By Eddy Let you and I speak plainly, dear reader.  We follow certain directors because we enjoy their style. While am I not saying directors should not break out and do something different, I also feel that if it isn't broke don't fix it.  Unfortunately, whether be it the pressures of having a high profile film with A list actors or having to deal with a period piece rather being in a more contemporary setting, Sherlock Holmes comes out as a generic blockbuster action film.  Not to say that this is a bad thing, but with such sharp films that Guy Ritchie has done and with the witty multi story style that he has exhibited in the past, the film feels like Guy used the Micheal Bay book of directing films and failed to insert his own flair. Its understandable that this film would place an inordinate amount of pressure on Guy, with a winter tentpole date and reigning actor of the year Robert Downey Jr.  The heat was on to put out a product not necessarily that would be great but … [Read more...]