What’s Up, Holmes!

Sherlock Holmes was a pretty good movie, but definitely not one of my favorites for the year. It might put it in my top ten for the year, but no higher than number six. I do enjoy a good mystery movie here and there, but this wasn’t really a mystery movie that made you guess as to who the villain really was or made you do any real thinking. The movie was enjoyable, especially the fight scenes where Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) breaks down each move he makes before it happens, usually exploiting a weakness. It was also interesting how both he and Watson (Jude Law) can dissect a crime scene and tell exactly what happened and where the victims may have been. It could be a lot like the C.S.I. shows, but I never really pay attention to them when I see them on TV.

The movie is centered around the relationship between Holmes and Watson, and how Watson always comes to the aid of Holmes, even though he should be spending time with his fiancee-to-be. They team up to track down a murderer named Lord Blackwood who practices dark arts and magic. His goal is to take over England and eventually the world by using cheap tricks to scare people to submit to his rule. Holmes’s weakness for a certain woman (Rachel McAdams) gets him into trouble and ultimately reveals another villain, even more wily than Blackwood.

Unless I missed something, I don’t remember Holmes speaking the classic line of “Elementary my dear Watson.” That kind of left me unfulfilled with the movie. I did like that they did leave the movie open for a sequel which brings out an important character in the Sherlock Holmes world. What movie nowadays doesn’t leave the ending open for a sequel though?

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