SHERLOCK HOLMES

Guy's review...

A much needed reboot of a British classic that has been kicked around for many, many years. This time Hollywood shows up to the rescue. I would never say this about Hollywood usually, but this time they did something good. They thought twice this time and got a great British director (Richie) to put his teeth into the project. I heard that people complained about what they did to Holmes and I have to admit that I did at one point in the movie as well. Just let go and go for the ride it's a lot of fun.

Law and Downey have great chemistry and Mark Strong plays villains really well. They could have had a better bad guy but I guess they can save that for number two. There will be a number two for sure cause solving mysteries hasn't been this fun since "Raiders".

I'm not gonna go into story line that much, but the basic plot is that people are dying and Holmes needs to solve it. The problem I had with this is that at one point in the movie Watson and Holmes find the baddies' lab. In this lab, Holmes gets all the clues he needs to solve the case. This is in minute 30. Towards the end where he has a "Monk" moment, he explains how he solved the mystery. All the flashbacks go back to that one scene. Needless to say this rubbed me the wrong way.

This little bump does not stop this movie from being entertaining and funny. All the acting is well directed and old London looks really good in CGI.

Guy's Rating: Great reboot and I'm looking forward to the sequel.

Girl's all-encompassing love for Robert...

Hello, my name is Ms. Downey Junior and I am in love. He is not that tall, a bit wide-eyed, has weird, disheveled hair and has made some questionable life choices... but he sure is sexy.

This movie was great fun. I was entertained, so therefore I was pleased. Jude Law and my husband make a great pair, as Mr. Guy said. They are funny, they have good timing, and they are both good-looking actors. The story was a bit hokey, but it was supposed to be. Sherlock Holmes is one of the best action heroes, up there with James Bond, and who better to play him than the revamped, better than ever, sassy RDJ.

Yes, I am smitten, but I'm not letting that blind me. The bad guy wasn't that bad of a guy. Hopefully in the next movie, they'll have a real menace to make things interesting. There also could have been a bit more magnetism between McAdams and RDJ. I blame her. She just wasn't good enough for him.

Girl's Rating: Just plain good fun.