In The Mind Of A Villain: Moriarty from Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows

In this entry we’ll be taking a closer look at the mind of Professor James Moriarty from Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
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[@grandadmiralzaarin4962]

I would agree that this version is the penultimate adaptation of the character. The chilling display of power clearing the restaurant, the façade he can put on to hide in plain sight and his ruthless pragmatism all combine to make him a threat truly worthy of rivaling Sherlock Holmes.

[@grandadmiralzaarin4962]

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[@brianbommarito3376]

Moriarty claims to have respect for Holmes, but it’s not really respect. He would kill Holmes without hesitation the moment he loses his “respect” for him (in other words, Sherlock makes a mistake that Moriarty judges to be a foolish one) or the moment he knows Holmes is getting uncomfortably close to winning their game of minds. Moriarty keeps Holmes around because he wants to outsmart him first, then kill him. Of course, Moriarty’s vanity turns out to be a fatal blind-spot in his intellect.

[@lyl14ghost]

Man can't play game fair and square, when he lost he starts to cheat. Narcissists in a nutshell.

[@williamleo9704]

"Come now, surely you didn't think you're the only one who can play this game." That line was the crown jewel of this character. Cementing him as the best Moriarty of all time.

[@matthewdunham1689]

Best villain ever and my favorite portrayal of him.

[@Toshineko]

This version of Moriarty will be the best one and my personal favorite in my book. This Moriarty just had everything together, giving the heroes, and even Sherlock Holmes, such a hard time and always having a backup plan. This, combined with his chillingly calm personality, makes him a threat that can truly rival Sherlock Holmes's intellect and deduction. Fun fact: This iteration of Moriarty, along with Sir Crocodile from One Piece, inspired me to create a villain of my own, who is from my profile picture.

[@debonreepdas2265]

Crocodile is goated

[@pavelslama5543]

I think that Moriarty fits really well between other powerful psychopaths. He has a lot in common with many historical dictators. The only big difference is that he does not need to show his deeds publicly and claim them as his own. He prefers to stay in the shadows. P.S.: I suggest making a video about Coriolanus Snow, the "president" of the Capitol from the Hunger games series.

[@claytonpascoe480]

A powerful performance with Peter Harris. Simply superb as the villain.

[@RedSon_7]

who is peter harris

[@professorboltzmann5709]

What an amazing video. I'm so happy finally someone provided a good analysis of Prof. Moriarty's character.

[@ambregaudon8194]

Moriarty is my favourite character of all time anyway, but this version of him is the firts that I've encountered, so thanks for this video !! (My fav versions are Jim BBC and William from Moriarty The Patriot, but I love them all.) I think his profound respect for Sherlock Holmes is a big part of his character ; and I also liked the part when you said that he reflects what Sherlock would be without his moral and loved ones : that's the whole point of the character.

[@katlynwebb8474]

I like the voice over actor who did Moriarty Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd century.

[@thethinker2695]

I alway admired Professor James Moriarty and know finally understand him.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

he played this perfectly. Jared is quite the actor

[@zidanetribal365]

The thing I liked the most is that they respected, in a way, the death of Holmes in the books, falling to their deaths in a fistfight.

[@lynnerose7891]

Definitely this version. Truly a psychopath. Ticks every single box.

[@joeleboeuf]

Can you do an analysis of Prince Hans from Frozen? (You've done other villains from Disney, before.)

[@professorboltzmann5709]

I'm a big fan of Sherlock Holmes, and I must say this video is truly a masterpiece. I've rewatched it multiple times, and I think it's a very profound psychological analysis of Moriarty's character. I've seen other videos on this channel and would like to know the brains behind this channel: incredible stuff, remarkable and succinct!

[@gimmeyourrights8292]

This version of Moriarity was a perfect dark mirror to this film's version of Sherlock. Sherlock is unorthodox and thinks out of the box but he cares about people especially his best friend Watson, Moriarity is so pragmatic that he's heartless and sees his own men as disposable.

