#Review sherlock holmes bride full

There is nowhere I can imagine a better smart, arrogant, show off, modern day Sherlock better than Cumberbatch and a witty, sarcastic, dramatic, John Watson better than Freeman. The Climax also seemed over stretched, flawed and over dramatized.Īcting: The performances of both the lead characters and the supporting characters are great as usual. The character of Mycroft Holmes was suppose to be funny in his super-fat avatar but turns out to be annoying mostly. The smart and wittiness of Sherlock is somehow missing, making it flimsy at times, the Moriarty bit is a somehow seemed misplaced and over dramatic. For starters, when you realize this whole thing is going in Sherlock’s mind or is dream/time travel of some sort, the episode hits you as a not-so-new one.

Screenplay/Character Development : One of the main reason why this special episode disappoints you.

#Review sherlock holmes bride full

Nevertheless, although it loses a few points in originality, it gets full marks in bringing out the untold story of that period in a crime/detective drama in its own, subtle way. Besides, feminism, being one of the breakout theme in most of our plots these days be it movies or TV, it was hardly a surprise here for a cinemaholic to spot it from the very beginning where it’s headed. A few more men are killed in similar fashion as people fear that the ghost of the bride killing them up leaving a sign and Sherlock is in the cliff-hanging mission to solve that riddle.Īlthough there are few subplots included, the main story is loosely based on the oppression of women in the Victorian Era, the movements and feminism, rising in that period.

Plot/Storyline: Based on some time travel storyline, Sherlock here imagines himself in the 1890s in his mind palace where he tries to solve a case which involves one newly-wed Emelia Ricoletti, who apparently kills herself in public and later returns from the grave and murders her husband, Thomas, in front of witnesses and vanishes. Well, being one of the disenchanted fans of the show after its last season, I was curious but hopeful that this special episode would bring the past glory and flawlessness back to the show and live up to our expectations. There had been a lot of buzz since recently about a special episode of Sherlock which eventually premiered on 1st Jan, exactly two years after their last season in 2014.