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...using primarily his fists. Though many would recognize these common cinematic tropes, few would suspect that the first film is J.J. Abrams’s reinvention of “Star Trek,” while the second is Guy Ritchie’s reimagining of “Sherlock Holmes.” This juxtaposition highlights how far these blockbusters have strayed from their source material...
...says less about “Star Trek”—in which Spock simply echoes, for the benefit of Trekkies, a line first used in “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country”—than it does about “Sherlock Holmes.” While the former retains its space ships and lasers, the latter exchanges its sense of mystery in favor of wall-to-wall action...
...first weekend 3. When in Rome, $12.1 million, first weekend 4. Tooth Fairy, $10 million; $26.1 million, second week 5. The Book of Eli, $8.8 million; $74.4 million, third week 6. Legion, $6.8 million; $28.6 million, second week 7. The Lovely Bones, $4.7 million; $38 million, eighth week 8. Sherlock Holmes, $4.5 million; $197.6 million, sixth week 9. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, $4 million; $209.3 million, sixth week 10. It's Complicated, $3.7 million; $104 million, sixth week...
...Avatar, $36 million; $552.8 million, sixth week 2. Legion, $18.2 million, first weekend 3. The Book of Eli, $17 million; $62 million, second week 4. The Tooth Fairy, $14.5 million, first weekend 5. The Lovely Bones, $8.8 million; $31.6 million, seventh week 6. Sherlock Holmes, $7.1 million; $191.6 million, fifth week 7. Extraordinary Measures, $7 million, first weekend 8. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, $6.5 million; $204.2 million, fifth week 9. It's Complicated, $6.2 million; $98.7 million, fifth week 10. The Spy Next Door, $4.8 million; $18.7 million, second week...
...speech. They all have the same content ("I'm astonished to receive this ... Thanks to all the wonderful people I worked with ...") and differ only in the grace and humor with which they're delivered. By this standard, Robert Downey, Jr., a winner for best comedic performance, somehow, in Sherlock Holmes, merits an Oscar for his speech, in which he didn't just warn, "if you start playing violins I will tear this place apart," but also "refused" to thank his wife, producer and director; smartly done, sir. Streep, who followed the Best Song winner T-Bone Burnett...