Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat’s inspired modernization of the story was a breath of fresh air.
Both worked on theDoctor Whorevival, honing what is arguably the definitive quintessentially British TV show.
Gatiss and Moffat were no strangers to snappy one-liners when they pennedSherlock, and the show proves it.
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Holmes Was Multilingual
Holmes was multilingual, which Guy Ritchie’s movies nailed.
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While Downey Jr. may have been charming, his boxing skills were utterly convincing in both movies.
This contributed to the sense of space and danger in the notorious crime thriller stories.
In this regard, Ritchie’s cockney gangster movie career was a huge benefit to hisSherlock Holmesadaptations.
Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes adapts the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with an all-star Hollywood cast. Set in 1890, Sherlock Holmes follows the eccentric but brilliant detective Sherlock (Robert Downey Jr.) and his partner Watson (Jude Law) as they solve various mysteries around Victorian London. Teaming up with former adversary Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams), the detectives find themselves pitted against the villainous Lord Henry Blackwood (Mark Strong) as he attempts to gain control of Britain.
The Victorian setting leaned into the occult visuals of the tale.
The criminal underbelly came through in these details, with back-street lab equipment telling a sordid tale.
Young Sherlockis in development for Amazon Prime Video, and will tell Sherlock Holmes' origin story.
The golden bathtub in Lord Blackwood’s father’s place was another moment of exceptional design.
Lord Chief Justice Sir ThomasRotheram was drowned in his own bathtub, but at least he drowned in style.
Overall, cockney dialogue was one area in which the movies surpassed the BBC drama.
Young Sherlockwill star Hero Fiennes Tiffin, who was in Ritchie’sThe Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,as Sherlock Holmes.
The parting shot of 2009’sSherlock Holmeswas horribleand wonderful at the same time.
The murky grayness of the Thames was the perfect backdrop for Blackwood’s untimely end.
Doyle’s detective stories were crime thrillers, not action stories, necessarily.
However, Ritchie’s interpretation played into some of the key themes of the narrative.
Holmes was shown to be winning fights with his brains, as well as his brawn.
