Just enjoy Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law as Holmes and Watson!

Rating: 8/10 (2 January 2010)

Sherlock Holmes, a name everybody knows but even so a name that Guy Ritchie just introduced to me. Yes, Ritchie's new film was not only the very first film I saw in 2010, in the decade (saw it last night at a full theater), but also my very first encounter with something of Sherlock Holmes. Yes, some not even care about who is the director of this huge new Sherlock Holmes production, but as a Ritchie fan I must say that of all his after Snatch productions (with the exception of , the film Ritchie made for his wife of the time and the only one I haven't seen... wait, I don't have to see it to know it's a piece of crap! Then yes, forget the exceptions!) this was the one I liked the most (with ROCKNROLLA right after it), still it could have been better.
Some weeks ago I saw an interview with Ritchie in which he talks about the 2009 film of his "rival" director Quentin Tarantino. He remarks that the think I liked about INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, and that is jealous about, is the richness of its characters. In SHERLOCK HOLMES he was more interested in the richness of his characters than in anything else. Downey Jr. and Law are amazing here, and if Ritchie succeeded in at least in one regard is definitely the richness of his Holmes and Watson. Well, maybe richness is not the correct adjective for the case of Watson but nevertheless this film is worth watching for, if for nothing more, its two main characters. Is extremely enjoyable to see Downey and Law here, so basically if these two are back for the sequel I will be watching it, no matter if Ritchie decides not to care that much for the story again.