Sherlock Series One Review

     Tonight I finished series one of Sherlock. As I promised in my last review I'm now writing my review of it.  

     I have heard many good things about this show before I watched it. Finally I had enough so I went out and bought the first two seasons on Blu-ray. And I will say right now I should have watched this a long time ago. Sherlock is very good. 

     Benedict Cumberbatch plays Sherlock Holmes and he did a stellar job. I've come to expect that from him every time I see him in something. He just never disappoints. Martin Freeman plays Watson and he also does a great job. The next time I watch The Desolation of Smaug, I will enjoy the scenes when Bilbo and Smaug have dialogue even more than I did the first time. Because Cumberbatch voices Smaug and Freeman plays Bilbo.

    One thing I love about this show is that when Sherlock is investigating a crime scene, cliff notes appear on the screen to show you what his mind is processing. That brings the viewer along for the ride. That's one area where the Sherlock Holmes movies directed by Guy Ritchie starring Robert Downey Jr. let me down. The other thing I love about the show is that it does a great job showing how disconnected from reality Sherlock Holmes is. For example there's a scene when Watson yells at Holmes and says "Do you realize that there are lives at stake?" Holmes just said "Does that help me solve the case? No? Then I don't care." That shows that it's all about the game for Holmes. He works the cases for the sake of it giving him something to do because he gets bored really easily.  

     I don't consider Moriarty as spoiler because you know he'll be in a Sherlock Holmes Story. Kind of like how a good Batman storyline will have The Joker. You get introduced to Moriarty in the third and final episode of the season. He had a great introduction and I can't wait to see what he does in Series two. Although so far I prefer the Moriarty in "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Mainly because it was very clear that Holmes was afraid of him in the book. So far that hasn't happened yet. However this is by far the best version of Sherlock Holmes put to screen. I'm going to give Sherlock Series one 4.5 out of 5 stars.