Sherlock Holmes

Guy Ritchie al servicio de Hollywood. Sentiremos su marca de dirección más fuerte, así como la exhibición musical más rimbombante de Zimmer, en la impresionante introducción. El resto de la película es «solo» una conversación agradable entre Downey y Law, ambientada en un mundo de magia oscura de Potter. No nos esperan muchas sorpresas, el guión rutinario apuesta por lo seguro: los grandes actores y la atmósfera del entonces peligroso Londres envuelto en nubes. Una diversión decente. (02.01.2010)

Robert Downey, Jr. se merece un Globo de Oro, Jude Law me sorprendió gratamente con su excelente actuación y Rachel McAdams aún no me ha decepcionado, su papel como astuta ladrona le sentó muy bien. En cuanto a todo lo demás, puedo tener objeciones, además, como con otras películas de Guy Ritchie, pero hay que reconocerle el mérito de haber retratado magníficamente la atmósfera del antiguo Londres. En cuanto a las novelas detectivescas, sigo siendo conservador. (07.02.2010)

Guy Ritchie is one of those directors whose qualities I acknowledge but whose films leave me underwhelmed, and Sherlock Holmes left me very much so. I didn’t get bored, I didn’t have fun, I’ve just watched it once and I’m no longer interested in it. I will forget that they exists. Sherlock. Guy. (20.01.2010)

It's good that even though Hollywood tinsel tries to pummel Guy Ritchie with its most typical special effects (predictable plot pirouettes, character development), he’s still the distinctive, foxy filmmaker who squeezed the most out of even a banal detective plot within its limits (the boxing match, the flashbacks). Yet the main character (compared to the trailers) is not Robert Downey Jr., but Jude Law, who despite the thankless role of a dry sniffer throws up elegant bon mots and hard fists, and paradoxically I enjoyed him a bit more. Both Strong and McAdams are bland due to the minimal space they get and their total omission in the plot (yes, that’s quite a weakness with Strong as the main villain). Nevertheless, positive feelings prevail, mainly due to the pace, the whole peculiar aura, and Zimmer's very unconventional but excellent work. I’m looking forward to the second film. (14.01.2010)

A perfect cast, but it doesn’t help much. Strong spends too much time in the background, Law can’t keep up with Downey in any of their scenes (while in this movie they are meant to be on level pegging!), Rachel McAdams is uninspiring, the movie lacks any real case, deduction is not employed, but abused like deus ex machina and so Hans Zimmer steals all the attention. And it’s not that Richie is bored; he is having fun, and it works well in some places, but he fell a long way short of managing to reproduce the type of goofy shenanigans like we saw in Pirates of the Caribbean. But it’s clear that’s what he was aiming for. If you want to make an untraditional Holmes movie, you need either a good idea or you need a good Sherlock to base one’s performance on, which Downey does in any case. ♫ OST score: 4/5 (07.01.2010)