A great trip to old London with Downey Jr's glorious humor

Rating: 8/10 (9 January 2010)

Entering old London directly as the movie started put me straight into that Agatha Christie's Poirot mood I adore. Unbelievable as it is, the set is really great and the digital parts are barely noticeable. I had only one wish then: to be able to return to a Baker street looking exactly like the one in the movie. Throughout the entire film, you get to travel through that wonderful London most people crave, that time when Tower Bridge was being built. Aside from the set, I have to admit I was quite curious about the Law-Downey JR couple. As it turns out, I haven't seen such a wonderful pair of actors in a long time. Law's(Watson) seriousness and attachment to Holmes(Downey Jr)is wonderful. He remains the actor we all appreciate, and he doesn't cross the lines a couple of actors have and failed at. He still surprises us with his really "British-like" behavior when it comes to answering to Holmes' jokes. The Holmes they deliver to us is more than I was waiting for. Downey Jr fit the role like no one else would have. There was this pinch of "Depp in a Burton movie" emanating from him, and still he clearly is building himself a good reputation. The way he handles the script and the humor is just so refreshing.
The movie in itself is good. The story line is well divided, the action is great, fun, and nicely old-styled, and of course there's a love story. Above that, what wiped away the two main love stories is the friendship between the two men. It sounded as though they were in love even though it's clear that it was just friendship. It's good to finally see such a thing.
Overall, as I mentioned, the movie was good, but it just comes in line behind other great "old-fashioned" action & mystery movies such as Vidocq. I still advise people to go watch it because it's not a waste of time.