Downey should have been nominated!

Rating: 7/10 (21 March 2010)

Robert Downey Jr. does an excellent job in playing the difficult, complicated role of Sherlock Holmes. Jude Law is perfect as Dr. John Watson. The rest of the cast is first rate as is the costume designs and art direction which is set in the mid 1860s. The story of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson always is a mystery. Dr. Watson is planning on moving and marrying lovely girl named Mary. Rachel McAdams plays a pivotal role in this story. There are a few funny scenes like Holmes waking up naked and cuffed by the scared maid and the bantering between Holmes and Watson whose relationship is never really explained. They say goodbye to notorious killer Lord Blackwood who is executed and promised to have three more dead. The script here needs some work and some of the stuff like Holmes' brilliance is hard to digest but it's an enjoyable adventure of a film. I still think Downey should have been nominated for an Academy Award for this performance.