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okay,whether you know or not..i am a big fan of Sherlock Holmes,i have read the books Jeremy Brett is the best Holmes in Granada's series on TV,i have even visited the studios where it was made here in Manchester and walked down Baker street etc

so,here comes Guy Ritchie with a new take Robert Downey Jr as Holmes and Jude Law as Watson..you knew that already though

here is the trailer again



okay its 1891,and London is in its prime so to speak

Holmes and Watson are on a frantic run to stop Lord Blackwood(Mark Strong who has been in a few of Ritchies films and is in the upcoming Robin Hood movie) from continuing his devil worshiping and sacrificing,he has already murdered 5 women,they succeed in stopping him and a few months later Lord Blackwood is sentenced to death by hanging,before he is hung,Lord Blackwood offers Holmes a warning saying that there will be more deaths and that his death is only the beginning ...Oohh..big words!!

However,a few minutes after the hanging and Watson pronounces that Lord Blackwood is indeed dead

A few days later Watson is preparing to leave 221b baker street and Holmes to move in with his fiance Mary Morstan when they are both informed that Lord Blackwood has risen from the grave and seen walking away,and so begins the case

If you are familiar with Guy Ritchie's other films maybe 'Lock,Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' or more so 'Snatch',you will certainly notice the style of cinematography and the way its filmed,the gritty look of late 19th century London is pretty spot on,down to the ships and boats that fill up the Thames and Tower Bridge being constructed

True to Guy Ritchie's other works,the best parts are some of the fight scenes,you may of seen in the trailers,it has slow motion fighting with Holmes explaining what he is doing and how he is doing,what you don't see from the trailer that right after those parts the whole 'fight scene' is speeded up to real time
what Holmes explains in Minutes,its then repeated in real time in seconds

Robert Downey Jr certainly makes for an interesting Holmes,one we haven't seen before,but he seems to fit the bill quite nicely,even if the whole of Holmes persona seems to of been re-written especially so it seems for RDJ,but its Jude Law as Watson that really cements both his and Downeys performance as a double act,both are great together,and you can tell that they had fun playing the part,with both Holmes and Watson bickering at each other...never have i been so entertained by Jude Law,and never had i of thought i would utter that line

Joining them both is Irene Adler(Rachael McAdams)..let me explain,Irene Adler is the one woman Holmes is interested in,otherwise(at least in the books)he has no time for women and certainly no interest in rumpy pumpy,his fascination with Adler is not as much Love but awe,Irene Adler is more famous in the Sherlock Holmes world as being the one person who has outwitted Holmes(twice,so Watson says in this film),but Holmes admiration for Adler is supposedly as an enemy,as she is a criminal and he..isn't

but here we have the female criminal helping out the Baker Street Duo to put a stop to Lord Blackwood

I can't say Rachel McAdams stood out as Irene Adler as it was all about Holmes and Watson,but she certainly didn't bog the film down


I enjoyed the film much more than i thought i would,the end was pretty expected and some of the puzzles throughout the film that leave the audience guessing is a little lame when worked out TBH

the movie runs for 2hrs 33 minutes,although it didn't really feel that long

i was wondering how this film had done,whether it had been a hit,as Avatar seems to of taken all the limelight..i found this on IMDB

"Sherlock Holmes" hit theaters at a difficult moment last year. It came out only a week after all-time box office gross record-holder "Avatar" did, and on Christmas Day no less. James Cameron's sci-fi epic has dominated the box office since December 18, and "Holmes" was overlooked by many as a result.

Well, not that many. The $90 million-budgeted action/mystery has earned almost $400 million so far worldwide, with a home video release still to come. That's successful by any estimation, and more than enough to warrant the heavily forecasted sequel, and soon.

so it hasn't done too bad then,and a sequel would be very welcome from my view anyhow

Sherlock Holmes receives 8 Metal Orphans out of 10




afterthought:i just watched that trailer again and most of the scenes with Irene Adler,her bending over in her corset or kicking Holmes in the balls,or even kissing him at that point wasn't in the film,i am guessing that those scenes were cut..it goes to a much quicker way to get Holmes Handcuffed to the bed