Victorian bachelor party

Like with 'J. Edgar', I'm not so sure what I should think about the newest Guy Richie's film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. A tiny voice in the back of my head  can't stop from screaming 'sacrilege!', but other voice tell me it's just entertaiment.
   The film is a sequel to Richie's first Holmes film, which became a blockbuster. A Game of Shadows is placed in time after the first part. Watson is finally going to married and the evil mastermind professor Moriarty intrigues. With these ingredients come into being a wild adventure throught continental Europe, reminding misleadingly a victorian bachelor party. There's suspicious foods, dancing, a man in woman's clothes and of course lots of explosions.
   Sherlock Holmes was a refreshing exception in Holmes canon. It brought a new perspective to original stories. But I can't say same from A Game of Shadows. It, like so many other Hollywood sequels, ride on success of it predecessor. It doesn't have the same wit and all marvellous hints to original stories had been replaced with populist jokes. Especially the handling of the character of Holmes' brother Mycroft and the connection to lower its quality. As a vacant eye candy the film work perfectly, but that's all.
   And the tiny voice keep screaming in the back of my head.

Mark: 7-