Sherlock Holmes: Writing Review

It’s a dark night as the police carriages race to a crime scene through the streets of London. This is the opening scene to the movie “Sherlock Holmes”. The way the opening is played out is great because it gives you that late 1800’s in London feel. There is an emphasis on talky scenes specifically with the character Sherlock Holmes. He is very moody and even sort of a lune. He seems to ramble on as he analyzes something and he purposely puts himself out there to lead people to believe that he is insane. Although he might be.

            One really cool symbol in this movie are black crows. Black crows are usually a sign of death which in this movie are the case. You know someone is going to die when the camera is on a black crow. Once the person is dead the black crow flies away. Even though this sort of thing is quite obvious in the movie I found it to be a nice touch to the movie.