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Title: So Completely Loathed this movie!
Review: First of all, let me preface by saying that my husband and I love a good action adventure movie, and I adore Downey and Law. But like so many movie versions of pre-existing characters and stories, this one is too dark and violent. Add to that, the humor, and you have something that feels sick. I don't mind movies that re-invent or re-interpret characters and stories -- if they are done well and have integrity. The first Batman movies were terrific, but the later ones became too gruesome and perverse. This movie feels like a destruction of the original Sherlock Holmes. I feel sorry for the young people whose first (and maybe only) encounter with the great Sherlock Holmes will be this franchise. BTW, My husband hated this movie more than I did and he's not even that familiar with the original books.
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