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Sherlock Holmes
10/19/15
Sebastian Peill-M

     Sherlock Holmes is a recreation of the books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It stars Robert Downey Jr (my favorite actor), Jude Law, Mark Strong, and Rachel McAdams. It made 90 million dollars in the box office. It was directed by Guy Ritchie and was released December 25, 2009.
    

     RDJ plays the incredibly smart and funny detective, who has just solved his biggest and last case with his faithful and engaged companion Watson (Law). When the criminal hangs, but then escapes his tomb, Sherlock has to unwind what is trick and what is magic. The criminal is a man by the name of Lord Blackwood (Strong) and he utilizes many illusions to fabricate his black magic. While chasing down Blackwood, Sherlock runs into the only woman he has ever loved, Irene Adler (McAdams). While she was only a distraction Sherlock is still able to solve the mystery and save many peoples lives.

     Sherlock Holmes, uses a variety of different things to bring audience into the actions. To begin with the camera angles are marvelous, the director utilized a variety of angles but the three most common I saw were portrait; peoples faces, wide; the scenery and city, and birds eye; above the characters heads. These angles combine with surround sounds makes this an awesome movie. The acting is pretty great, with Robert Downey Jr, doing what he does best, getting into the perfect role. The soundtrack was made to keep a person on the edge of their seats, even my dad who often falls a sleep during movies was able to remain awake the entire duration. Another things that is recurring throughout the film is a crow. The crow represents death and whenever it appears you know someone is about to die.
    

Film's London

 

 

 Now, onto my favorite part of the movie, the boxing match. About 30 minutes into the movie you hear amazing Irish rock music and then see Holmes in a boxing ring, fighting a man 2x his size. Holmes is winning easily and decides to leave when he see Adler, however his opponent doesn't agree and spits of him. What follows is my favorite movie scene of all time, it shows Holmes and you hear his voice as he describes exactly what he is going to do and when in slow motion . Then it goes to real time and he does it all at normal. The way they filmed this scene has made it my favorite, the music is perfect, and it is an awesome concept which I wish I could do.

 This is one of my favorite movies and I would suggest this movie to anyone and everyone.
Fight Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLuhWLNqpiA
Interesting Fact: Rachel McAdams, Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. reportedly did most of their own stunts.