Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) topless in the boxing ring in Sherlock Holmes (2009)
The Big Picture Sherlock Holmes is one of the most beloved characters in fiction and serves as the epitome of what a great detective should be. Given that the rights to the character are now within the public domain, any studio or production company can make a project based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s source material.
Guy Ritchie Found an Inventive Way To Show Sherlock Holmes Boxing Ever since the debut of The Matrix in 1999, Hollywood has been obsessed with using slow-motion action sequences that put an emphasis on background details and flying weapons. Although it's a technique that has been used as a gimmick by filmmakers like Zack Snyder and Paul W.S. Anderson, Ritchie used slow motion in Sherlock Holmes to examine the character’s analytical skills. Robert Downey Jr.
1 Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes films also examine the psychological reasons why Holmes enjoys boxing so much. Downey Jr.’s version of Holmes isn’t a comic buffoon, but he’s deeply bored by society, as he feels that no one equals his intelligence; while spending time with his best friend Watson does temporarily provide him with some entertainment, he finds that his long time partner seeks a normal life with a family that he would never be able to settle for.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows may have featured even more action than its predecessor, but it also delved deeper into the character’s mythology. The sequel featured Jared Harris as the ruthless Professor James Moriarty, an evil villain that essentially serves as the Joker to Holmes’ Batman. Like Holmes, Moriarty is a character so intellectually superior to the rest of English society that he feels like the walls are closing in around him.
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