Robert Downey Jr. returns as Sherlock and so the game is afoot!

Rating: 9/10 (2 January 2013)

It took me a while to watch this film...I wanted to see it at the theater as I really enjoyed the first one, but I never made it. Finally got it as a gift and have to say that I enjoyed it just as much as the first one. I know many out there do not like this version of Sherlock, but this is one of my favorite versions of the famous detective. I am not the biggest Holmes fan admittedly. My other fave Holmes is Peter Cushings, I really enjoyed "The Hound of the Baskervilles"...in both these cases I really enjoyed the actor playing Holmes.
This film has Holmes trying to match wits with his greatest adversary, Professor Moriarty! A man whose genius is only matched by his nefarious desires. Sherlock must once again team with his good friend Dr. Watson as they have to go through Europe to figure out Moriarty's scheme. Once again there is a lot of humor and a lot of action. Some may find this off putting, but I really enjoyed it. The movie starts out with Sherlock on the tail of a familiar friend, he takes his good friend Watson to his stag party where then his wedding, has a great encounter on a train and ends up at a very nice castle in Switzerland. The locales are great in this film too, by the way.
I enjoy films from this time period so that is probably one of the reasons I enjoyed it and the predecessor. Probably explains why I enjoyed the film "The Raven" as well...though that one took place in America. I also enjoy a good train action sequence, whether it be in a movie or even a video game. This film has that too. At times though the film does move around to much which is why I did not score this film a 10, I really enjoyed the film, but at times it became difficult to follow!
So while it may not be the popular thing to do, I enjoyed this film. Cannot pretend I didn't. To me these Sherlock are the perfect combinations of action and humor. That is the kind of role I like Downey Jr. in, action type films with some comedy. I do not really enjoy his totally serious films or his comedies. So basically I like him as Starks and Sherlock I guess. I am looking forward to the next Iron Man film and I also hope I can look forward to the next Sherlock film. There is one listed, but it has no date so it may never come to fruition.