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In SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS Detective Sherlock Holmes pursues the elusive criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty, as he orchestrates a series of random crimes throughout Europe
Directed by Guy Ritchie
Written by Michele Mulroney, Kieran Mulroney, Arthur Conan Doyle
Starring Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Jared Harris
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[@zom8680]

In the end Moriarty won because we STILL havent gotten a Sherlock Holmes 3

[@alexabel1841]

It's in development, have faith

[@zacharynyberg7007]

@@alexabel1841. Duke nukem game was in development for 12 years. Ya how that work?

[@user-mv5wv9kc8u]

What about Dead Island 2?

[@aaronlobliner7402]

Yup. plus, this series was flawed, it should have been a trilogy with another villain as #2, building up to moriarty vs sherlock in #3. This was premature, and frankly movie 3 will be a letdown.

[@emmau777]

@@aaronlobliner7402spot on

[@joshuacollins9346]

Jared Harris is so unbelievably good in this movie.

[@NawDawgTheRazor]

Absolutely delicious portrayal of a legendary character.

[@Xantar]

Fantastic in Chernobyl as well.

[@Elric707]

Gonna add The Terror to this as well, the man is genuinely an unsung master of his craft.

[@neddubh4529]

As we say in ireland, he didn't lick it off a stone

[@adriankay8410]

Jared Harris is the pride of his thespian father.

[@daschwah]

2:22 - One of my favorite moments of wordless acting ever. The way Harris balls up shock, horror and a hint of grudging acknowledgement without aping any single expression is so damned good.

[@TheWefikus]

Jared Harris is one of the S tier actors IMO, but just flies under the radar because he’s not handsome.

[@TheMaineMeta]

Love how even in the middle of showing how Moriarty lost, he still found time to make a sly comment against the inspector

[@ComedyBros5]

One of the most criminally overlooked films ever. The twists and turns were so fun, and Jared Harris absolutely perfectly nailed his performance of Moriarty. The action sequences were astounding (the woods chase has yet to be topped by anything else I've seen), and the Law/RDJ chemistry was on fire. The movie deserved rave reviews and $1bil+ at the box office!

[@silence_dais]

What I like is that even though Moriarty still loses at the game and the plot, he still technically wins the all around competition. His plan wasn't to cause a war to happen, his plan was to make the war happen sooner. War was inevitable, he just wanted to profit from it and decided to just nudge it along faster so he could start making money sooner.

[@asdasasdas3476]

He lost in all ends of things that he actually valued , this isn’t the battle for the soul of humanity after all that game is far more complex, shoots and ladders I’d imagine

[@Afdog]

His whole cover was blown up, he already was rich and powerful, but he also was incognito dude. And now he lost basically everything because it's now clear for everyone that he's not just a university professor

[@crabbieappleton]

Profit from.....? The cops took all his money, his network was wrecked, and now everyone knows he's a criminal.

[@thehoodieguy1341]

Dude come on he loses at the end. He loses from making profit from the war. We all know that war is coming but Sherlock RDJ is just stopping the war happening sooner.

[@Lorrdd]

@@thehoodieguy1341 He DIES. Pretty sure the guy who lives wins.

[@Shorty15c4007]

IRS: About that paycheck of yours. I believe its just been SUBSTANTIALLY reduced.

[@Lorrdd]

Oh god, one of THOSE morons.

[@reddalchemy5970]

This was such a magical scene. Always gives me goosebumps the way these two played off each other.

[@naisyjohns]

It was such an amature reveal. There was nothing clever about the twist at all. It was just "Wait, I knew you would do that so all the way back at the beginning of the movie I did this convenient thing for the plot"

[@thehoodieguy1341]

It was a great scene stop capping

[@kin4386]

Never has there been a bigger flex of the intelligence of fictional characters than this.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Oh no, this isn't the flex. The _flex_ is that this is a slight variation on a famous real grandmaster match in 1966 _and_ that the game they play describes the events that occur in the room next door and with lestrade in London. That is the writers flex. They put a scene for ultimate chess nerds in their Hollywood summer blockbuster action adventure.

[@davidw.2791]

@@MostlyPennyCatYeah. Watson did beautifully. I doubt Holmes himself would have stopped Rene and neutralized Moran at the same time.

