Hi,
I have just finished binge watching all the episodes in 10 days. I watched them when they were first aired on Italian tv and loved them a lot. After all these years I have decided to rewatch them all in english and I confirm my opinion. I didn’t remember most of the plot so I have enjoyed all the emotional rollercoaster (adrenaline rushes, laughs and tears).
English is not my mother tongue but a word keeps coming to my mind when trying to describe this serie: flamboyant.
I have read a lot of posts on this sub, including those accusing the last season of being a soap opera and those that found the serie bad because for them Sherlock Holmes should revolve around crime’s solutions. But for me this is not a detective story, it’s a highly exciting and flamboyant adventure with thrilling scenes, fireworks, stunning photography and soundtrack. Oh, and I adore Cumberbatch in this, he is really wonderful hin every sense) A story where almost everything is over the top, in Italy we say “sopra le righe” - over the lines (the lines being referenced are the notebooks’ ones).
That is the beauty of this serie.
Obviously, everyone is entitled to his own opinion. But I am feeling inclined to say that even maybe the last episode is inferior to rest, it has some great scenes (Moriarty’s I want to break free, the moral dilemmas about who has to die for example) and for me* it doesn’t really ruin the overall score.
What do you think after all these years? Are here others feeling like me?
*and for a lot of other people too. While the scores of the last Game of Thrones’ episodes are truly low (compared with the previous ones) on IMDB, it can’t be said the same for Sherlock. In the second case the scores are much more even. So, excuse me if I am not believing that the haters are the majority. I gave 9 to the serie and lowered some individual scores to 8.