SHERLOCK HOLMES
5 out of 5 stars

mrs. hudson: oh, he's killed the dog. again.

dr. watson: what have you done to gladstone now?
sherlock holmes: i, was simply testing a new anesthetic. he doesn't mind.


i’m sure that no dogs were harmed in the making of this film…ok, maybe just dr. watson’s. :P


guy ritchie does a pretty awesome job, retelling us the story of sherlock holmes and his snarky sidekick dr. watson. sherlock (RDJ, how i love you!) and watson (jude law- the sexiest dr. watson i've ever seen) go head-to-head with evil/ambitiously clever lord blackwood (mark strong, another wonderful actor/favorite of the director), who wants what any villian wants: world domination. first, lord blackwood is sentenced to death for his "virgin girl sacrifices" in victorian london, but he suddenly comes back from the dead, to carry out his evil plans. i don't want to ruin the mind-boggling ending for you, so you'll just have to strap in your carriage seatbelt, and enjoy the ride on this one...


stylistically, this isn’t your typical classical victorian holmes novel. imagine it more of a graphic novel, based in what would be victorian england if rendered through the eyes of guy ritchie… the movie is certainly an adventure from the very get-go, and it just keeps moving… most certainly, the best scenes are action hero sherlock fighting a 7 ft. tall french giant with fist and wit, his powers of deduction to solve the mysteries behind the crime, and of course, how he cleverly wears a disguise to follow his ex-gf irene adler and her mysterious benefactor. (as we later find out is prof. moriarty—sequel, anyone?) there’s also the “old couple bickering” between sherlock and watson, where you think a bromance would blossom any minute now… as much as they annoy each other, you know deep down inside, they care about one another. aww…


i’m actually glad they’ll make a sequel to this because i can’t get enough of RDJ and his portrayal of holmes. of course, we want more! (just like i did with jack sparrow of the pirates of the caribbean series) rumor has it that brad pitt will be playing prof. moriarty… (i could see that. he is afterall a fave of guy’s) well in that case…case reopened! ;)