http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2010/07/15/late-to-the-game-sherlock-holmes/ Appreciation and Criticism of Cinema Through Heartland Eyes Tue, 22 May 2012 06:05:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2010/07/15/late-to-the-game-sherlock-holmes/comment-page-1/#comment-37087 Sam Juliano Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:27:52 +0000 http://gatewaycinephiles.com/2010/07/15/late-to-the-game-sherlock-holmes/#comment-37087 No question that Zimmer's score (by the way he also wrote a superb one for the new Christopher Nolan film, INCEPTION)was superb, as was that stunning art direction, but I found this otherwise bombastic film a violation of the subtleties we associate with Sherlock Holmes, and while Downey was excellent, this pyro-techic mess grew wearisome after the first third. Well, that was my take anyway. No question that Zimmer’s score (by the way he also wrote a superb one for the new Christopher Nolan film, INCEPTION)was superb, as was that stunning art direction, but I found this otherwise bombastic film a violation of the subtleties we associate with Sherlock Holmes, and while Downey was excellent, this pyro-techic mess grew wearisome after the first third. Well, that was my take anyway.

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