my rating: Two old chums in a land of tea, crumpets and fisticuffs.

what possessed me: Dahee and I were killing time in Ikebukuro and it was this or Did You Hear About the Morgans? I think I’ve said enough.

what i learned: Before I saw this, I had a theory that people didn’t like this movie because it’s not what they had in mind when they thought of Sherlock Holmes. Now I have a theory that people don’t like this movie because the cool fights come out of nowhere and the potentially interesting detective stuff seems gratuitously expository, and tacked-on. But it’s a movie that’s easy on the eyes with fun accents, so whatever.

you may also enjoy: From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Hellboy II: The Golden Army and unfulfilled potential.

tangential thought: I kind of feel like Rian Johnson could have done a really good job with this. But he could probably make a movie I’d worth watching out of a story about two comically different sisters who use witchcraft to fight a family curse wherein their lovers die young.

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