Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes
Director: Guy Ritchie
Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, and Mike Strong

Intriguing, one word to describe the first movie that me and my wife watch in 2010, Sherlock Holmes. Guy Ritchie, the director of the movie, has successfully made us felt anticipated and enthusiast during the whole movie. Each second we asked ourselves what would happen next hence you will not be bored watching it. The way he filmed it was brilliant. There are some scenes which are my favorite, scenes where Sherlock Holmes in slow motion tells us on what would happen next and afterwards it goes normal again and just like what he had said before and also scenes where he explained the reason or cause of death just like a super power detective.
The movie was set in early industrialization time in England, I don’t know the exact time, but I could see lovely view in the town where all are seemed a bit dark, starting from the road, ports, transportation, building and houses. I could see the famous Parliament building and also the London Bridge being build (I don’t know whether it is London Bridge or just another bridge in the city, hehe..).
The actors were superb. There is this kind of chemistry and bond between Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and Dr. Watson (Jude Law), where as a team they were one side to another but as a friend they were kind of against one another in a good way. Not to mention the lovely Ms. Adler (Rachel McAdams) who beautifully played the role as a strong, smart and independent woman in the movie.
The movie is about the chase of Lord Blackwood (Mike Strong) by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson and also about the chase of Ms Adler by Sherlock Holmes, who turned out to have a special feeling towards each other. The former was the whole plot of the movie while the latter was a kind of the might seems to be a sequel of the movie. Lord Blackwood which considers himself has a sort dark magical power, successfully brought fears to the people in the city by his power. It turns out that all of his tricks were just a scientific and smart move of him working together with his genius man who done all the research. Sherlock Holmes who pays attention to details even the smallest one managed to figure them out. He kind of has a slight disorder that really served him well in analyzing details. This man even could fight, well not like Jet Lee kungfu fight kind of thing, but smart move and punch that could knock his enemies, and the same thing goes with Dr. Watson who asked himself why he kept pulled in a situation with Sherlock Holmes, where he thought that all of the situation were intentionally set by Sherlock Holmes.
In the end, Lord Blackwood was just a regular guy that could not wake up after his death and I was left intrigued with what could have happened next with Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Ms. Adler and also Dr. Mirioty, a professor whom she worked for. Well I would not mind waiting for another year to watch the sequel of Sherlock Holmes adventure.