Pretentious and overdone

Rating: 4/10 (23 January 2010)

From the beginning of the movie, and the first fight it's obvious how pretentious the movie is going to be. I suppose all You fans of the Conan Doyle's character cleverly know how Holmes was a good brawler, and was proficient in some martial arts and weapon using (singlestick, sword etc.), but in this case it's overdone and just pretentious. He deducts his foe in the dark, by sounds, smell etc. while fist fighting in a way that would make Batman to rethink if he would get in the fight with him. It's generally OK for Sherlock to be superior to others but they made him overly competent comparing to the main character in the book, but at some point I thought writer has mistaken main character addiction to drugs with addiction to steroids. It's like the writer took every little strong point of Sherlock's character and just threw it in randomly through the script just for show-off, and to make him more likable, and that the writer can prove he read a book thoroughly. Also, I know Holmes is eccentric, but here in few scenes when talking to Watson, he behaves like a 13 year old with ADD syndrome, and this, once more, becomes laughably overdone. All this makes the drama more idiotic when it's obvious he'll come through no matter what. This character will never be able to make you hold for the chair in expect of what will happen, simply because he is perfect in every aspect, whether it is his clairvoyance brain, or physical performance of a mix of Rambo and Brus Lee, which is odd for a heavy smoker/drug user in his mid thirties.
I know everyone is going to watch it anyway, but at least go and watch it in a right mindset and don't expect too much.