Movie Review : Sherlock Holmes Game Of Shadows

I’ve watched the movie Sherlock Holmes : Game of Shadows, and I find it’s worth to watch. The movie is about Sherlock Holmes, acted by Robert Downey Jr. and his aide, Doctor Watson, acted by Jude Law. The story is all about Sherlock Holmes and his aide, Dr.Watson takes on his arch-nemesis, Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris) with the aid of Holmes older brother, Mycroft Holmes. Together they unveil the mystery of Professor Moriarty and everything that happened behind them.

What makes me intrigued with this movie is that it had many eureka moment, which Holmes came up with after he observed his surroundings. For example, during the first scene where he read his opponents move and came up with tricks to dodge them. He can calculate the impact he might get from the hit and thus came the eureka moment where he find black spots that he can use as advantage.

Holmes and Wattson

Holmes brother, Mycroft Holmes

The other example include the scene where he had to fight a lot of men inside a train. He used his critical thinking skills, and from it he came to his eureka moment. He calculates the distance the bullet  of the canon would travel and the impact it would give off. And so, he modified the canon’s bullet with phosphorus  which makes the gun fire to produce a spark of fire in which if one’s would pull the wire it shall cause heavy explosions. He then tricks his opponents in using these canons, and they fell for his trick which later cause their death.

The movie also applies creative skills. The most
interesting example is during the scene Watson paid him a visit at his house.  He was looking for Holmes but Holmes is nowhere to be found. As it turns out, he was camouflaging to his wallpaper background which was quite funny, yet brilliant. This same act is used again during the end of the movie where he camouflaging with his chair after Watson presumed of his death.

In conclusion, this movie is creative, yet funny. I think the producers and directors have made a good job in making this movie, and  I must say, this movie really does boggles our mind with imagination and expands our way of thinking. Like people use to say, think out of the box.

 Watch the movie! i highly reccomend it. :D Here's the trailer.