I don’t know why more people aren’t talking about the Sherlock Holmes flick? Director GUY RITCHIE merc’ks this joint. Robert Downey Jr. continues his white hot streak. Jude Law is on some high level co-star shit. The movie just deserves a lot more acclaim.
Ritchie has made some indie cult classic shit with a relative ‘zero’ budget in Hollywood terms so the jury was undecided on whether or not he could craft a flick with the mass appeal. I think this is his best film to date. All the elements that have made Ritchie’s films so damn entertaining are contained in Sherlock Holmes.
Wordplay. Ritchie’s writers are surgical with the pen when it comes to the details. Downey Jr. and Law’s rapport is classic English gentlemen wry wit. I’m not talking about some staid plaid and tweed tee-totaling bullshit either. These two characters go inside and outside of the law to get it done. The action sequences have Ritchie’s trademark slow-stop-motion close up karate chop leg breaking efficiency. I wish Ritchie were directing the action sequences for the new Batman films because his style is that good.
Fux the hyperbole! Go see Sherlock Holmes and if you tell me that shit ain’t tha’ sheet I will refund your ticket.
*fingers crossed behind back
