A Disappointing Continuation

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

This story standing all by itself is original in a way because it shifts constantly from what happens in the modern world and what happened a century ago or more. It is nothing but the story of a wife killing her husband but the murderess knows about the stories of the old Sherlock Holmes and she is going to trap him in an old story indeed, that of the abominable bride. Sherlock shifts from one period of time to another by using some drug, cocaine or heroin is not the point, to reach a state of consciousness that makes him cross centuries. And he is going to solve the case by this plying between the present and the past. He will be induced into believed Professor Moriarty is back and he will have to go back to that special event when he "dies" the first time in the water chute somewhere in Switzerland within a confrontation with Moriarty there.This visit to the past event will give him the true answer to the question: Is Moriarty still alive? After all, why not since Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are themselves still alive. Then the present crime is nothing but a simple riddle for primary school children that Sherlock Holmes solves in two seconds, maybe less.This passing from the 21st century to the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century gives the story some dynamism and makes the suspense eventful and active. It even enables the film to give the possibility to suffragettes of the older time to speak their minds against the male dominated society they live in. That's good and entertaining. But from the outside, since we are the audience hence outside the plot itself, it is quite common place to suspect the wife of a murdered husband, and the situation is so simple that there is no other suspect and no other solution. That makes the whole film an attempt to wrap a very simplistic story into a complicated set of slips, underdresses and dresses, and we, like mice in a big wheel of Swiss cheese, get lost in the lace. So this film works because we are such a good audience that we forget to remain critical and attentive. Just what Sherlock Holmes constantly says: keep awake, keep attentive, keep concentrated, don't scatter your brain power. But unluckily we do, and actually luckily for the film itself.Dr. Jacques COULARDEAU

I loved the going back and forth The Abominable Bride, with Sherlock's mind palace a major plot device in this latest Sherlock instalment, which debuted in the UK on Friday, 1 January 2016. In the UK there's a tradition for Christmas specials this follows in that fine tradition. You may wonder about holidays and ratings, but in the UK a relatively large number of people stay at home during the Christmas season and tune into Dr Who or other Christmas specials (although the cheap price air tickets to Greece and other spots probably sees more British folk spend the Christmas break in sunnier spots).

I think everybody have known Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson.. By reading books (Sir Arthur canon Doyle), movies( credits goes to Sir Robert downy Jr and Jude Law) And many others Previous series ( mostly like Jim Barrett) till date....But dude you have to believe me that this series is even more anticipated and turn every stone upside down....i think Benedict Cumberbatch and martin freeman has done splendid job in this series....I think you will witness every side of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in SHERLOCK even more clearly ...if you don't believe me just go to this link you will discover on your own"Thought catalog and search for it and it will shows that SHERLOCK is the best in 26 ways"because... "Don't watch everything without observing it"

This really was another fantastic addition to one of my favourite series. The actors played their parts perfectly, and they transition between timelines flawlessly (I don't really think that's a spoiler, but I gave warning nonetheless).Like any of the episodes, you have to pay attention in order to follow it properly. They go all over the place, but not in a way that makes it a mess, like so many other writers/directors have done.As for the "feminist propaganda" that is mentioned in the threads so often...seriously, people need to get over themselves. I'll probably get a number of "dislikes" to this review simply by saying that, but honestly, it didn't feel like propaganda in any way...it was simply good story telling with a theme that fit the story.Anyways, most likely every fan of the series is already going to watch this, so I don't have to tell anyone to. If you haven't seen the seasons prior, however, go watch them first...things won't make complete sense otherwise.