Movie Micro-Reviews: Edition 80

For more than three weeks of Leah's vacation, we watched almost no movies.  Then, all of a sudden, the flood started. 

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	90	Mystery, deduction, action, suspense, and one of the greatest villains ever written.  Better than the first, and worth seeing many times.
Hearts in Atlantis	79	Surprise!  Another Stephen King story becomes a good movie.  Not horror.  The tiniest bit of mysterious activity, but mostly about a boy growing up.  (And, double surprise, the boy is an eleven-year-old Anton Yelchin – the new Chekov!)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	95	A spectacular, action-packed, moving end to a brilliant series.  Bravo!
Thor	72	Beautiful.  Images inspired by Jack Kirby.  OK, they ignored the actual story, but sometimes that’s better for the franchise.  It was better here.  Still, this ranks below Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and Batman Begins.  But much better than Spiderman 3.
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol	80	Action! Cool spy ideas. More action! Twists! More action! Stunts like you’ve never seen, and, yes, action!
Crazy, Stupid, Love	76	Not what I was expecting. So many love relationships, so many complications.  I liked this a lot.  No easy answers.
Sister Act 2	69	Fun.  Love that music!  Predictable, but I still love seeing it – or having it on in the beackground.  That last piece is awesome.
Sleepy Hollow	77	Love the atmosphere.  So many excellent actors, and such a deep, dark mood.  And a fun mystery, too.