ETHAN ROY REVIEWS SHERLOCK HOLMES!

Sherlock Holmes, the last action film of 2009, went with a bang. Well it’s more of a mystery rather than an action film, but it had more action than many other “action” films this year. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude law are just a pleasure to watch. Now I’m not a hardcore Holmes fan, in act I’ve never read any of the books, but I did my research and this goes back to old school Holmes. Downey is funny and amazing as Holmes. Watson (Jude Law) was really good too. He is the fool that follows. He knows what’s going to happen yet he still follows him. The action was a blast to watch. Guy Richie knows what h is doing; I feel he should go to action rather than gangster films. But the real show stopper is England. I love just staring in to the background and just seeing the shops and homes. It had the sin city approach to it. The cinematography also was astonishing for an action film. I love how more and more films are starting to care about that. (SPOILER ALERT HERE TILL THE END OF THE SENTENCE) But I love how the concept of the cult is played and all is science rather than magic. The only problem of the film is Rachael McAdams. The first half she was all right, then what happen? She was so bland and sometimes really bad, but she isn’t in it as much as the others. But the slow-mo then cut to fast action scenes actually serve a purpose unlike Watchmen. In these Holmes explains the moves and effects.

I had a ball with this film - I was shocked because my expectations were very low, but I can easily say that this is one of the best of '09. 8.5/9

NOTE* I apologize for the Avatar review for those that saw that James Cameron got an award nomination for writing. My source was wrong he did not get a nomination for that (which is good). Please understand that I am very busy. I had a school play, exams, and a new high school so understand if they’re mistakes. I assure you out there, there will be no more mistakes. And the finalized score for Avatar is a 7.5