Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Would Have Approved of Young...

â€Å"You can get up now, Watson. The war is over.† (Columbus) Many readers may be familiar with the Scottish physician and author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who wrote short stories about a famous detective named Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. John H. Watson (Wilson). The 1985 film, Young Sherlock Holmes is an imaginative creation of how Holmes and Watson met during their younger years. In the beginning of the film, the viewers are introduced to the young detective Sherlock Holmes and later introduced to Holmes’ close friend, Dr. John H. Watson. The viewers are also introduced to Holmes’ nemesis Professor James Moriarty. The film displays a background for the creation of Sherlock Holmes and how Holmes and Watson â€Å"supposedly† met during†¦show more content†¦Rathe is a bright young man who runs the school that Holmes and Watson go to in London (Ebert). Rathe takes Holmes under his wing and looks out for Holmes, pretending to befriend Holmes as he investigates two murders of prominent men that have occurred in London (Shaffer). As Holmes investigates the two murders, he begins to realize that there is a cult connected to the murders. The victims were shot with a hallucinogen that caused the victims to have bizarre hallucinations that resulted in death (Martel). The film Young Sherlock Holmes has gotten many praises for the quality of the film. According to Christopher Null, the film portrays how Moriarty and Watson meet Holmes as well as give an explanation to where the pipe, hat and â€Å"Elementary!† motto came from. Christopher Null also mentions that the outline for Harry Potter came from Levinson’s Young Sherlock Holmes (Null). Michael Noble, another movie critic, agrees that Young Sherlock Holmes was possibly the beginning of Harry Potter because both plots had two boys and one girl. Michael Noble further states that Holmes and Potter had a similar starry destiny and that Holmes’ smart-alec k nowledge contributed to the character Hermione in Harry Potter (Noble). Though many critics have different views of the film Young Sherlock Holmes, the film introduces the viewers to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s work and his famous characters that continue to exist even after the 19th century. Young Sherlock Holmes is