Plot: Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) is set to investigate the mysterious and evil Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong) and his plan on taking over England. While Holmes always has a logical theory on every method, Blackwood uses "magic". In this movie, Holmes tries to prove that there are alot of tricks behind Blackwood's sleeve. Along the way, Holmes' partner-in-crime Dr. Watson (Jude Law), and his one and only love interest Irene Adler, aids him in his quest to put Blackwood down for good.The Good: Guy Ritchie's take on Sherlock Holmes appears to be very comical and sometimes, goofy. Which happens to be very different from what a lot of people would expect him to be in real life. But in this case, well at least for me, it would work better this way on the big screen. In this movie, Downey Jr. tries very hard to portray Sherlock differently from Tony Stark. But as hard as he tries, there are definitely several similarities we could spot in Holmes' personalities. However, Robert remains very lovable and his charm is the only thing that makes Sherlock interesting in the movie.
The Bad: Screenplay is very very, very bad, Guy Ritchie would need to work on that for the planned sequel. Shortening the movie by 10-12 minutes would also be very helpful as there are some scenes which are irrelevant to the plot. We also need to see more of Holmes' clever methods in solving cases, rather than just thinking of where his punches and kicks land would take the guy down. Or for the worst case, we would prefer him to use more than just a rope to finish Blackwood off...it was very frustrating. Movie was lower than my expectations, but at least it did good at the box office.
Overall: 5.5 / 10
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