Watson (Jude Law) was the best character since he very much looked like the Watson in Arthur Conan Doyle's books as he is described in those books. Not at all like in old film versions with e.g. Basil Rathbone where Watson is the more than middle aged overweighty man, rather silly or even stupid.
Mark Strong would have been a more convincing Sherlock Holmes, not least as he looked somewhat like a mixture between Basil Rathbone (Gunnar's favourite) and Jeremy Brett (Aurore's favourite), also resembling the Holmes we encounter in the original books, as described therein. In this film he creates the role of Lord Blackwood.
This was a rather witty film made with a a good portion of humour and with a greater amount of 'action'-scenes than in the versions with Rathbone and others.
At the same time one didn't forget to underline the brilliance in Holmes (Robert Downey Jr) inductive (and deductive) methods, being able to distill information about people just by observing them.
It's the best Guy Ritchie-film that we have seen.
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