This is a big, fun movie. It doesn't make a lot of sense, but who cares? It's Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law. There are a lot of special effects. The scenery is Victorian England, circa 1800s. Beautiful art direction. A few fascinating slow motion fight scenes.
Don't expect a lot of "Elementary, my dear Watsons" or even brilliant deductions or creative sleuthing. Sherlock Holmes is not really a detective or a scientist in this film. He's more like an action hero with a self-destructive bent. And poor Watson, or Jude Law, is cast as a kind of codependent sidekick who gets kicked around a lot. (What happened to Jude Law? Seriously. He's lost his bloom.) There is a mystery to be solved, but I couldn't tell you what it was.
If you love Robert Downey, Jr. then you will have a good time. When all else fails in this movie, his ropey body is good to look at. And his English accent is a trip. Even Jude Law, who really is English, sounds less authentic than Downey. At one point, I was wishing Watson would have been played by Johnny Depp. (I'm not kidding about Jude Law's lost bloom.) Johnny Depp could given Watson more bite, more interest, more something. Maybe even just given it his Johnny Depp-ness. At least there would have been something else to captivate in this couple of hours in Downey-land.
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