Sherlock Holmes Trailer (HD 2009)

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Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat.

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish-born author and physician Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning and inference to solve difficult cases.

Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that feature Holmes. The first two stories, short novels, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887 and Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890, respectively. The character grew tremendously in popularity with the beginning of the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine in 1891; further series of short stories and two serialised novels appeared until 1927. The stories cover a period from around 1875 up to 1907, with a final case in 1914.

All but four stories are narrated by Holmes's friend and biographer, Dr John H. Watson; two are narrated by Sherlock Holmes himself, and two others are written in the third person.

Conan Doyle said that the character of Holmes was inspired by Dr Joseph Bell, for whom Doyle had worked as a clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Like Sherlock Holmes, Bell was noted for drawing large conclusions from the smallest observations.[1] Michael Harrison has argued in a 1971 article in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine that the character was inspired by Wendell Scherer a "consulting detective" in a murder case that allegedly received a great deal of newspaper attention in England in 1882. However, the The Times online archive has no reference to a Wendell Scherer between 1875 and 1905.

Drugs and Holmes
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Holmes uses addictive drugs, which he turns to especially when lacking stimulating cases. Holmes is a habitual cocaine user, which he injects in a 7 percent solution, often using a special syringe that he keeps in a leather case. Holmes is also an occasional user of morphine, but expresses strong disapproval of opium. All three were legal in late-19th-century England.

Dr Watson reflects Victorian medical orthodoxy by having no medical objection to Holmes' drug use. Morally, however, he disapproves of his friend's drug use, describing it as the detective's "only vice," and expressing concern over the effect it may have on Holmes' mental health and superior intellect. In later stories, Watson claims to have "weaned" Holmes off drugs. Even so, according to his doctor friend, Holmes remains an addict whose habit is "not dead, but merely sleeping.

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[mniyad]

As i was about to watch this, i thought of it going to be sort of typical action and detectiv movie but in the end i was GOBSMACKED! By far one of the best movie's i've ever watched because of its commedy, action, plot and storyline! Just wicked!

[i143buddy]

Woah. Being a detective is quite dangerous.

[MrSamster911]

they actually edited the crap outof the movie, so it does'nt look like shit like in the trailer here. it's actually good

[summerbreez15]

I'm a big fan of Sherlock Holmes and I actually like the movie a great deal. To be honest, I never was a big fan of the old movies (though they're quite nice) and this new version of Sherlock is really exciting. It proves one thing: that he's human :)

[mchudi91]

this looks so sick...so have to see this

[finntasmic]

I quite disagree. It showed a new wit that Sherlock Holmes wasn't, and though the action was played up, it made for an exciting mystery.

[LEdPRINCEgirl]

van helsing made a better sherlock holmes movie. and it wasnt even about sherlock holmes!

[recok]

Well, I haven't seen that movie and I certainly won't. The trailer is enough to make me puke.

If I had enough money I would intent a law suit for raping Conan Doyle's masterpiece and turn it into another hollywood blockbuster ... For those who are a bit curious to know who Sherlock Holmes is, look for the serie with Jeremy Brett , or , open the books !!!!