Sherlock?! No Shit!

[eumelia]

'Kay, so this doesn't look anything like the Sherlock Holmes I read (and co continue to read).
I mean, there's all this sexual innuendo and slashy undertones and Rachel McAdams (Irene Adler) as a beard for Robert Downy Jr (Sherlock Holmes) and Jude Law (Doctor Watson).

Not that I'm complaining mind you. Though I probably will...

It looks to be (and we're also told on the interwebs) character interpretation based and not so much on the Arthur Conan Doyle canon, which makes me wonder it's structured to be a one off or planned to be franchised, because if you look at Iron Man, it was made to be sequeled, as was Batman Begins (oh, Dark Knight, how good you are).

However, I very much enjoy re-imaginings and Sherlock is very much the hero. My brother would argue he's the first Super-Hero, massive intellect as a Superpower, sidekick and the parallel Nemesis.
I tend to disagree, because then what do you call all the classic myths?
The first "Modern" Super-Hero?
I'll think about it.

Regardless, the trailer looks quite awesome as most Guy Ritchie movies tend to look. I very much like RDJ being Sherlock. Being the hero is a good look on him. Jude Law being the side-kick is a bit odd, as I think I'm used to him being the Main or the Villain, 'cause he's tall.
Or at least, taller than RDJ.
The movie just from the trailer looks pretty formulaic; murder/mystery, hero, villain, Establishment/Officialdom antagonism towards the hero, side-kick, femme, villain kidnaps hero/sidekick/femme/two or all of the above, villain is defeated, Establishment/Officialdom deny that hero helped solve the murder/mystery and capture the villain, hero walks into the sunset/fog with sidekick/femme/or both.

I'm still waiting for a Holmes/Bond crossover.
I'm also waiting for Felix Leiter to be the Bond girl boy in the new movies... that would be awesome.
All right, now I'm digressing.
I'll tell you what would be really fantastic... if Sherlock really would walk off arm in arm in arm with Watson and Irene at the end of the movie.
But I have until December to find out.