The twilight of the hero is also so tragic

Flavio 2022-01-06 08:01:09

I never thought about Holmes's old appearance, in my heart he is always wise, sober, and energetic, and no crime can be avoided in front of him. This movie cruelly shows us the tragic and vigorousness of the hero in his late twilight period. He is getting old, his memory is rapidly declining, and he can't even remember the names of people around him! He was exhausted and was in a drowsy state all day long. But even so, he did not give up the exploration of the truth, in order to fight against the memory that is not online from time to time, he writes a diary as a memo anytime and anywhere, forcing himself to keep recollecting and searching for missing clues. The hero is late, and the tragic beauty is so touching!

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Mr. Holmes quotes

  • Roger: She wants me to be a bootblack!

    Mrs. Munro: Roger!

    Roger: She wants me to do what she does!

    Mrs. Munro: There's no shame in what I do!

    Roger: You complain enough about it! Always going on about how hard things are.

    [to Holmes]

    Roger: She can barely read!

    [Mrs. Munro storms out of the room]

    Sherlock Holmes: Go after her. Apologize for saying things that were meant to hurt. You were cruel! If you don't apologize, you will regret it.

    Roger: People always say that.

    Sherlock Holmes: Because it's true.

    Roger: Do *you* regret anything?

    Sherlock Holmes: [with feeling] So much.

  • Mrs. Munro: Your dad hated what he did for a living. Mechanic in a garage, like his dad before him. When he got called up, he said to me, "My love, I'll not spend this war "underneath the oil pan of some toff's jeep. "I'm gonna put in for the RAF." So he did. He trained. Scored high marks, got assigned to a Bristol Blenheim, Mark IV. Blown out of the sky. First time up. All his mates who worked the motor pool came home without a scratch.