Sherlock Holmes

Ty gives **** stars

Title: Sherlock Holmes

Directed by Guy Ritchie

Starring:

Robert Downey Junior

Jude Law

Rachel McAdams

Release date: December 25th 2009

Sherlock Holmes is one of the greatest literary characters ever written and several films have been made starring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, but not quite like the modernization that Guy Ritchie (director of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, and Rock'n'rolla) has done. This has scared some purists who have read the adventures of Sherlock Holmes from seeing the film, but I say don't let Ritchie's modernizing stop you. Though I have only read a few of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, A Study in Scarlet, A Scandal in Bohemia, and A Sign of Four to be exact, I was able to deduct plot lines and see the simularites in Ritchie's film just from reading a few Sherlock Holmes stories. So how is this movie? I thought it was well written and well acted. Robert Downey Junior (Tony Stark in Iron Man, Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder, Larry Paul on Ally McBeal) did an excellent job portraying Sherlock Holmes. Jude Law (Graham Simpkins in The Holiday, Sky Captain in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Inman in Cold Mountain) also did a fine job portraying Dr. John Watson as well. Rachel McAdams (Regina George in Mean Girls, Allie Hamilton in The Notebook, Claire Clearly in Wedding Crashers) was also excellent in portraying the character Irene Adler, and those of you who have read A Scandal in Bohemia will enjoy the references from the book to the movie. For the ones who are looking for an action adventure here will most definitely find one and it was enjoyable seeing the amount of time and energy that Guy Ritchie spent on detailing London circa 1891. Though the film seemed to drag when it hit a dry spell in the middle, the film redeems itself in the end. Some people have complained that Guy Ritchie's modernizing Sherlock Holmes was too much and took away from the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character, but if one was to actually read Doyle's writings, they would see that like Sherlock Holmes, Richie is exceptionally observant to detail and this can be plainly seen throughout his film. Perhaps those people have seen Sherlock Holmes, but failed to accurately observe.