{"id":1743,"date":"2010-05-17T03:57:04","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T08:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/k-line.org\/9\/?p=1743"},"modified":"2010-05-11T16:30:58","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T21:30:58","slug":"movie-review-sherlock-holmes-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/k-line.org\/9\/2010\/05\/17\/movie-review-sherlock-holmes-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE REVIEW:  Sherlock Holmes (2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ag-colorbox urgent\"><p>Not suitable for children.<\/p><\/div><ul>\n<li><b>GENRE:<\/b>  Action <\/li>\n<li><b>ACTORS:<\/b>  Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, Kelly Reilly, Hans Matheson, William Hope, William Houston, Geraldine James<\/li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/k-line.org\/9\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/sherlockholmes2009-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sherlock Holmes\" title=\"sherlockholmes2009\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1744\" srcset=\"http:\/\/k-line.org\/9\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/sherlockholmes2009-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/k-line.org\/9\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/sherlockholmes2009-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/k-line.org\/9\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/sherlockholmes2009.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<li><b>RATING:<\/b>  PG-13<\/li>\n<li><b>PARENTAL NOTE:<\/b>  <i><u>Not intended for younger children.<\/u><\/i>  There may be some profanity, but it is not prevalent.  Some questionable situations and references to magic and the occult.  There is almost (but not quite) brief nudity in a couple of scenes.<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-1743-1' id='fnref-1743-1' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(1743)'>1<\/a><\/sup>  Lots of violence, but not explicit nor gory.  I don&#8217;t think watching this movie would harm older teenagers.<\/li>\n<li><b>INTENDED AUDIENCE:<\/b>  This movie should have a broad appeal for viewers of an appropriate age.<\/li>\n<li><b>GENERAL PLOT:<\/b>  (No spoilers)  If you&#8217;ve read the Sherlock Holmes books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 \u2013 1930), or seen other Sherlock Holmes movies, it&#8217;s best to pretend you haven&#8217;t.  This movie is only loosely related to the book.  I&#8217;ve always thought the detective, Holmes, was a more &#8220;dark&#8221; character in the books, than in earlier movies.  He&#8217;s portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. as plenty &#8220;dark&#8221; in this film.  Although there is reference to magic and the occult, I wouldn&#8217;t say that dark themes dominate the movie.  Perhaps only dim themes, or grey themes.  There are lots of twists and turns in the plot, but you never get the feeling that there is going to be any big surprise.  There isn&#8217;t.  After all, Sherlock Holmes always evades the criminals and solves the crime.  That ingredient in books and previous movies has never changed.<\/li>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<object width=\"250\" height=\"193\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/t7aROdTxt6M&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0xe1600f&#038;color2=0xfebd01\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/t7aROdTxt6M&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0xe1600f&#038;color2=0xfebd01\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"250\" height=\"193\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"22\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<li><b>REVIEW:<\/b>  I liked the movie.  Lots of action, though much of it is pretty implausible.  The scenery was great too.  I wasn&#8217;t alive in 19th century England<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-1743-2' id='fnref-1743-2' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(1743)'>2<\/a><\/sup>, so I can&#8217;t say for sure&#8211;but I really felt like I was there.  This was a dark, rainy, dirty, earthy, disorganized 19th century England too.  Lots of dirt.  In fact, if I had to sum up the <i>mood<\/i> of the film one word, that word would be &#8220;filth.&#8221; <\/li>\n<li><b>RECOMMENDATION:<\/b>  This is an action movie.  It is not a film about cute puppies, so don&#8217;t be offended when it turns out there are hangings, fights, shooting, explosions, and even a few killings.  For all these reasons, I found this version of Sherlock Holmes to be quite enjoyable.  Definitely worth watching.<\/li>\n<li><b>RATING (out of 5 stars):<\/b>  <span class=\"rating\"><span>&#9733;<\/span><span>&#9733;<\/span><span>&#9733;<\/span><span>&#9733;<\/span><span>&#9733;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FOOTNOTES:<\/p>\n<div class='footnotes' id='footnotes-1743'>\n<div class='footnotedivider'><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li id='fn-1743-1'> One of which is shown at the end of the video clip in the full blOg entry. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-1743-1'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-1743-2'> My children would dispute this point <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-1743-2'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-bottom-right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/k-line.org\/9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/k-line.org\/9\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/k-line.org\/9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/k-line.org\/9\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not suitable for children. 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