Sherlock Holmes 2009

I saw this trailer for the first time yesterday, as my teenage daughter and I were waiting for the screening of Harry Potter 6. I was immediately enthralled! Of course, it helps that Robert Downey Jr is looking as fine as hell (and cut like freaking bricks on a house) and his number two is equally as hot (Jude Law and his receding hairline is still Jude Law, nonetheless)

But what stuck, what maintained my enthusiasm was how Guy Ritchie was able to create the possibility of "what is and how it should be" of those days. We have always had the impression that Sherlock Holmes, just because he's English and was living in an earlier time, possesses the mark and actions of a gentleman - genteel, if you may. I've always thought that image of him was incorrect. Historically, it was more violent during those days and Holmes, as a character, must be a little bit more uncouth than a couple of erring sarcastic intellectual remarks.

Anyhoo, I am putting this movie on my list of "Must Watch this year, by hook or by crook"