Sherlock Bones

Okay, so I just saw the trailer for the new Sherlock Holmes movie coming out, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the title character. I heard about this a few months ago, and I was expecting it to be more intellectual, like the classic literary series. Not so. I almost had it confused with the comedy version coming out with Wil Ferrel and Sacha Cohen Boren. It looked more like the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen than Sherlock Holmes. I saw a lot of jumping around and explosions in a movie trailer that should probably have contained neither. I know today’s audiences have grown accustomed to a particular fare, but that’s really just ridiculous. What pisses me off is the fact I’d probably still enjoy it. From what I gleaned from the trailer, I believe the plot follows Holmes as he tries to stop some resurrected baddie, possibly Voldemort, from destroying the world. …Why? Why is this the default plot of every movie? I know it’s exciting and everything, but seriously: Fuck! It looks like they wanted to do a Batman movie but couldn’t get the rights.