Sherlock Holmes

I have watched the movie and talked about it many times already, so basically, I'll just post the notes I took while watching it this time. I tried not to repeat myself, not say stuff that's been already mentioned in the journal...

-- Why was Mary angry at Holmes in the restaurant? She asked him to read her.
-- Is Holmes a masochist, he obviously allowed the man to beat him up in the ring.
-- RDJ has amazing body! Obviously from training, not just weight lifting.
-- What I love about UK actors? Their uneven teeth.
-- I'm usually a Watson!girl, but with every re-watch of this movie, I become more of a Holmes!girl, at least of this incarnation.
-- Not a big fan of Rachel McAdams' Irene Adler. Well, never been a fan of Irene Adler period but after seeing Lara Pulver's version, every other Irene feels inferior.
-- Them wrecking the ship is still the best bit in the movie.
-- Love the bickering between Holmes and Lestrade. It's funny.
-- "What a busy afterlife you're having."
-- Loved how the explosion of the slaughterhouse was done, all silent with just the violin playing.

Also, the music. Wow, just wow at Hans Zimmer's incredible talent. It's a pleasure to listen to!

Bryan Singer to direct the XMFC sequel

After Matthew Vaughn dropped out of directing the XMFC sequel - a fact I still mourn ;_; - my only wish was for Bryan Singer to replace him. If not Vaughn, then Singer. The X-Men are his baby and the less involved he is - X-Men: The Last Stand & X-Men Origins: Wolverine - the worse they are, even downright terrible. So it filled me with glee when it was revealed yesterday that Bryan Singer WILL be directing the sequel! He WILL! Matthew Vaughn will be taking over Singer's position as producer, basically, they are switching roles. Source. Awesome!

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Now that I've seen both movies so close together, I have to say I like SH:AGOS better than SH, the second one better than the first one. It just feels like they managed to stick so much more into the movie. Also, I think it was better because it barely featured Rachel McAdams' Irene Adler. I liked Noomi Rapace's Madam Simsa much better, she felt more down-to-earth, Irene just rubbed me the wrong way.

You know what struck me the most while watching the movie? Holmes' loneliness. He had only one friend, Watson, who started living his own life that was completely independent from Holmes'. And because of that, Holmes didn't have anybody to talk to. And even later on, when they traveled together to Paris, Holmes felt the distance, he didn't even tell Watson that Irene was dead. And Irene - in her he lost the one woman he could've loved. By the end of the movie, you realized the fall had been pretty much inevitable. To save everybody, all Holmes had to do was take himself out of the picture. There was no other way to defeat Moriarty but to sacrifice himself.

The fall itself was heartbreaking. When he looked at Watson then closed his eyes to make sure Watson was the last thing he would see, should he die. And the slo-mo, the piano music, Watson's expression... My heart was breaking into itty-bitty pieces.

Regarding slo-mo - the scene in the woods, them and the gypsies fleeing from the soldiers, that was a breathtaking piece of cinematography. Slo-mo, fast-forward, steady-cam and not... What an imagination. I am floored every time I see it.

And the whole thing still feels like a Holmes/Watson romance, like a fanfic come to life. Amazing that they actually managed to get it made :D