Advantages: Good performances, fast pace, very enjoyable Disadvantages: The baddie could have been a bit more evil!
As a big fan of both Robert Downey Jr and Arthur Conan Doyle?s Sherlock Holmes stories, when I heard that Downey Jr was to play the illustrious detective I was excited but a little surprised by the choice. Upon hearing that the film was to be directed by Guy Ritchie, I prepared myself for the worst. I don?t hate his films but they are all very similar and a bit ?style over substance? for my liking and I couldn?t see how his style would do justice to the great detective stories.
I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised by this film. It was thoroughly enjoyable and Ricthie?s style actually worked quite well with the story. He managed to capture the grimness of the criminal underworld of Victorian London really well but retained a wit and humour that was actually very true to Conan Doyle?s stories. I was wondering how he was going to ...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Sherlock Holmes
Advantages: Entertaining Disadvantages: Not sure about Everett, weak story, set in the wrong period
Sherlock Holmes is fast succumbing to his drug habit when a new case takes his interest, and, with the help of Dr Watson, he manages to pull himself together enough to work on the case. A number of girls from wealthy families are going missing, later found dead. All the girls appear to be young and innocent, yet someone obviously wants them wiped off the face of the earth. Then one young girl manages to survive the kidnap. Can she lead Holmes and Watson to the murderer? And will the latest forensic advances help them on their way?
Since I was a child, I have loved Sherlock Holmes stories, whether on screen or in printed book form. I am, however, rather choosy when it comes to who plays Sherlock Holmtes. So many actors have taken on the role, only to fail miserably. My personal favourites are Jeremy Brett, who is the perfect Holmes in ...
Advantages: Entertaining from start to finish, great performances Disadvantages: It's not the Holmes we know
Having caught the evil Lord Blackwood, the serial killer and dabbler in the dark arts, Sherlock Holmes is bored. He hasn't left his room for two weeks and best friend Doctor John Watson is desperate to get Holmes out of the house again. Then Blackwood, sentenced to death by hanging, requests a visit from Holmes, although it is unsure why. Blackwood is hanged and is pronounced dead by Watson. Much to his surprise then, Blackwood is then rumoured to have come back from the dead and Holmes is asked to find Blackwood by the members of a secret order, who fear for their lives. Two members of the order are later killed and Holmes and Watson realise that Blackwood really is still alive. Can they trace him and prevent him from committing more murders? And just what connection does Holmes' nemesis, Irene Adler, have with the case?
Sherlock ...
Product Information for "Holy Pictures, The - David Holmes" »
Product details
Title
Holy Pictures, The
Performer
David Holmes
Genre
Electronic
Sub Genre
Trip Hop / Big Beat
Release Date
08/09/2008
Label / Distributor
Mercury / Universal Music
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Format
Performer
EAN
602517772755
Catalogue Number
1777275
Additional notes
Album Notes
Irish-born electronica artist and producer David Holmes claims that HOLY PICTURES is the culmination of over a decade of on-again, off-again labor, precipitated by the death of his mother in 1996. A deeply personal album that draws on influences from throughout the preceding four decades of pop, HOLY PICTURES features the single "I Heard Wonders," which has lyrics by Martin Rev of the pioneering post-punk synth duo Suicide.
Album Reviews
Record Collector (magazine) (p.88) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "The wild diversity of styles intertwine gloriously through outings such as the sensual cosmic motorik of 'Love Reign Over Me'..."
Titles on disc 1
1.
I Heard Wonders
2.
Story Of The Ink
3.
Love Reign Over Me
4.
Theme/IMC
5.
Holy Pictures
6.
Kill Her With Kindness
7.
Melanie
8.
Hey Maggy
9.
Birth
10.
Balld Of Sarah And Jack
11.
Return Of The Nightfarmers
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