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Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows Trailer: Trading Detecting For Destroying

By TK | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (17)

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I enjoyed the first Guy Ritchie-directed Sherlock Holmes. It was fun, clever, engaging and benefited from The Downey’s undeniable presence. What also made it great was its emphasis on the actual detecting of the world’s greatest detective. There was very little gunplay, focusing on smarts and fisticuffs, for the most part. While my enjoyment of it has tempered somewhat, it’s still a solid movie.

So it’s no surprise that people are hotly anticipating the second entry, A Game Of Shadows, which incorporates Holmes’ brother Mycroft (Stephen Fry), as well as finally getting to see nefarious Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris). Throw Noomi Rapace into the mix, and things get really interesting.

Except that the trailer makes it seem like the movie is far more heavily focused on gunfire and explosions (so… many… explosions) than any kind of detective work. And frankly, that’s not really what I’m looking for in a Sherlock Holmes movie. Sure, there’s plenty of witty banter between Holmes and Watson (Jude Law), but, whether or not it’s reflective of the final product, it’s being marketed as an action movie. And that? That ain’t Sherlock Holmes, folks.

Take a look:

Eh, I think I’d rather re-watch my BBC “Sherlock” episodes. Great as Downey is, Benedict Cumberbatch out-detects his ass in a heartbeat.









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Comments

That's OK. We'll have Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman back soon.

Posted by: Fredo at October 20, 2011 11:38 AM

They appear to have overdone the Matrix style slow mo bullshit.

I'll still go see it, but I'm definitely more excited about the Cumberbatch/Freeman version

Posted by: pem at October 20, 2011 11:48 AM

Sherlock Holmes it ain't, but I'm still watching the fuck outa this thing.

Posted by: nrvs at October 20, 2011 11:57 AM

Does the trailer feel longer than it is to anyone else?

Posted by: ArmaAngelus at October 20, 2011 11:57 AM

I'm still gonna see it. And enjoy the hell out of it. RDJ makes me feel funny in my ladybits. And RDJ flirting as hard as he can with Jude Law? Be Still My Beating Heart.

Posted by: linny at October 20, 2011 11:58 AM

1. The first scene of this trailer is EXACTLY like the first scene of the W.E. trailer. (eyeroll)

2. I'm a Jeremy Brett fan. I like Cumberbatch, but you can't beat Brett for authenticity. Is it so hard to just do the original stories as written?

Posted by: BWeaves at October 20, 2011 11:58 AM

I love movies. I really do. But with two kids, work, three meals, dishes, gas-tank-fill-ups, bulbs to plant, sex to have, Halloween costumes to sew, school stuff to do, blah blah I don't have time to see every self-indulgent leftover idea squeezed out of some director's imagination and trumped up by some studio douche.

This thing looks like he (Richie) isn't even trying. I hate when they do that. Reloads such overall and that goes for sequels and part IIs and all that nonsense. Yeah there are a few exceptions but COME ON. Now they're just fucking with us.

And now...please excuse me. I have weeds to uh pull.

Posted by: klingonfree at October 20, 2011 12:01 PM

ArmaAngelus: Yes, it feels very long. But they all feel too long to me. They should be 30 seconds tops.

Posted by: BWeaves at October 20, 2011 12:02 PM

That's probably one of those trailers that want to lure audiences with false advertising. It probably shows all the action the movie features.

Posted by: FabMax at October 20, 2011 12:08 PM

You had me at Stephen Fry...

Posted by: SugarKane at October 20, 2011 12:15 PM

now make out with each other

Posted by: twig at October 20, 2011 12:43 PM

Stephen Fry's in there. That's all i need to know. At least we have Cumberbatch and Freeman coming out not long after for all the detectin's.

Posted by: Sefa at October 20, 2011 1:04 PM

I don't care... I loved the first one, and it still looks like there HAS to be some detective skills going on when you go up against Moriarty. I am GOING to this and you can't stop me!

But of course I will watch the BBC one as well.. no sense picking just one.

Posted by: jmd at October 20, 2011 1:11 PM

i think twig has brought up the most important thing we should all be taking to heart in regards to this film

Posted by: Rest In Peace at October 20, 2011 2:04 PM

BWeaves: I don't mind a trailer that comes in at a minute but this one felt like 5 minutes at least. Longer trailers seem lazy to me because they don't try to create any "buzz" for the film. It's all laid out in the trailer at which point I'm left wondering if I want to bother with a movie when its trailer is so dull.

Posted by: ArmaAngelus at October 20, 2011 3:20 PM

Lord, is this going to devolve into another purists' masturbation fest, like EVERY discussion of (my beloved sexpot) Daniel Craig as Bond?

The first movie was marketed EXACTLY like this, so I'm not too worried. Pretty much can't tell anything about tone or content from early trailers.

The first installment also had delicious forays into the inner workings of RDJ's Sherlock-brain as he detected and galavanted, which I found completely delightful and in keeping with the original short stories. (Which, yes, indeed, I have read).

I do not get the whole "But it's not exactly as I remember it being when somebody did it before!!!" hysteria. It's an interpretation. If you don't like it, that's grand - the other 900 interpretations that came before are still there, and there will be more in the future. It's not like Ritchie is destroying all previous copies of anything Sherlock to make this, allright?

But if he did, I wouldn't care, because twig really has a point here: seriously - just make out already. Rawr.

Posted by: Tammy at October 20, 2011 3:47 PM

I agree with Tammy. The first movie was also marketed as an action romp sort of a movie, to the point where I was actually a bit disappointed at how different it turned out, whilst my husband (a huge Holmes fan) was incredibly relieved. As the first film was very successful with a similar marketing strategy, and probably got more people into the cinemas to see it, I can't see them changing the formula for the second film. It will probably have its fair share of detecting as well. It looks fun, I'll absolutely go see it, and this time I'll be mentally prepared for a detective story rather than a throw away action movie.

Posted by: Malin at October 20, 2011 6:38 PM