Sherlock Holmes- Robert Downey Jr. vs. Benedict Cumberbatch and other such comparisons

In English, we have been watching the Sherlock Holmes film starring Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes. As we have watched the movie, I cannot help but to make comparisons with the BBC Sherlock, a short but sweet version of Sherlock Holmes. Each are starring a bored Sherlock, a frustrated John, and an Antsy Mrs. Hudson, however the portrayals done by these actors and actresses are very different.

Firstly, the BBC Sherlock is set in Modern times while the film is set in Victorian era England. Although the house address is the same, the difference in the insides of the sets are extraordinary. In the film, we see a large, macabre room in which only Sherlock and occasionally his test subject, Gladstone the dog, seem to reside. We know that John is moving out in this film, as compared to the series where he is moving in. However, the rooms in the show are shared extenstively by John and Sherlock. In the modern version of Sherlock, we see a lot more texting, catching taxis and a lot less running after suspects. That doesn't mean that we don't see them chase suspects, in fact in a Study In Pink, the first episode, we see them sprint after a taxi down the streets of London.

The Sherlocks, Johns, and even Mrs. Hudsons are very different. The Sherlock of the film attempts to invent when he is bored while the Sherlock of the show only shoots the wall with no pretense of attempting any good. Sherlock as portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. has a different style of thinking and tends to get more physical than the Sherlock portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch. I'm not quite sure how to describe it, but the film Sherlock seems much more aggressive and quick to anger than the show Sherlock. John in the film is someone who, for the most part, berates Holmes. He doesn't quite seem to have too much to do with the investigations done by Sherlock except to fight with him. In the show, John is a vital part of Sherlock's investigations, someone who gets him out of binds all the time and who offers a professional and unproffesional opinion. The caretaker, Mrs. Hudson, is also quite different in the film versus the show. The film Mrs. Hudson and Sherlock argue frequently, but she takes care of him more than the show Mrs. Hudson. In the show, she and Sherlock get along almost famously, even if she insists time after time that she is not their caretaker, only their landlady.

Even if both are Sherlock Holmes, there are many differences in the show and the film. It's up to you to watch and decide which you think is best, but I will always hold a larger, if only slightly, place in my heart for the show version.