[@kxmode]

"The game's afoot!" "What?" "The game... it's a foot." "No it's not. "Yes, it is." "No. The game's a-mystery." _sighs and grumbles_

[@DrakeyC]

To show off a bit - their moves in the chess match mirror Holmes' explanation of how he's defeated Moriarty. It's easier to follow if you look up one of the many analysis vids or articles on it that show the moves. Holmes' initial check is from the Rook, which Moriarty defends by moving his Bishop to block, and Holmes subsequently captures it with his own Bishop. From there the two make other moves while the Rook is still there, waiting to check the King once the way is clear, just as Holmes never takes his eye off Moriarty. Eventually Moriarty moves his Queen, his most powerful piece, into position to potentially trap the King and checkmate Holmes. But in doing so, he leaves his own King vulnerable to a threat he overlooked; Holmes simply moves his Bishop out of the way, allowing the Rook to check the King again, but this time there's no pieces nearby that can intervene, and the two Bishops now cover any movements the King could make to move out of the Rook's way. The King is trapped. A "discover check" is when the piece moved that turn doesn't initiate the check, but rather it moves out of the way allowing another piece to check the King. In this case, Holmes moves his Bishop out of the way, just as he got Mary out of the way. If Moriarty hadn't been so aggressive with his Queen and recognized what Holmes was planning, he might have been able to move it into position to fend off the Bishops. But in his arrogance, assured that his King was safe from the Rook - assured that he was safe from Holmes - he dove in to make what he assumed was a game-ending move, ignoring what was going on back in London. And that was when Holmes revealed he had already set up his winning move several turns ago, with pieces Moriarty wasn't paying attention to anymore and was no longer in a position to move against. Thus the Rook checkmates the King with help from the two Bishops to cover its escapes - Holmes defeats Moriarty with the help of Mary and Lestrade working behind the scenes to destroy his finances. Alternatively, you could say the Rook represents Watson, who is actually in the ballroom acting to thwart Moriarty's scheme, while the King, Holmes, sits on the sidelines out of the way, bait to distract Moriarty while its allies do the work.

[@OrdinaryJo3]

That’s actually really really cool man! Thanks for the awesome explanation. I suck at chess and I never made those connections before. That’s so neat.

[@BlackDiamond2718]

The fact that he used his wartime industry fortune and donated it all to war orphans is hilarious irony

[@trymetal95]

it's the "anonymus" part of the donation that really enrages Moriarty, see he can't even write it off on his taxes, just total checkmate right?

[@vtss1336]

Jarvis: Sir, the Avengers are sending an emergency signal, think you need to... Tony Stark: Mute.....

[@MoltenUprisingMK]

"Be careful what you fish for" has got to be the cruelest pun ever devised. Doubtless Sherlock's crowning moment.

[@davidw.2791]

Homeboy did a whole flip book. He has WAY too much time on his tobacco-and-cocaine-and-formaldehyde-stained hands. 😂

[@shotaaizawa1206]

There’s a chance in my opinion that Moriarty saw that this was leading to a check mate but he was trying to intimidate Sherlock into trying to show that Sherlock had nothing on him but Sherlock kept proving that he had it all figured out thus that intimidation wasn’t effective, thus why, even though Moriarty is a super genius like Sherlock, he underestimated Sherlock’s abilities not in the game but symbolised by the game.

[@raymason9907]

Yeah. Moriarty was trying to call Holmes bluff

[@jedsithor]

There's a moment in this film when you realise that the plot is very similar to the plot of The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. In fact, this movie could kinda be a prequel to that one.

[@DrakeyC]

"Moriarty? The so-called Napoleon of Crime? That man died at Reichenbach Falls, he died...and I was reborn."

[@georgeofhamilton]

Lol glad someone else noticed! I wonder if the LXG writers were the first to come up with the idea of James Moriarty trying to start World War I.

[@Tbonyandsteak]

Nailed hit on the nerve 2:22

[@zetazakuz1513]

👁️👄👁️

[@williamjameshoffer4405]

I don't care that RDJ's accent is not authentic. That scene was marvelously done, scripted, and detailed. Fun, intelligent, gut punching fun.

[@XeroFailGames]

Jared harris is a phenomenal actor

[@charlesshoultz3319]

Moriarty spends the whole movie underestimating Holmes. He's convinced that, as smart as Holmes is, he's smarter, and has more resources to command, so his victory is assured. Yet Holmes reminds him who the real genius is.

[@tk_mitternacht963]

"About that radio controlled device of yours from the previous movie... it has been substantially cut off from this installment"

[@davidw.2791]

It’s an L on the writers' part to not just quickly write in “It was used for the bomb in Paris.” 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@TruthSeeker-vy7sm]

Best Sherlock ever

[@TC-vc3vu]

Whats incredible is an actual chess match strategy is being played using only words while holmes unravels moriartys empires

[@8triagrammer]

Did Guy Ritchie outdo himself on this one...

