Having a wonderful Christmas week! Hope everyone else has been enjoying themselves.

Saw the new Sherlock Holmes movie today and loved it. Guy Ritchie’s vision is a little different than the Holmes and Watson I remember reading about, but that’s fine. This new Holmes has athletic skill and even a six-pack. Watson is no bumbling fool. Parts are shot in Ritchie style using scenes with slow motion—this time using Holmes’ thought process in pre-enactment.

I loved Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as Watson. Let the bantering begin! The intelligent, funny best friends use their wits to uncover a conspiracy with an ancient secret society plotting to take over England. The movie had plenty of fast-paced action and adventure in a dark and sooty Victorian London.

I’m already looking forward to the sequel.