Unless there’s a very very wide stretch on the Thames, that ship would have been launched sideways into the River, instead of stern first.

Not being a Holmes purist, I loved the film. I loved the fact that Downey’s portrayal was at once down in the muck and above it all. I loved that Holmes and Watson behaved like an old married couple and Holmes’ jealousy of Mary. I loved Gladstone. We will be adding it to our dvd collection.