What I Watched -- Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows

The Sherlock Holmes franchise of visual entertainment is vast. It includes a streaming series starring one of my faves, Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch, which of course I have watched. (This doesn't even get into the original books or any fan fiction that has come along since.  Like I said, it's a vast world.)

Two of the movies star another fave, Robert Downey, Jr., in the lead role. I knew I had seen one of them, but I couldn't remember which. (Fortunately or unfortunately, Holmes suffers from the same fate as action and other extensive film franchises; unless you're a real fan, eventually the casual viewer can't remember which ones they've seen and which they haven't. The basic plot of good versus evil with a heap of mad genius and a dash of dutiful sidekick are just too similar.) So, I selected the second, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, for my airplane viewing pleasure, hoping that I would have started with the first one.

Game of Shadows boasts a basic plot of good versus evil with a heap of mad genius and a dash of dutiful sidekick. Have I said that before? But it satisfies.

Here's the funny thing (you may have seen this coming) -- now that I've seen the second one, I'm still not sure which one I had seen previously! I'm not sure what that's a sign of (besides the aforementioned plot similarities), but there you have it.

And that's just the visual world of which I am aware. Let's not forget it all started with the written genius of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, though to be honest my literary experience with Holmes is not nearly as extensive as it should be. Though I feel I should get some credit for having spent some time on Baker Street!