Not to beat a dead horse, but ...

[leethet]

This quote from the L.A. Times review is precisely my sense of the thing, a sense acquired entirely from trailers of this movie and of Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes" franchise. Note: I'm not claiming cleverness or insight or anything - I have not seen, nor do I intend to see, any of the films involved - just saying this reviewer has expressed my feelings about things.

"The film seems to be following the same essential formula as Ritchie's successful "Sherlock Holmes" pictures, to take a vintage story set in the past and shoot it essentially as a modern story, with fancy contemporary effects and camera tricks, quippy dialogue and stylized costumes and sets. "

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-man-from-uncle-review-20150814-story.html

Comments

[leethet.livejournal.com]

I expect it's an enjoyable film for those going in with no UNCLE preconceptions, if you like generic thrillers, which I don't. Then again, some fen have quite enjoyed it, so even if you have some knowledge of UNCLE, it could still be likable.

Strictly personally, I knew with this one, based only on previews, as I knew when I saw the previews for the Sherlock Holmes "franchise," that it wasn't anything that spoke to me as a person who loved the source material. That's not a quality judgment (although in a way I guess it is, because it means I don't think Guy Ritchie knows how to make a period film. At. All.) - millions of people loved the Holmes flicks, so clearly they're solidly made movies, and of course Robert Downey Jr. is eminently watchable in pretty much anything.