Sherlock Holmes | 100 Movies Bucket List

 

I watched this film for the first time years ago, and while my feelings on it were quite neutral, I was glad (and surprised) to see it on the bucket list.

The first time I watched this, I think it was one of the first 'Sherlock Holmes' based movies/shows I'd seen, so I didn't have anything to compare it to.

This time around I watched it having already watched and loved the 'Sherlock' TV show (and also realising that 'Psych' is loosely based on the same concept), so I was definitely watching it with a more critical eye.

The best thing about any Sherlock Holmes story is the relationship between Sherlock and Watson, and this film does that really well. There's great chemistry between the actors and it's really enjoyable to watch them interact.

My main problem with the film is that I didn't love the mystery it focused on. I didn't really care what the outcome would be, so because of that, there was a lot of elements of the film that I didn't take a particular interest in.

I also never felt particularly connected to any of the characters, whether through the writing or acting. This may be because these aren't my favourite versions of the characters, but there was just something missing. I don't think I bought everything the characters did and said, things felt a bit like a performance as opposed to real events.

I can't remember exactly how I felt about this film the first time I watched it, but on this re-watch it didn't really work for me. I thought the acting was great, but other than that it felt a bit bland and I never felt I could really connect to the story.

That said, there were definitely some fun moments here and there, and it was mostly an entertaining background watch, so I think most people would probably enjoy this.