Country: USA | Germany
Language: English | French | Latvian
Director: Guy Ritchie
Sherlock Holmes is 2009 movie that you can enjoy only if you are free from the "popular knowledge" of Holmes' personage and have read the original canon of Doyle.
There are many who tend to reject a thing just because their opinion about the matter is formed on the basis of what they have seen from a conventional point of view about a subject or just what they have overheard and don't know anything about the real subject.
Ritchie's Holmes fits in every way into the original character created by Doyle although it seems different as what most people use to form their opinion about Holmes or similar characters is their portrayal by other actors; they never use the original information.
Robert Downie Jr. plays Holmes and there is nothing in this version of Holmes that is not found in the original Holmes of Doyle, although his physical abilities are more highlighted keeping in mind the new generation of viewers who lack the necessary depth to follow completely Holmes' subtle deduction.
Jude Law, in my opinion, is the best Watson ever and I liked the difference from the original canonical Watson as Law's Watson participates much more in the action.
The film's weakest part is its portrayal of Holmes' romance with Irene Adler which is almost undigestible.
The mystery concerning Lord Blackwood is not a bad one and Professor Moriarty's unsolved presence makes it clear that there is going to be sequel.
The direction is tight and the film is quiet entertaining in the general sense.
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