I’ve missed you, Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes: Have you? I’ve barely noticed your absence.

[when Holmes has sedated Gladstone yet again]
Dr. John Watson: How many times are you going to kill my dog?

Sherlock Holmes: [note to Watson] If convenient, come at once. If not convenient, come all the same.

Dr. John Watson: [performing CPR on Holmes] I know you can hear me, you selfish bastard!

Dr. John Watson: How did you know I would find you?
Sherlock Holmes: You didn’t find me, you collapsed a building on me.

Mycroft Holmes: [referring to Watson] You know, he’s nothing like as slow witted as you’ve been leading me to believe, Sherly.

Sherlock Holmes: [lights pipe]
Dr. John Watson: What are we doing down here?
Sherlock Holmes: We are waiting. I am smoking

Dr. John Watson: [as he watches Sherlock drinking embalming fluid] You’re drinking embalming fluid?
Sherlock Holmes: [exhales] Yes, care for a drop?
Dr. John Watson: You do seem…
Sherlock Holmes: Excited?
Dr. John Watson: Manic.
Sherlock Holmes: I am.
Dr. John Watson: Verging on…
Sherlock Holmes: Ecstatic?
Dr. John Watson: Psychotic.
Dr. John Watson: [pause] I should’ve brought you a sedative.

[from trailer]Sherlock Holmes: [looks at Watson’s gun] Get that out of my face.
Dr. John Watson: It’s not in your face; it’s in my hand.
Sherlock Holmes: Get what’s in your hand out of my face!

Opinion:

It was very exciting and I’ve been looking forward to seeing it ever since I watched the first movie during the summer (yes I know it came out in 2009) I personally loved it. Not as fast paced as the first one, but still pretty good. It seemed to drag out more than the first one and to be honest I kind of zoned out at moments due to all the dialogue and lack of ass kicking duo-ness. About 3/4 of the way through it started to pick up. I think it’s because it was back to the whole Sherlock and Watson dynamic duo. Overall it was good and I would recommend people to watch and I look forward to being able to watch it again to fully understand the beginning part. Plus it was hilarious, the addition with Sherlock’s brother was too funny, I love how he calls him Sherly.  I’m sad that the last quote didn’t make the movie =[