[@shotaaizawa1206]

I never realized until today that this scene also explained how Watson would know where to find him He knew the best way to get the notebook would to be close, and that it would likely be through a great amount of torture, based off Moriarty’s personality and the fact that they’d probably also use the same room with other patients, specifically those with surgical procedures like facial reconstruction. So he always had planned on getting in close, figured the best way to do so is to have Moriarty halve his fun with him, knew that they’d likely use the same room Renee (sorry i forgot how to spell his name) was in since it might get messy, and have his plan’s solidified knowing that this indeed the place, it being close to all the areas of Europe Moriarty has direct knowledge influence in. I honestly love a movie and show that had me coming back and picking up even more detail’s hidden in the project, especially with these movies, Guy Ritchie and Sherlock Holmes movies and shows in general, etc.

[@harshithchavva7141]

Sherlock calling Lestrade inept😂😂😂😂😂

[@Bobblenob]

When you look at all the other series of Sherlock. Sherlock is the thick one of the family.

[@Palemagpie]

Its the juxtaposition between someone who thinks they want to win at any cost. And someone who wins by making the other person lose.

[@jayvee8502]

Wish we could have more RDJs Sherlock Holmes movies then this as the last.

[@omersad2501]

Marvellous!

[@johnwalton9461]

We need part 3

[@michaelheintzelman1903]

Jared Harris rocks!!

[@Ridic_ulous]

So Moriarty didn't look at his red notebook once in the time between when Holmes swiped it and now... okay...

[@novemberalpha6023]

How come Moriarty didn't check his intimate diary between the this time and when Holmes stole it? He kept it in his person.

[@johnnymaximum3828]

hey brits, how good is Sir Robert Downey Jrs accent?

[@davidw.2791]

Apparently he was genuinely good enough for Chaplin.

[@nicktroisi6347]

Sherlock stopped Moriarty not just to avert the war happening sooner but because he also targeted Watson and his wife

[@mikeyates7931]

And because he killed , Irene 😢

[@NawDawgTheRazor]

Perfect scene.

[@Pk-tp4mg]

This is best ending !

[@davidsiebel7549]

Oh CN Moriaty lo❤es a good row 😂

[@wayneadams9102]

its pretty shitty we never got a third movie.. a chance to tie things up with The Empty House.. etc.. :/

[@davidw.2791]

We all know that Moran would get more than a few facepunches when they finally beat him down and arrest him. 😅❤

[@movieandvideogamefanatic9848]

I love this part of the movie but this is the only part of the movie I like sad but I would love to see another movie

[@GameFawx]

I just saw a story about that the other day where they talked about how Robert and Jude still hang out IRL, and that the series isn't cancelled. They want to make another one.

[@shaneschluter9648]

In the books he wasnt inept

[@r0bw00d]

I don't know why most TV shows and movies like to portray Lestrade as such, nor, for that matter, show Watson as the idiotic comic relief.

[@shaneschluter9648]

@@r0bw00d none of them are dumb, just not as smart as Sherlock. Kind ticks me off lol

[@r0bw00d]

@@shaneschluter9648 I remember someone did an IQ analysis of Holmes and Watson, with Watson at about 130 and Holmes at 200. It's a shame that he didn't do Lestrade, as well, but I would imagine that he and Watson are of similar IQs.

[@shaneschluter9648]

@@r0bw00d or close to it

[@Pk-tp4mg]

This is best senc?????

[@r0bw00d]

"Senc" isn't a word.

[@ogukuo97]

Who is the actress? She is most attractive.

[@jadefire2817]

That's the enormously talented Kelly Reilly.

[@charles3840]

I'm American and usually ignore bad accents, but I've been listening to a lot of English podcasts recently (The Magnus Archives to be specific), so RDJs poor accent is really noticeable for me right now, lmao

[@danielgirard3722]

You know there are like 50 different English accents

[@davidw.2791]

@@danielgirard3722No they don’t know, but they’d probably be offended if an outsider thinks all American accents are the Trans-Atlantic accent. That’s how I cope with Keanu Reeves in Dracula, tho: It’s jarring to listen to per se, but I won’t dismiss it from possibly being ANY British accent, instead I think of it as a country bumpkin accent, befitting a “lowly” clerk who is trying to climb up the social latter once he finalizes the deal with Count Dracula.

[@danielserrano591]

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