The most powerless person is Professor Moriarty. The professor, who did not show his face in the first part, shows his true face impatiently at the beginning of the second part, and is described as a warmonger who likes new weapons. Aside from giving Colonel Moran a face-to-face interview, we see little in the way of this man whose intelligence rivals that of Sherlock Holmes. Moriarty is not a villain, he is the Sherlock Holmes of the criminal world, not a sinister figure who only instructs others to play assassination. The secret key characters in the first part are so vulnerable in the second part, which has to be said to be the biggest failure.
Although some people can argue that his opponent is Sherlock Holmes, of course it is impossible to be complacent; but such a lowering of the opponent's status is actually lowering the level of Holmes. Sherlock Holmes and Watson are naturally closely related, and it is inevitable that people will have various associations and speculations in this era, but this does not mean that it will become the main line of this theme. Watson is of course important, but he is more like an assistant than a supplement; Sherlock Holmes is of course the core, but he is not so crazy and funny. Behind the seemingly absurd, there should be a serious and persistent heart. , and the only manifestation of this is the hand towel floating on the ferry.
When the elusive relationship between the two becomes the main line, the story level of the whole movie will naturally drop by a notch. In the previous part, we can see the suspense, and it is the suspense that leads us down; in this part, we have seen all kinds of firearms and weapons, and saw the advanced weapons at that time, but we can't figure out what the plot is about. how to develop. It is true that "advanced" weapons such as heavy artillery, mortars, and repeating pistols are dizzying. Various means of assassination can be considered carefully arranged, and the explosive attacks at the beginning are also very eye-catching, but these are only supplementary, and Not the main course. From England to France to Switzerland, we traveled around the three countries of Western Europe, away from the British mainland, and away from the atmosphere of Sherlock Holmes, and the whole film became the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Watson.
I don't know how the third part will continue, how to just turn the Sherlock Holmes story into the adventures of the base friend like this one, then the whole story has no meaning to continue. What's more, in this film, this relationship has developed to an extreme state, and I really can't think of any room for continuation - of course, it all depends on Guy Ritchie's arrangements. In general, the trilogy is an end, and hopefully the story has a good ending, although I know Downey and Lo will never be together.
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