Noggin Thought

Here’s a good post on procrastination. It’s almost exactly how I feel. I view procrastination as lying to ourselves. If I say I don’t want to take out the trash now I’ll do it later, I’m just lying to myself to make me feel okay with my decision. The reality is that I’m not going to want to take out the trash later, but I know I don’t want to now. Then later becomes now and I still feel the same way.

I do like the viewpoint in the post. I never thought of it as burdening my future self with the problems I failed at today, but that’s what it is. And also setting up a pattern of procrastination that my future self is more likely to follow. Either way I don’t agree with it. I feel that if something needs to be done, do it! It’s much better that way, because who knows what else may come up later that you didn’t know about now.

Robert Downey Jr. was an excellent Sherlock Holmes. I enjoyed the movie on many different levels.

It was funny. I found myself laughing at times that I wouldn’t have expected. This was due, in large part, to Downey Jr.’s portrayal of the eccentric detective. Also the chemistry between Dr. John Watson, played by Jude Law, and Sherlock Holmes was completely natural. They really seemed like friends that loved the thrill of the case, despite the constant perils and life threatening situations.

It was action. Not too much action though. I think the trailers painted it as an action thrill ride. It wasn’t like that at all. The action scenes were definitely there but didn’t detract from the story; they helped to advance it.

It was smart. Sherlock Holmes was not a superhero detective. He was very intelligent. That was apparent in how he handled assailants and how he solved cases. Maybe not so much with women, but that just adds to the character.

There was one issue I had…well, sort of. The action scenes were quite loud and the quiet scenes were very quiet. Hopefully all of the Blu-Ray versions aren’t like this. Ooh doesn’t like loud TV unless it’s something she’s watching but that’s a whole other post, which isn’t necessary. So the extreme volume differential between scenes was quite distracting because I had to keep raising and lowering the volume. I hope it wasn’t like that in the theater.

It also stars Rachel McAdams, and Mark Strong.

If you want a smart, funny, somewhat action-packed, mystery. See it. If you don’t, see it anyway!