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Sherlock Holmes, a review by Critter

Sherlock Holmes



Director: Guy Ritchie

Writer: Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham

Plot: Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

Cast:My Thoughts
I have been wanting to see this film for a while now as many people that I know, including some on this site have been raving about it. I finally got to see it last night and I must say that I was certainly not disappointed.  This film was a wonderful tale of the master detective and was told in a gritty, sophisticated and quite humorous manner in which I have not experienced Holmes before.

Admittedly though I have not seen many Holmes films or shows before. I have indeed only seen one when I was a lot younger which was the 1985 Young Sherlock HolmesSweeney ToddMean Girls and seems to just keep getting better with each film she does.

Rating: 4/5


(From Critter's Films at Cinemas Reviews on January 22nd, 2010)

Knight and Day, a review by Dragonfire

I went to see Knight and Day last Monday..it has just taken me a while to get the review done.

Once you have seen the trailer, there aren't any big surprises.  A few minor things that happen are a little surprising.  I do think the plot is entertaining and interesting overall.  This isn't a movie to take seriously in any way.  It mostly works as a fun, action movie with a bit of romance tossed in.  A lot is going on, but I don't think the movie is that complicated or complex.  I had no trouble keeping up with what was going on.  While the story is interesting, it isn't as developed or as strong as it could have been.

There are a lot of action scenes in the movie, most of which do go a bit overboard.  It doesn't look like there was any attempt to try to make those scenes even slightly realistic.  Roy is shot at numerous times - I couldn't keep track of how many - and he manages to survive it all with barely any injuries.  He does some very extreme things and then even takes the time to compliment June while hanging onto the roof of the car she is in and shooting at people behind the car.  The action scenes are done well and help keep things entertaining, but they aren't believable at all.  Some of what happens is funny, but the movie isn't as funny as I had hoped it would be.  The funniest moments are in the trailers.

Roy and June are fine as characters, though neither of them are that developed.  June mostly deals well with what is going on, though she does some very stupid things at times and she just got on my nerves at times.  Maybe part of it is that I don't like Cameron Diaz that much.  I'm not sure what it is about her, but something tends to bug me about her in every movie I see her in.  Tom Cruise is fine as Roy.  He does seem a bit smug every so often, but it wasn't so bad that it got annoying. 

Overall, I enjoyed the movie, though I do think it could have been better.  It did take me a while to decide on a rating...I was going between 3 and 4 stars before finally settling on 3.  I probably would have gone with 3.5 if I had that option.  I just felt like I didn't enjoy the movie enough to round up ro 4.



I did get a review posted on Epinions if anyone wants to take a look.

Knight and Day

(From Knight and Day on July 4th, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Mein Leben & Ich: Staffel 1 (2001/Germany) IMDb | Wikipedia (Germany) Length: 352 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Plot:Mein Leben & Ich
1.01 Der Einbruch (2001-09-14)
Writer: Paula Roth (Writer), Paula Roth (Created By)
Director: Ulli Baumann
Cast: Wolke Hegenbarth (Alex), Gottfried Vollmer (Hendrik), Frederik Hunschede (Sebastian), Maren Kroymann (Anke), Nora Binder (Claudia), Sebastian Kroehnert (Niko), Susanne Czepl (Frau Ehlert), Maximilian Cress (Florian), Ulrich Simontowitz (Biologielehrer), Ludger Burmann (Hausmeister)

I first saw this series when I caught an episode of the third season on TV. I was surprised to see a good German TV show. I had thought they had died out.
It is very loosely based on "My So-Called Life", but it's an half-hour comedy series instead of an hour long drama series.
The first episode introduces the characters very well and it was a joy to rewatch it again.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 9th, 2012)