Review:
Sherlock Holmes
(Movie - 2009)
by P. Kristen Enos
(Originally posted Jan 17, '10.)
What It's About:
The latest
interpretation of the Sherlock Holmes universe with
Robert Downey, Jr. as the detective and Jude Law as
the doctor.
My Real Thoughts On It:
I only went to see it
'cuz gay guy best friend wanted to see Robert
Downey, Jr. shirtless, and I figured it would be a
somewhat intelligent and entertaining couple of
hours.
The movie definitely
lived up to expectations of a very action-oriented,
male-buddy movie with both men having their
independent female problems. My only real
criticism about it is that while I really like
Robert Downey, Jr. as an actor, his portrayals tend
to be A LOT "Robert Downey, Jr." and not as
important to be the actual interpretation of the
character. (I think "Iron Man" suffers from
the same thing.) But he's entertaining if
you're comfortable with that expectation.
Now, there is also an
obvious tone in the movie that more than once
explores the unusually... "close" behavior of the
men. With many scenes and conversations that
could only be viewed as "domestic". So when I
expected to be completely passive in my viewing of
the movie, I had to admit my eyebrows were raised
more than once in those moments. But even with
that, I'm not sure I would willingly see it again.
Once was enough.
Oh, and uber-macho
fans can be comforted that the two men do a lot of
beating people to a pulp. So they can view
view those moments as two men who
just don't know how to express basic care and
affection... if they're desperate for a
completely
straight interpretation. (cough)
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