Maybe not for Sherlock Holmes and crime stories fans?

Rating: 7/10 (2 January 2010)

I went to the movies watching Sherlock Holmes with the expectation to see a good movie, and the movie lived up to my expectations and more.
I've never read any of the books, nor seen any of the older Sherlock Holmes movies, however I do have a little bit of knowledge on Sherlock Holmes anyway. I must admit that the movie, was more of an action move than I expected, as I've always thought that Sherlock Holmes would be more within the genre of Crime / Thriller and less of an action movie. So I'm not quite sure how well the movie captures the real universe of Sherlock Holmes, so it might not be the best movie to watch if you really like the books and crime stories.
With that say I actually think they've done a quite good job creating Sherlock Holmes and Watson, even though the movie is a bit more about action that I expected. The actors do a great job too.
The story is good, although as mentioned a lot of time is spend on action. This means that the story is not that complete and I felt that some information were left out or simply not written, which is a shame. I also feel that it is hard to think a head in the movie, at least when I watched it I didn't think ahead to try to solve the mystery at all.
Overall this is a good movie, however it's more of an action movie than I would expect and I think if your mind is really focused on watching a crime movie where you should try solving a mystery you might be disappointed. I didn't go into the movie with that in my mind, and I enjoyed this movie a lot.