Comments for Sherlock Holmes at http://www.pres-outlook.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.pres-outlook.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:15:16 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.pres-outlook.com/reviews3/movie-reviews3/9518-sherlock-holmes.html#comment-5170 I appreciated the review but find it curious so little attention is paid to the foundational outlook. The secret society is the most coherent religious body in the film. Religion is portrayed as a dark force seeking to exercise control and in pursuit of power via fear, anxiety and the promotion of dread. There is no scent of the possibility of healthy sacraments or of grounded reverence. Every mystery and each mystery of the secret society is revealed to be bogus, a hoax or sinister trickery. Sherlock Holmes is the vehicle by the which redemption comes via reason and society is saved from bizarre theocracy due to the unconquerable combination of scientific method, profound cultural knowledge and broad (even unbelievable) awareness of natural history. The caption for this film could be, Reason Reveals the Rabid Irrationalism of Faith, London Saved! In other words thank (whomever, Descartes I suppose) that Sherlock is no fool. Holmes knows there is no mystery that can not be run down, how fortunate for all of us. Having said this, much fun and remarkable how opaque we have become to the elevation of reason and the denigration of belief. - Mark Davis Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:35:27 +0100