Take this advice first of all and you will enjoy this movie so much more: Allow for a more action-oriented Holmes and Watson and try to not compare this movie with the old books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The main characters are played by Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law and i got the distinct impression that they enjoyed doing the movie and putting their own touches to the famous pair.
Watson has often been reduced to almost a bit part but that was not the case here, he had a story of his own and Holmes relied heavily on him and the emotions due to the breakup in progress caused by Watson's engagement was a nice touch.In several scenes you can really see how that pains Holmes.
The story is quite good about black magic in high places and also introduces Holmes's arch-enemy to be, Professor Moriarty as well an old sweet-heart. That Irene manages to out-smart Holmes a few times make him more human and fallible.
Something i can imagine conservatives will dislike is the fight-scenes but again take my advice. Imagine that a person like Sherlock Holmes has read any number of books on any subject imaginable and for scientific reasons learned an advanced and unusual style of fighting. It is not unreasonable and will help you get over the fact that he puts up a really good fight.
To sum up i can recommend this movie even though i was skeptical at first, the story is fair and paced in a good way. That i really felt the actors had fun together make for some nice scenes and quite good dialoque. Seeing old London as Tower Bridge is being built give the story a interesting setting as well
There is no real need to see this at the cinema but do rent it when it gets out.
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