There was no swordfight in the story, but for some strange reason I was expecting something like the dueling scene between Tyrone Power and Basil Rathbone in The Mark of Zorro. Last, and more importantly for me, I don’t know why but I expected Holmes and Moriarty to have a fight to the death with swords at Reichenbach Falls at the end of the movie. When did Moriarty find the time to create a life as a mastermind of crime? Even though he’s a genius, it still takes time to prepare lesson plans for your classes, make up tests, grade homework papers, etc. Also, I don’t remember Moriarty being a professor at one of England’s universities while doing his evil deeds throughout Europe. I know, Moriarty was only in one Holmes’ story, but still he’s a great villain and his role should have been stretched out for a few more films. I think the studio should have waited and used Moriarty for maybe the third or fourth film, building the tension between him and Holmes, creating an aura of suspense and avid expectation for the audience. I mean he was Professor Moriarty down to the last dot and tee. Jared Harris played Moriarty with utter excellence. Third, Professor Moriarty (played by Jared Harris – I loved him as Captain Mike in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) seemed out of place in the second film. He had a small role in the story, but a somewhat larger one in the movie and is perfect for showing up at the right time when needed, like when Watson’s wife is thrown off the train by Holmes in an effort to save her from Moriarty’s wrath. Second, it’s been nearly forty years since I read the short story, “The Final Problem,” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and I’d forgotten about Mycroft Holmes, the older brother of Sherlock Holmes. Their characters also make an excellent match with each other. Their playful interaction with each other was part of what made the first film so successful. To be truthful, I really wanted to see more of Rachel McAdams in future movies about Sherlock Holmes. If she was going to be killed off, she should have gone out with panache and big bang. Irene Adler is a fighter and should have gone out with a flourish, instead of dying from poison in her tea. Still, it troubled me that she was killed off so simply, without a struggle of any kind. Of course, when the screenplay for the third film is written, she can always be brought back to life. What I didn’t expect was for her to be killed off by Professor Moriarty in the first fifteen minutes. ![]() ![]() I knew she had a short role in this film. Let me begin by discussing the things I have mixed feelings about, and there will probably be a number of spoilers here, so don’t read any further if you don’t want to know.įirst, I’m a big fan of Rachel McAdams (have been since The Notebook first came out at the theaters) who plays Irene Adler, the only woman Sherlock Holmes has ever loved and probably the only female he considers to be his equal. ![]() I suppose the talent and skills of Sherlock Holmes is called for here because on one level I loved the new movie, Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows, and on another I felt somewhat disappointed.
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