[@FreakyTeeth]

On the contrary this version was actually the most sane of Moriarty, and that makes him even more evil. He's not a bored bully like in the Sherlock TV series, nor simply a plot device Doyle put for giving him a dramatic death (yes Doyle originally wanted Sherlock to die but the public bullied him into it), and he's not in love with Sherlock like the female version of him is in Elementary. He's not morally insane, he's fully aware of what he's doing, why he's doing it and the selfishness and cravenness of it, he simply doesn't care. And surprisingly for a villain he admittedly blames himself for his own failings. No by the way he's not a sadist, his torture of Sherlock was for information, not pleasure and his attempted killing of Jhon and Mary, was obviously a trap for Sherlock . Obviously those two were intended to be killed, but Moriarty only revealed he was targeting them to Sherlock for the sake of baiting him. You don't send that many people to kill just 2 people who you know where they are, if he really wanted only Jhon dead he'd have had the gangsters just shoot the two or poison the drink, instead of getting the men to slowly advance on them, weakly at first, to give Sherlock time to get into the firing range. As for breaking the code, Sherlock's way of doing it makes no sense because : For one thing the flowers could've been ill due to something other than neglect, or the professor simply was pre-occupied, or the book was just something someone left and not his, or the book was a gift from someone he accepted but never took any interest in, or the book was something he only recently took an interest in, or the book was a gift he was planning to send someone. For another thing, the book was, in addition to completely fictional, had nothing to do with horticulture if one looks at the actual words in the book in the scene it shows being used. Also, the cipher the book was used on, was theorized by holmes to be based on the number sequences on his black-board, but that is at best a guess, and its not a very good one because for one thing why would moriarty put it on a university whiteboard when a "mathematical genius" need not do so, and anyone could see it?, and moreover, if you actually look at the numbers in the book which according to the fibbunaci numbers and pascal's triangle theory, the code makes no sense. Added to which, Sherlock has no way of knowing, at best guessing, that the notebook was actually his record of the "empire so enormous". Plus if he did in fact have moriarty's money taken from a notebook in his own handwriting which was legally confiscatated, moriarty would be arrested by the time of their showdown. Added to which, what ever became of moriarty's gun-contraption in the first movie? Or his distinctly RP english accent? there was no in-universe reason for those things disappearing in the movie ever given. This isn't detective work, this is shooting in the dark and at best getting lucky, at worst getting it wrong. So, thanks for the analysis, but really this version of Morarity really isn't as a character as complicated nor delusional, nor his opponent as clever as a detective, as you make them out to be.

[@justinbowers2749]

Can you do Hans Landa from magnificent Basterds?

[@Robot-xn8fu]

Can You Do An Analysis On The Beast From Over The Garden Wall?

[@johntuffin6665]

Yasss. I've wanted this video for a while. Check out the movie elysium.

[@t.o.toonstubetwo.4138]

Can you do Dr. No from the movie Dr. No

[@john-conner410]

Can you do Cyborg Superman from DCAU

[@incrimepodcast2020]

Hi! If you accept requestes , can you make a video about "the darkling" (played by ben barnes) from shadow and bone trilogy/tv show?

[@t.o.toonstubetwo.4138]

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[@gabrielhall9099]

Can you do Thaddeus Sivana from DC Shazam??

[@usedscar]

I adore Jerred Harris!

[@johntheechidna1]

A most dangerous individual.

[@charlesdavison57]

Love the comments where everyone comments their favourite villain. Here’s mine: SSG Barnes from Platoon!

[@JermainePerry-qu2et]

He smart egotistical calm but aggressive plain sight thrill seeking business like destructive manipulation planning patient unmerciful attitude experience smooth villain

[@anudeepshetty8231]

Whole of humanity vs AI (sherlock)

[@lorrietsaoussis5168]

Sorry I loved Andrew scott as moriarty but this one was good too

[@2jjdjxjchfn]

The film presented Moriarty's character in a very bad way. Firstly, Moriarty is not a narcissist, he is truly confident in himself, and secondly, Moriarty is much smarter than Sherlock and can destroy him easily.

[@rubinjo9618]

Sounds like elon musk to me

[@shubhambobhate4941]

Did you miss me?

[@inthemindofavillain]

Not that version of Moriarty 🙂

[@shubhambobhate4941]

@@inthemindofavillain I know that obviously. It was like an honorable mention. These two versions always stick out to me as wonderfully implemented.

[@2jjdjxjchfn]

The film presented Moriarty's character in a very bad way. Firstly, Moriarty is not a narcissist, he is truly confident in himself, and secondly, Moriarty is much smarter than Sherlock and can destroy him easily.

[@2jjdjxjchfn]

The film presented Moriarty's character in a very bad way. Firstly, Moriarty is not a narcissist, he is truly confident in himself, and secondly, Moriarty is much smarter than Sherlock and can destroy him easily.

[@2jjdjxjchfn]

@@GladisPeters-td9qz Why, tell me what you think of Moriarty.