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drakyndra

I do like having fun stuff to do with people

Jan 09, 2012 21:40

Well, that was a rather busy weekend, after all.

On Friday evening I went to go see Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows with what ended up being a rather larger group than I had expected. But hey, we got to have a great big movie watching clump in the audience ( Read more... )

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grendelity January 9 2012, 11:37:00 UTC

I've heard surprisingly positive things about the new Holmes movie. I was so exasperated with the heavy-handed brain candiness of the first one that I didn't have any intention of seeing the second, but I am a weak thing and people say it was all right. Damn. Do you think it was worth the money?

drakyndra January 9 2012, 11:53:28 UTC

Well, it is pretty fun, but "brain candy" is a pretty accurate term for it really. It's been a while since I saw the first, but from what I recall this one has less clues and deducting (though it does have some pretty decent scheming and plotting going on between Holmes and Moriarty) and a lot more action scenes of the pretty but not needing to be that long type.

I liked the first, and still thought this was decent, but if you weren't a fan of the first... maybe go if you can get discount tickets or something (Or a friend pays for your ticket). I don't think it's worth full price if you didn't like the first.

grendelity January 9 2012, 11:56:10 UTC

Well, I guess the first was enjoyable for what it was--it's the subtext played for laughs ad nauseum that I find tiring. Ah well. Maybe it will come out on Netflix eventually.

drakyndra January 9 2012, 12:08:54 UTC

Yeah, there's still a lot of that going on, though for some reason it seemed less... ambiguous to me. Not entirely sure why.

wiliqueen January 10 2012, 00:09:20 UTC

Both my husband and I independently ASSUMED Irene is So Very Very Not Dead, and are a bit baffled that more people aren't doing likewise. Which doesn't make the fridging much less annoying, since it's clearly intended to be believed, but.

drakyndra January 10 2012, 03:38:10 UTC

I think whether or not you'd assume that depends on how familiar you are with the character and her reputation.

But yeah, it is as death's go rather ambiguous. I don't think we ever actually see her dead.