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sherlock holmes: a game of shadows
10 Jan 2012 11:01 pmThe second installment of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes has all of the shortcomings of the original, but bigger and louder.
The Sherlock and Dr Watson is hugely entertaining to watch, thanks to excellent camaraderie (and dare I say...chemistry) between RDJ and Jude Law, but they have now become so far removed from the original they might as well rename the franchise.
I remember complaining about the cyanide gas antidote and the copper-based skin-absorbed toxin last time, but the medical travesties this time are so bad that the scriptwriter should be kicked for not doing an ounce of research.
On the one hand I should commend Dr Watson for his rudimentary effort at chest compressions and praecordial thump (three thumps, in fact XD) although clearly he wasn't doing it correctly since he didn't break any ribs (oi). The adrenaline syringe was a nice touch. The curare poisoning was another nice touch.
Unfortunately all these nice touches were marred by starting the movie on the wrong foot. Honestly...couldn't they have gone for a common simple ingested poison rather than making one up? Like oh...I don't know, CYANIDE, like in the last movie??
"A rare form of tuberculosis that kills in seconds", are you serious? =____________=
Why this is stupid:
1) Mycobacteria is a bacteria that has a particularly slow replication process. Most bacterial cultures are positive by 48 hours (the vast majority postive long before then), but TB cultures have to be grown for at least 2 months before they can be declared negative.
2) TB is airborne transmission and very rarely causes infection when ingested. AND WHY THE HELL ARE YOU SNIFFING HER COUGHED UP BLOOD, SHERLOCK.
3) Even if it is a rare mutated form that replicates quickly (for reference, life cycle of E. Coli is 20 minutes), there is no way an infection can kill within seconds =___= It's just not logically possible. It's like saying introducing 100 termites will destroy a house in perfectly good condition in hours.
Other than that, it is an enjoyable action film. RDJ's British accent has improved enough that I can understand him most of the time. Noomi Rapace's English was much crisper than I hoped, but unfortunately her character was forgettable.
The final showdown between Professor Moriarty and Holmes was a bit of a letdown. The logic of how he manufactured Moriarty's downfall was forced and circumstantial (what if Moriarty kept Holmes bound? Would he have been able to switch the notebook?)
But the look in RDJ's eyes just before he jumped and the look in Jude Law's eyes just after he did...were so awesome that I can't wait until The Avengers ♥
Oh, and I'm glad that Ritchie made the decision to dump 3D.
The Sherlock and Dr Watson is hugely entertaining to watch, thanks to excellent camaraderie (and dare I say...chemistry) between RDJ and Jude Law, but they have now become so far removed from the original they might as well rename the franchise.
I remember complaining about the cyanide gas antidote and the copper-based skin-absorbed toxin last time, but the medical travesties this time are so bad that the scriptwriter should be kicked for not doing an ounce of research.
On the one hand I should commend Dr Watson for his rudimentary effort at chest compressions and praecordial thump (three thumps, in fact XD) although clearly he wasn't doing it correctly since he didn't break any ribs (oi). The adrenaline syringe was a nice touch. The curare poisoning was another nice touch.
Unfortunately all these nice touches were marred by starting the movie on the wrong foot. Honestly...couldn't they have gone for a common simple ingested poison rather than making one up? Like oh...I don't know, CYANIDE, like in the last movie??
"A rare form of tuberculosis that kills in seconds", are you serious? =____________=
Why this is stupid:
1) Mycobacteria is a bacteria that has a particularly slow replication process. Most bacterial cultures are positive by 48 hours (the vast majority postive long before then), but TB cultures have to be grown for at least 2 months before they can be declared negative.
2) TB is airborne transmission and very rarely causes infection when ingested. AND WHY THE HELL ARE YOU SNIFFING HER COUGHED UP BLOOD, SHERLOCK.
3) Even if it is a rare mutated form that replicates quickly (for reference, life cycle of E. Coli is 20 minutes), there is no way an infection can kill within seconds =___= It's just not logically possible. It's like saying introducing 100 termites will destroy a house in perfectly good condition in hours.
Other than that, it is an enjoyable action film. RDJ's British accent has improved enough that I can understand him most of the time. Noomi Rapace's English was much crisper than I hoped, but unfortunately her character was forgettable.
The final showdown between Professor Moriarty and Holmes was a bit of a letdown. The logic of how he manufactured Moriarty's downfall was forced and circumstantial (what if Moriarty kept Holmes bound? Would he have been able to switch the notebook?)
But the look in RDJ's eyes just before he jumped and the look in Jude Law's eyes just after he did...were so awesome that I can't wait until The Avengers ♥
Oh, and I'm glad that Ritchie made the decision to dump 3D.
