Sherlock Holme as the Victorian Iron Man 3

Rating: 5/10 (7 July 2012)

Jeez! The repeating of the violent scenes where Holmes would envision what he would do and then the actual fight, was very confusing. Deleting the duplicate scenes would have made the film have been shorter. Then the munitions factory, what was that all about? Slow motion to distraction, what did this add to the film? Not much. The weapons, such as the gas piston type of weapon used by Watson during this part of the film was not in type of successful production till 1910 or so. The pistols where not in production till later as well. I only mention this because the pistol in production looked much more interesting and showed the general laziness about the writers then anything else. If the film was about a consulting detective then how did Holmes get the job? In any Holmes story he has to meet with the client, it is a basic rule of the Sherlock Holmes style. Consultants don't just jump into the job they have to think and review. Good pieces and actors where the wife of Watson and Mycroft, the movie was worth just for them. Professor Moriatory was well played and one wished for more of him. Downey acted well, just not as Sherlock Holmes and was fun to hang with. Jude was a good Watson, but without a Holmes. Mrs. Hudson, why not just have Paltnow take the part. Then it would have been truly Victorian Iron Man. The movie was enjoyable but it was not a Sherlock Holmes movie in any sense. It was fun to see the question mark at the end, but really did we need it? No. The deviation from the historical accuracy made the film more expensive to make and took away from the detective component. I am glad to have watched this on pay per view and not paid 15 us dollars to see it. Best I can say is that it too long for no reason but not a waste of time.