![]() The film makers definitely made it a point to keep Holmes feeling like the original. And while he only used it for tuneless plucking, the Stradivarius was present for several scenes. There are multiple instances of quotes being lifted directly from the source material to provide authentic dialogue and situations. Give me problems, give me work. An identical line is spoken in the movie. being Victoria Regina, Latin for Queen Victoria, of course.) And in The Sign of the Four, after taking a dose of his seven-per-cent solution of cocaine, says My mind rebels at stagnation. In The Musgrave Ritual, Watson describes a similar situation: Holmes, in one of his queer humours, would sit in an armchair with his hair-trigger and a hundred Boxer cartridges and proceed to adorn the opposite wall with a patriotic V.R. In the early part of the film, Watson finds Holmes in his room, completely in darkness and firing his revolver indoors. Ah, youre one that has wasted your gifts, you have! You might have aimed high, if you had joined the fancy. Not only that, but in The Adventure of the Empty House, Holmes explains, I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or the Japanese system of wrestling. a fictional martial art based on the actual self defense technique, Bartitsu. Gods truth! how could I have mistook you? If instead o standin there so quiet you had just stepped up and give me that cross-hit of yours under the jaw, Id ha known you without a question. Sherlock Holmes! roared the prize-fighter. In another scene in The Sign of the Four, Holmes runs into McMurdo, a boxer, and he reminds him that theyve met before: Not Mr. Some people less familiar with the original stories were surprised by the scenes in which Holmes uses martial arts techniques and also by his propensity to engage in bare knuckle boxing. The dialogue and conclusions are lifted almost verbatim from the first chapter of The Sign of the Four, the crucial difference being that, in the book, Holmes deduces those facts about Watsons brother, not a red-headed midget. Consider the scene from the movie in which Holmes and Watson determine facts about the owner of a pocket watch by observing details like scratches and tiny pawn brokers labels. Grade: C Minus Behavior: Without question, the films Sherlock has every bit of deductive prowess as his literary counterpart. Watson says his hands are all mottled over with similar pieces of plaster, and discoloured with strong acids. So perhaps the movies Holmes is closer than originally thought. However, also from Scarlet, Holmes conducts an experiment in which he pricks his finger and dresses it with a small piece of plaster. ![]() Another quote from The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) says that Holmes has a cat-like love of personal cleanliness, which definitely goes against the unkempt, messy haired, scruffy faced detective from the film. Appearance: In A Study in Scarlet, the first Holmes novel published in 1887, Watson describes Holmes as being rather over six feet tall and so excessively lean that he seemed to be considerably taller. Robert Downey Jr.s height is listed as 5' 8½" (1.74 m), so right away we run into a problem. This is not to decide if the movie portrayal is one that we personally like, but one that is authentic and respectful. ![]() In evaluating the movies choices, its best to use only the canon created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as an objective standard, not just elements that are personally favored, but were added later. Holmes accurate and faithful to the original stories? Considering the amount of dedicated fans, there are sure to be many different ideas over what constitutes a proper depiction of Sherlock Holmes. The Holmes he and Downey created is rougher around the edges and grittier than previous interpretations. Guy Ritchie crafted a movie that plays as if were watching what The Worlds Greatest Detectives adventures would have been like in real life had he really existed. and Jude Law, as the titular character and his sidekick Doctor Watson, respectively, formed an action/comedy duo that was both physically imposing and hilarious. When it was released in 2009, Sherlock Holmes was a bit of a run away success.
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