Like a cup of English tea on a sleepy afternoon, it's a delicate but unengaging film, or perhaps a good memoir, to put it another way. Because memoirs are often written when a person is getting old, or when his mental strength is weakening day by day. Although there are always all kinds of old days lingering in my mind, due to the decline of memory, those events are always out of context, and those images are always blurred and messy. So gradually, the involuntary and yearning for reminiscence is replaced by the helplessness and irritability that recollection is not available. There may be a few moments of flashback, but after all, I will gradually no longer recall, can no longer think, and accept that time is irreversible. flow, and everything is at peace. McClain's mood and the tone of the film are probably the same.
Memoir-style movies can be roughly divided into two types according to the proportion of memory and reality. One is "Saving Private Ryan", which mostly reproduces memories, and the other is "Mr. Sherlock", which interweaves the two. in one. The advantage is that both lines are developing, and they can echo each other and complement each other. The disadvantage is that the story will be fragmented and it is difficult to have a consistent sense of continuity. In fact, the film did not deal with this problem, and the story progressed a little slowly. This also has nothing to do with the case itself being unremarkable. Whether it is the murder of an unfortunate woman turned to suicide, or the case of a Japanese diplomat dying in a foreign country for his career, there are not too many twists and turns or eye-catching tricks (it seems that Mitchell • Cullin is indeed not a grade, nor a way to compare Conan Doyle), so probably many viewers finally watched a pair of warm stories about childhood friends in the mood to understand the anecdotes of Sherlock Holmes.
The ending of "The Matrix" trilogy is also attributed to softness, warmth and hope. Compared with "Sherlock Holmes", this sunshine and smile are too easy and too casual.
——2015.10.28
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