Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

When I heard John Hurt, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, and Tom Hardy had done a movie together I almost wept with joy. Little did I know that these would eventually become sleepy tears. You know, the kind that you get from yawning. The look and feel of the film was very good, but unfortunately pretty pictures won't keep me awake for terribly long. I would like something to listen to. What good does it do to have an epic cast when there is nothing for them to act? How can you have so much story of nothing. Or at least nothing that anyone cares about. Can I have one more arttitic shot of nothing? Please?! Or how about you don't have 1,000 of them? Benedict Cumberbatch, awesome name. This movie makes The Kings Speech look like Casino Royale. Tinker Tailor Soldier ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

What Is It?

"What is it" is the best name for this movie. Because that is what I was asking myself almost the entire time. My main quest in viewing this was to have a chance to meet Mr. Crispin Hellion Glover and quite possibly have him sign my Back To The Future box set, and I failed. I did have the pleasure of, before the movie, having Mr. Glover read excerpts from his book accompanied by a slide show. But this is not about slides shows. It's about movies. And It was insaine. I normally try to have a small break down of the plot, but in this case I am unable to come up with one that makes any sense. So here is what my eyes saw: Snails, snail murder, naked monkey head women. King Shirley Temple, Nazi Shirley Temple, Michael Jackson impression, murder, black-face, and  puppet shows. Best I can figure from the credits and the Q&A afterwards (needed) this is about propaganda and  and internal struggle in the main character Michael Blevis' mind. Why these things are happening or what they mean? No clue. Is there any actual sense of good vs bad or protagonist vs antagonist? Not that I can tell. The one good thing I can say about this is the interesting music choices. Some classical and beautiful, and some super racist. Over all this is supposed to be what he called a "weird movie" with a message. A message that I could not see. The only way any of it can make sense is with the Q&A with Mr. Glover afterward. A mind melting experience into the voids of insanity's depths. But it does, for whatever reason, make me curious of the sequel (How that even makes sense) It's Fine.
CAUTION Naked monkey head women below

Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows

The riveting tale of Sherlock and Watson is continues with this installment. The future father of my children, Robert Downey Jr., is again the most eccentric Sherlock Holmes. With his quirks, whit, and disguises steals the show. Jude Law is the incomparable Dr. Watson. Watson and his new bride's lives are at stake when Professor Moriarty uses them as pawns in his game to distract Holmes. Jarred Harris is Moriarty. He does an excellent job at being the twisted, conniving, evil doer he should. Noomi Rapace and Stephen Fry make a good supportive showing.
Now this is not the same as the last movie. To me it is less intellectual. Sherlock is not ahead the entire time. It actually feels more like he is playing from behind. Now there are plenty of twists and turns, however Sherlock has to use his massive intellect to adjust and adapt.
Now, where is has to cut back in thinking it substitutes punching. Lots of punching. And shooting, And action. There is no shortage of Mr. Holmes special Kung Fu and Dr. Watson's physical stylings. It makes for a very entertaining show.
Another thing that really shines are the settings. The dark dank areas, and the lovely bright portions. They are just as important as the actors. They serve their purpose wonderfully.
Robert and Jude have the kind of chemistry that two best friend adventurers should have, and Guy Ritchie tells the tale very well. This sequel does not recreate the original it expounds on it and moves the world of Holmes forward in his conflict of the mind with Professor Moriarty.