sherlock holmes

this one was pretty good, but there was a lot that was also pretty bad. this reimagining of the shirlock holmes series does a good job of taking what we know of holmes and changing it enough to make it fresh again. the relationship between the detective and watson is by far the best part of the film, law and downey have great chemistry and are a riot to watch play off of each other. its interesting to see holmes as the imbalanced neurotic and watson as the rock he relies on. as for the case featured in this movie? well, its pretty lame. what has been causing these strange things to happen around london? turns out its just a bunch of smoke, mirrors, and the freemasons. or something like that. my biggest problem with the film was the way they tried to shoehorn in a bunch of unnecessary special effects and action where none belonged. for example, all the stuff that happened at the shipyard was fun to look at, but played absolutely no part in furthering the story- they went there after a fight scene where the bag guys got away, after the action at the shipyard, they get away again. serves no purpose at all. also, the finale where they are on the unfinished london bridge. why would the bad guy go there to kill the girl? because it looked cool. otherwise it is complete nonsense that they would even be up there at all. great characters (well, actually, great casting), but not that great of a movie.