Originally Posted By: ronnierocketAGO
Originally Posted By: J Geoff


And since when does Sherlock Holmes and Watson have super-human fighting abilities???

Lame, IMHO.


Actually in several Holmes stories, it mentions the guy's knowledge in boxing and fighting arts because he's that thorough.

Which isn't the same as being a fight machine. Which I agree was silly.

That said, thought Law and Downey had good chemistry. Just basically an overproduced, yet another Joel Silver buddy picture.


Ehhh...
as mentioned there are several stories in which Holmes is depicted as having incredible skills in bare knuckle boxing, stick fighting, and martial arts. In "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" the bad guy bends an iron poker in an attempt to intimidate Holmes. Holmes is unfazed and straightens the poker out. In another story ("The Sign of the Four") a professional boxer says Holmes could have had a great career in the ring after Holmes reveals that he went the full three rounds with the boxer at a charity exhibition.

As far as Watson, he was kicking a$$ and taking names in Afghanistan and was considered to be a pretty good man with his fists, clubs, chair or whatever else lay around.

I liked the movie but thought the plot was pretty obvious.

"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming

Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.