Sherlock Holmes the Movie: ‘Iron-Man’ly Pictured

Sorry for the loooong delay folks. Have been busy lately.

Okay. Out of date? Who cares anyway. I’m just telling you my opinion about this, so let us have some facts first.

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Fact #1: I like Agatha Christie’s better than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s.

Sorry Sir, no offense. It is just because I read more Hercule Poirot cases than Sherlock’s.

Fact #2: Sherlock Holmes is the most famous fictional detective character.

Ah yes. No doubt everyone was wondering how he would be pictured on screen.

Fact #3: Robert Downey Jr. and Guy Ritchie are famous.

I expected great movie from them, surely.

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Then when finally I watched the movie, I have these following points in mind:

Point #1: I didn’t know the story.

Oh well, as I said, I am not really a Sherlock fan, and I couldn’t recall which story this movie depicted. The plot was some kind of cases-mixing. Probably. Because there was Irene Adler (best known in A Scandal in Bohemia), Watson’s gambling problem I’ve read in The Adventure of the Dancing Men. So I wasn’t pretty sure this movie was referencing to which case as its base storyline.

Point #2: Where’s the famous hat and pipe and accessories?

Silly me. I imagined that Sherlock Holmes would be pretty much like the novel’s description. Hat, pipe, magnifying glass, coat. And where the hell were all of those things? I saw a hot muscular guy with I-don’t-give-a-damn-care attitude with his always-rolling eyes (ah yeah, do you guys see how Sherlock Holmes in the movie barely see people’s eyes when talking to them?). So Tony-Stark (the attitude, see?).

Point #3: Is Sherlock really good at fight?

I don’t know for sure, that’s why I am asking. Because it was like deja vu. Like watching Iron Man, really. I have no idea why I’m thinking like that, is it because the image of Robert Downey, Jr. or is it really because Sherlock was pictured like that? Both are true, probably.

Point #4: I felt like reading a book.

There were a lot flash-backing scene in the movie, particularly when explaining the tricks Sherlock planned or did. Detailed, and in some part I felt they were unnecessary. How he could escape by throwing himself to the river, and so on. It was just like I read a book, or someone read a book for me; like I was imagining the whole story, regardless I was truly watching and not imagining.

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Oh well, why I give that title is merely because I can’t keep my brain to think that Robert Downey, Jr. is Iron Man. And yet in Sherlock Holmes the Movie, more or less, Sherlock was just like Tony Stark.

That’s all I guess. I am tired

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