SHERLOCK HOLMES Film Review - 11/2/10

In this amusing romp through a suitably gothic London set in the 1800's we get another go at the Sherlock Holmes & Watson mythos this time with a pseudo homo-erotic flavour to their relationship? Into the mix we also get the villainous Lord Blackwood a Mason dabbling in Black Magic and using that new-fangled 'science' to cook up a devilish scheme. Elsewhere in the background we see stirrings of Professor Moriarty (Obviously being lined up for the sequel if this does well?) I was suitably impressed with all the attention to detail particularly the half-finished Tower Bridge that was in the stages of being built across the Thames and features at the end - Unfortunately I cannot say I was happy with the way the film was actually laid out with a lot of unnecessary explaining and re-running over facts sequences that really started to irritate. You don't need a film to obscure detail but then again you don't have to lay it on so thick either!

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