Detective stories are timelessly popular, and who is a better-known detective than Sherlock Holmes? His wit, easy grace, and opium addiction has drawn readers and views alike for over one hundred years. The first film featuring the pipe-carrying hero was filmed in 1900 and lasted only thirty seconds, and countless (and longer, of course) have followed. Will the newest rendition of the mastermind stand apart?
This Christmas, Guy Ritchie’s new “Sherlock Holmes” bursts onto the big screen with equally big actors: Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as Watson. While Downey doesn’t fit the physical description of the famous detective, the two do share an affinity for hard drugs. Critics don’t doubt Law’s potential in his role, but many wonder whether their parts seem backwards.
Certainly this project could be placed into no hands more capable than Ritchie’s; his history sporting numerous quirky crime thrillers, including most recently the well received “Rocknrolla.” His unique visuals should shed a different light on London’s dingy streets, the sepia is rather more eye-popping than even those of Tim Burton’s “Sweeney Todd.”
In short, the new Sherlock Holmes project seems to be getting everything that it deserves; a stunning cast and a director with quite the eye. Whether or not the film will be lost among its dozens of relatives, Arthur Conan Doyle would be proud of this one.
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