Seantacular!

Elementary my dear Watson. Oh wait, I don’t think that was said at any time during this awesome movie starring the always entertaining Robert Downey Jr. and as his sidekick Dr. Watson, Jude Law, can’t say I know much about him, haven’t seen a lot of his movies.

The movie starts off quickly (which I love) with Holmes sneaking in the shadows of London, we have no idea what’s going on, but everyone is hooked just from the great set-up.

Next we are treated into a glimpse of the powerful intellect oh Holmes, I won’t tell you how, but it’s impressively done, with very cool results.

We are treated to more of these moments throughout the movie, each one a unique and awesome view into the mind of this compelling character.

But enough about Holmes, how about a story synopsis?

The movie is set in London during the time the Tower Bridge is under construction (1890’s). A lord whom has convinced most of the population that he is a powerful user of black magic, is killing innocent girls for sacrifice for his dark arts. He is caught by Holmes and Watson at te beginning of the movie and sentenced to hang. He is pronounced dead by Watson himself, but all is not what it seems, Blackwood is seen alive shortly after, apparantly back from the grave. Holmes is on the case, and Holmes doesn’t believe in magic.

How did Blackwood survive, and how is he “magically” making anyone who opposes him cease to exist is seemingly impossible to discover. This is the challenge Holmes has been waiting for.

I highly reccomend this movie to anyone that enjoys a movie that keeps them guessing, and enjoys and good fight (did I mention Holmes put
his renowned boxing to good use?)

Kudos to you Guy Ritchie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would be proud.

So Ellen and I went to see Avatar on Sunday night, and I’m so glad we did. That was an amazing movie! From the start it was visually spectacular, or should I say Seantacular! (thanks Krysta), not just because we saw it in “real d 3D”, but because the colours and the detail were amazing.

The story is about an injured ex-marine who finds himself sent off to a distant planet, partly because of the death of his twin brother who was workong on the planet, and partly because he is made an offer he can’t refuse.

I’m sure most of you have seen the trailers, which seemed like they were spoiling a lot of the movie, but they really didn’t. The movie just has so much happening the trailers were just the tip of the iceberg.

Some may say that the story arch is a little predictable, but who cares. The movie was amazingly entertaining, and at 2 hours and 45 minutes, it’s well worth the price of admission plus a little concession.

I highly recommend this movie, but if you’re going to see it any time soon get there early because we thought were there early and we were stuck in the 3rd row (still worth it though).