Having no faith in A. Conan Doyle's original cerebral hero and doctor sidekick, or in the capacity of North American audiences to enjoy that, Hollywood's given us a Holmes who's into martial arts and girls who wear lots of eye makeup and look really cute getting into trouble (not Rachel MacAdam's best turn, to say the least.) I had a premonition, sitting through all those action-oriented trailers before the movie started, this wasn't going to be what I expected (maybe Downey Junior acting, as he can do very well--here, he's mostly mugging.) Oh well, next time read up beforehand and know what's on offer before shelling out for the big-screen, slug fest holiday season blockbuster.