I love to hate it

Rating: 7/10 (3 May 2010)

I have been a devout fan of Mr Holmes' adventures almost since I could read, and I have great respect for the literature that is Sherlock Holmes. I loved the Jeremy Brett series and was apprehensive at the news of a Ritchie-Downey Jr Holmes flick. My fears were realized.
I have nothing against reboots, I think they're a great movie-making technique, with excellent movies to back it up. However, the issue here is rebooting a literary text - and that is pretentious to say the least. Such disregard for the original material I have not seen in a long time and I wonder how far it will go.
Notwithstanding: this is an excellent movie. Entertaining, well written and directed, I found myself liking it in spite of my disapproval of the treatment of Doyle's original. Definitely a must-see, even if you are an ultraconservative Sherlock fan such as myself.