A Game of Shadows

[rabidsamfan]

Well, I went and saw A Game of Shadows tonight, and despite having made the mistake of eating something new and different before the movie, I'm glad I went. Internal distractions aside, I had a good time, having gone in expecting adrenaline charged crackfic and getting it, by heaven!



I also got some fun scenes with Mycroft, and a Mary I can more than live with, thanks. RDJ is still not "my" Holmes, but Jude Law's Watson is still very close to how I see the good doctor. Moriarty was played brilliantly, and I really liked -- in a "what a good villain" sort of way -- Colonel Moran.

I didn't expect some of the angsty bits (although one of them was telegraphed) and I can see some writers definitely working very hard to get around what happens to Irene.

I also have (in retrospect) a bit of a problem with the denouement, but it is a minor creebing and they are forgiven.

Clearly, though, I did not see the same movie as some of the critics (or maybe they didn't see the same trailers I did and were expecting something *snerk* cerebral...)

Feel free to discuss the movie here. I need someone to bounce with!

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[sospan-fach.livejournal.com]

I also got some fun scenes with Mycroft, and a Mary I can more than live with, thanks. RDJ is still not "my" Holmes, but Jude Law's Watson is still very close to how I see the good doctor. Moriarty was played brilliantly, and I really liked -- in a "what a good villain" sort of way -- Colonel Moran.

I'll admit I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as I was expecting (it was still entertaining, some elements just went in different directions to what I would personally have preferred), but definitely agree with all of this. In fact, I would happily petition for a brand-new Moriarty & Moran film with those two actors.

(Catch the Kabul to Kandahar Star on Watson's patrol jacket? >.< Bad costume Department: no biscuit.)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I did! They didn't research nearly well enough. Although I have a plotbunny that insists that Murray ran the wrong way at Maiwand somehow and the pair of them wound up joining Roberts' column as he approached from the north...

[sospan-fach.livejournal.com]

:makes entreating Bobbie-the-fluffy-and-plucky-terrier eyes: Please do write that. How may I bribe you? British chocolate? British tea? Illustration of the boyos engaged in flagrant disregard of both boundaries of rank and normal physiological limits?