this is an OK movie for goof ball action. it even might be a bit intelligent. some mega critics said that its inevitable that Sherlock should be modernized with action. i disagree. we have Indiana Jones, star wars, aliens etc of action that fits its ORIGINAL story line. would anyone love an Indiana Jones movie where he played in the park with his young son, a nice feel good family movie? they might but not if you called it an Indiana Jones movie, he is an action hero. super man needs to fly, the hulk needs to rage, Sherlock Holmes needs to solve mysteries. were we given any clues so we could play along? did Watson try to solve the clues on his own and always get them wrong? well, i don't remember much of that.

go ahead and make your action movies full of explosions, fights and the end of the world. when done with some smarts and common sense, they are great. i love them.

but when it comes to being Sherlock Holmes, stay with Arthur Conan Doyle character. he was original and deserves the credit for creating this character by leaving him the way he was born.

a few have said that this is what the new movie should be, that he has evolved. get a life please, there are a great many smart and intelligent movies made in the mystery genre that are very successful. so why mess with that formula? why? greed, the ignorant masses don't care and like being dumbed down by exploitation of action while smarter movies don't make as much money. having a familiar BIG character, BIG stars and BIG action makes BIG money. even if its not fair to the history.

well, its not like Hollywood from what ever country they film in cares about history. its one of Hollywood's biggest flaw. they can make good movies by messing with history, but haven't even better movies been made by not messing with it? even if Sherlock is fictional, messing with his character is like making sparkling good guy vampires.