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Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams & Mark Strong

Posted on March 22, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Sherlock holmes with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law
Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams and Mark Srong. Photo from: screenrant.com.

If you watch House, you probably heard that House is inspired by Sherlock Holmes and House’s best friend Wilson is loosely based on Watson. When you think about House’s isolation, the brilliance, bluntness and co-dependent relationship with Wilson, the inspiration makes sense and becomes obvious. I am a big fan of the show but when I wrote House: Better than Sherlock Holmes and CSI combined, Sherlock Holmes the movie hadn’t hit home yet. I still love House with all the eccentricities but hey, if I need to say only one thing about Sherlock Holmes, it just rocked.

The Plot:

The ever-famous Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) has just closed a case with his best friend and partner in crime-solving, Doctor Watson (Jude Law): They have caught Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong) in the midst of a human sacrificing ritual. Lord Blackwood has killed before and is sentenced to death, because of murder and dealing with black magic. He is hung and as far as Watson’s concerned, this was his last case with Holmes. Watson is getting married and his fiance isn’t all that thrilled about this adventures. In the meantime, Holmes is desperately craving for a new case. He might just what he asked for because apparently Lord Blackwood rose from the grave. Holmes manages to convince Watson to help him out a bit longer. It seems that Blackwood is after something really sinister and dangerous. But of course even Sherlock can get distracted when his beautiful and stealthy ex  (Rachel McAdams) comes to town with a few secrets.

A wonderful action comedy with lots of great one-liners, perfect pace and just the right amount of chemistry between the cast members. Watson and Holmes make the perfect duo and Law and Downey Jr. are just made for this. Directed by Guy Ritchie.

7.6 on IMDB. I am not going to vote anything below 8. Entertainment at its best. Lovely setting. A kind of movie that makes you wish you were an actor and you could be in that setting, fight around and play with the gadgets…

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: Guy Ritchie, Jude Law, Mark Strong, Rachel McAdams, robert downey jr, sherlock holmes

Golden Globes Highlights – Ricky Gervais

Posted on February 1, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Golden Globes 2010 Host Ricky Gervais
Ricky was a hilarious host, just as expected.

Golden Globes can be more fun for movie fans than the oscars, especially if you are not in the film industry. There are many nominations for actors and even best actor is given separately to musical/comedy and drama. So you get to see a lot of celebrities that you like, both nominated and presenting

Obviously hosts really make or break these shows and I really loved Rick Gervais’ jokes. He was truly funny. I’ll share some of my favorites in bit

Sure, Avatar got a lot of awards, and not surprisingly, also got the best director. But I haven’t seen it yet and I am much more interested in other movies. Plus, everybody else talks about Avatar anyway.

Favorite Winners:

The Hangover
You can't get funnier than The Hangover.

The Hangover: Got best film in comedy/musical. 500 Days of Summer was also nominated and while it is a sweet movie, it was more emotional than funny whereas The Hangover cracked me up at almost every scene and it is as funny as a comedy can ever get. So I am really happy about the award.

Robert Downey Jr.: Robert got best actor with Sherlock Holmes. I am really looking forward to seeing it but Robert Downey shines through whatever role he is in. So even with just the trailer, I know he deserved it.

Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
Jeff Bridges won best actor for Crazy Heart.

Jeff Bridges: Jeff Bridges is such a good actor that he can rise above even the crappiest of scripts. Don’t get me wrong, he doesn’t actually pick crappy scripts. I am not sure about what awards Jeff won or didn’t win up to now, but I have never seen a crowd so happy and supportive of any other winner, not even about Martin Scorsese’s Cecille B. DeMille award. But then again, maybe they are just used to Martin getting lifetime achievements all the time. When Jeff got to the stage, he even joked that the audience totally killed underappreciated status. I have always respected and admired Bridges. Some actors evoke that to you. It was just so sweet he thanked his wife first- they have been married for 33 years by the way. His whole presence on stage was one more proof that Jeff is altogether something else.

Merly Streep: I like her. She is fun, pretty, gracious, totally unpretentious and a total chameleon of an actress. One of my friends even said she should just quit acting because she gets the award almost every time she is nominated. Mind you, he wasn’t suggesting she didn’t deserve it. He just thought other actresses didn’t have a chance. Well, he is right. Hell, she had two nominations one for Julie & Julia and one for “It’s Complicated”, a film by Nancy Meyers- a writer/director I am also a fan of. Looking forward to see it. I know, I know- I am behind my movies this year. No worries, I will catch up.

So the Ricky jokes I love?

They were all really funny, but these are my absolute favorites:

* Paul McCartney: Well, while Steve Carrell of course got his share about The Office, Paul McCartney got teased about his expensive divorce (Gervais suggested he flew first class and Paul had to fly coach).

* Mel Gibson: Ricky Gervais kept drinking beer and of course he didn’t let that one go without a joke: “I like my drink as much as the next guy, unless the next guy is Mel Gibson.” Guess who the next presenter was? Mel Gibson came, pretending to be drunk. It was a great moment.

*Colin Farrell: Ricky Gervais went all “serious” about how he didn’t like stereotypes, especially the one about the Irish being rowdy drunks who swear a lot. Then he announced Colin Farrell and everyone was laughing their butts off. If you didn’t laugh, that’s because you didn’t see any Colin interviews.

Gerard Butler at Golden Globes
Gerard Butler at Golden Globes

* Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston: “Actors leaving their roles behind: He was going on about how actors were chameleons who left their past roles behind completely”.  Then, he announced the next presenters: “Rachel from Friends and the bloke from 300!!”

**

Priceless. Try to find the show, especially if you like your awards shows and Ricky.

Posts about the actors featured:

1) Mel Gibson:

https://pinartarhan.com/blog/edge-of-darkness/

http://cinemaroll.com/cinemarolling/11-great-mel-gibson-films-you-should-consider-watching/

2) Jennifer Aniston

https://pinartarhan.com/blog/derailed/

3) Gerard Butler

https://pinartarhan.com/blog/gerard-butler/

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: Gerard Butler, golde globes winners, golden globes, jeff bridges, Jennifer Aniston, Mel Gibson, meryl streep, Ricky Gervais, robert downey jr, sherlock holmes

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