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I’ve been putting off
writing this review
for a month.
Sherlock Holmes
and Doctor Watson
are so personal to me,
I wanted just the
right words,
and I doubt I have
them even now.
I grew up obsessed
with a few heros.
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James Bond
was number one,
Sherlock Homes and
Doctor Watson
number two,
and a handful
of others.
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I did not just
study these people,
I molded myself,
trained myself,
studied and
researched.
I was a nutty kid,
OK?
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I do not regret
any of that,
it did me great good
later in life and
still does.
But about the movie.
I have read and
reread all the
Sherlock Homes works
by Doyle and many
adaptations of his
characters by others.
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I saw all the
Basil Rathbone
movies as a kid.
A month before
I saw the new
Sherlock Homes
movie,
I watched every
single Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes movie
again,
in order of filming,
all of them.
(Sometimes I obsess,
a mark of genius
or madness –
in my case I
suspect both.)
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So then I watched
the Guy Ritchie movie.
Oh my gosh.
OH MY GOSH!
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From start to finish,
how does one
describe perfection?
Robert Downey gave
his own style to Sherlock,
and it was beyond
amazing.
He captured the
very soul of Holmes.
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The insanity,
the genius,
the lack of understanding
human emotion Holmes
had combined with the
frightening insights
into other people.
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The addiction personality
when Holmes was bored,
the obsession when
Holmes was on a case.
Robert Downey Jr.
gave an Oscar winning
performance as
Sherlock Holmes.
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Jude Law became
Doctor Watson in
a new way,
not a bumbler by
any means but a
man of action
and thought.
Oscar worthy,
the best acting
by Jude Law ever.
The way the two
expressed concern
and the L word for
each other was very
manly and real.
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Rachel McAdams
as Irene Adler was
just stunning,
she filled out a
character Doyle never
fully explained in the
books and stories.
The sets in the movie
must have cost a fortune,
so very real.
The music perfection.
The screen p[ay
Oscar worthy.
Guy Ritchie’s direction
the best of his career.
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Would I see it again?
I bought the DVD,
I worship this movie.
My words can
not do it justice.
Rash Manly
22moon.com
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