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Being a huge fan of Sherlock I could not wait until series 3 came around and once I sat down on new years day to watch the empty hearse, well I was pleased enough but as Episode 2 and 3 finished I felt a little underwhelmed.
Well what I liked about the series was that the same feel/style is there the acting is very good from our two leads and supporting cast. We do see some development with the characters as well.
However like I said I felt a little disappointed, this series just didn't seem to grab that level of wit and tension that the previous two series had. A lot of the series is spent with Sherlock and Watson fighting and then kissing each others asses, I mean I like to see Watson acknowledge he cares for Sherlock and equally how much Sherlock cares about Watson but it goes too far with it in this series. Sherlock starts to become a little sappy and its too out of character I feel.
Another issue I had was the villain, Charles Augustus Magnussen, although I did quite enjoy his character he wasn't given enough screen time to flesh out his character, by the time he gets any proper dialogue and screen time facing off against Sherlock, they just well...kill him off! I mean this really surprised me I mean they just introduced this guy and then BANG hes dead. Such a waste!
This however brings me to my last point, I think the main reason they did this was to reintroduce the last scene of the series which we discover that Moriarty is alive, well we see a recorded message with his face saying over and over, "did you miss me"? I have to admit this gave me goosebumps I loved Andrews portrayal of Moriarty so Im excited!
So overall it is probably the weakest of the 3 seasons but it did have its good moments but I wanted something better for the length of time it took, I hope that for series 4 they either tell Moffat to improve the writing or replace him because he already damaged Dr Who I don't want him to ruin Sherlock.
So not bad but not the best.
Being a huge fan of Sherlock I could not wait until series 3 came around and once I sat down on new years day to watch the empty hearse, well I was pleased enough but as Episode 2 and 3 finished I felt a little underwhelmed.
Well what I liked about the series was that the same feel/style is there the acting is very good from our two leads and supporting cast. We do see some development with the characters as well.
However like I said I felt a little disappointed, this series just didn't seem to grab that level of wit and tension that the previous two series had. A lot of the series is spent with Sherlock and Watson fighting and then kissing each others asses, I mean I like to see Watson acknowledge he cares for Sherlock and equally how much Sherlock cares about Watson but it goes too far with it in this series. Sherlock starts to become a little sappy and its too out of character I feel.
Another issue I had was the villain, Charles Augustus Magnussen, although I did quite enjoy his character he wasn't given enough screen time to flesh out his character, by the time he gets any proper dialogue and screen time facing off against Sherlock, they just well...kill him off! I mean this really surprised me I mean they just introduced this guy and then BANG hes dead. Such a waste!
This however brings me to my last point, I think the main reason they did this was to reintroduce the last scene of the series which we discover that Moriarty is alive, well we see a recorded message with his face saying over and over, "did you miss me"? I have to admit this gave me goosebumps I loved Andrews portrayal of Moriarty so Im excited!
So overall it is probably the weakest of the 3 seasons but it did have its good moments but I wanted something better for the length of time it took, I hope that for series 4 they either tell Moffat to improve the writing or replace him because he already damaged Dr Who I don't want him to ruin Sherlock.
So not bad but not the best.
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