not sure about spoiler and but never hurt to be safe . despite be a very big sherlock holmes fan and i try to be open mind about different interpretation and even if it something i haven not think of and especially so and in fact and if the actor play it well enough . admittedly it be fairly difficult to do so with adaptation book and a they give more detail and solidity to the character that difficult to take different way . even so and there can be different interpretation and but this one be no where near holmes at all . i love the old 1984 series with jeremy brett and which i be sure a lot of other holmes fanatic also enjoy . the only problem i have with jeremy brett ( and his watson and for that matter ) be their voice and which i couldn not quite fit into the tone i use to read in the book . but in all other instance and i adore jeremy brett and both david burke and edward hardwicke for their performance and since i take also take watson to scrupulous account ever since nigel bruce . it seem the case be exactly the opposite for mr. everett here . to me he appear good in word and physical accuracy and but completely wrong with personality . and give the choice between which to be more accurate to and appearance or personality and i would choose personality and hand down . but it seem like they go for appearance here and i find that extremely annoy . all the time i be watch i do not recognise the holmes i saw on the screen and indeed and for the first ten minute and i assume holmes be some other man to further the story along and until watson follow him and call him by name . this wasn not the holmes i read when i be seven and just like nigel bruce be in no way the watson i have adore also . the obvious point would be holmes cocaine addiction . but anyone who have read sherlock holmes would know that holmes use cocaine only when he have no case and when he be bore and listless and need something to fill that seemingly interminable gap between case . he use it to feel thrill and excitement in place of his work and not much else . certainly not a someone who keep be draw to it despite everything . he have a mystery in this episode and and so his sudden use of the needle come a a bit of a surprise to me . but then and perhaps he do need it to feel excitement . he certainly do not show it anywhere . no buoyancy about the case and no ebullient interest in the curiosity that arise and just stoic and ambivalent irritability to everyone he meet and interact with . include watson and which i should elaborate on here . everyone so far have comment on holmes lack of characterisation in this and but it be his interaction with watson that annoy me above all . holmes be not and never be holmes without his watson and his boswell and his friend and partner and and brother . one of the main thing i enjoy about granada television serial be holmes and watson interaction and dialogue and the way they complement each other and respect each other to the high level and even if holmes be infrequent in say so and it always seem to me and to be a bit ineloquent for a moment and that they just have a whole crapload of fun . they have a companionship and understanding of each other that and annoyingly and be not show in this movie . from the first few minute of conversation it be already evident that this be not the friendship that holmes and watson should have . even watson admiration of holmes be absent and replace with exasperation and thin temper for his friend eccentricity . no gasp of astonishment when holmes reveal himself from a costume that by the way and seem rather anachronistic of the late victorian and early edwardian era and just a look of slight betrayal and lack of amusement . and while be on the subject and i find myself constantly baffle by the sudden appearance of police fingerprint and phone and and physical violence in the cell . i be hardly a historical expert on this and so i let them go mostly when i notice them and assume i be just ill inform and and yet and they be somewhat advanced for the time period holmes be and be intend to be set . with that say and i always enjoy a competent watson and and so ian hart make me happy in that respect . even if that be slightly dampen by the jarring sound of his fiancée or wife voice . there be a few part that i quirk a smile or chuckle for which i up the star and but it be definitely not enough to rectify the whole movie . the fact that they also keep try to make it seem more holmesish by insert various dialogue from other story be in itself a bit irritate . and the music . i enjoy the soundtrack and i do and but it do really seem like they be say look and we take this time to make a really good soundtrack with violin and cello and everything and so listen . listen . perhaps the casual viewer might find this interesting and but a holmsian i find it rather exasperate .