Game of Shadows

[ithildin]

We saw Sherlock Holmes
Enjoyed it very much, and will probably go see it again.

I was rather bummed about Irene, but as I understand it, her character was only in one story, so I suppose it shouldn't surprise me. I'm betting the next movie starts with Mary's funeral, unless they keep her around for one more. Anywho, the movie was entertaining, I though Jered Harris was wonderful (wow, he looks like his dad!), and Sherlock on the Shetland was worth the price of the ticket. Sent me into a fit of giggles. I don't know much about Mycroft, so can't speak to Stephen Frye's version, but was fun having him in the movie. I was rather surprised they did 'the end' at the beginning. When I saw the falls, I whispered to Nin, "I wonder if they're the falls? And by golly, they were! Obviously, they could still bring Moriarty back, but this way, I guess we won't have a string of Holmes v. his archenemy films (how about Moriarty gets frozen at the bottom, gets unthawed in our time and becomes Iron Man's arch-nemesis???)(sorry, couldn't help myself there.)

Comments

[bleukittie.livejournal.com]

I was bummed about Irene also. Especially since I know the fast-acting strain of TB mentioned in the movie only affects birds.

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

I came out thinking that the whole Irene-is-dead thing was faked by Moriarty in order to get Holmes to play his game. I mean, we saw it as an audience, but with the Holmes stories being in first person format (and that being explained in the opening with Watson writing the story), Watson was relating it. That's the only way I could deal with what they claimed happened to Irene in the movie.

[sinanju.livejournal.com]

I thought it was a pointless fridging, too. They didn't want Irene in the movie? Just ignore her. Or give someone a line of dialogue to explain why she's not around. Killing her off seemed pointlessly vindictive.

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

The only way I could see it being relevant to the storyline is if she pops up in camoflage in Holmes' sitting room in three years. He'd be, "WHAT WHAT WHAT?!" and she'd be, "You didn't think you were the only one whose death was greatly exaggerated, did you, my dear?"