Sherlock Holmes Film Analysis

The film of Sherlock Holmes is an open mystery--which means the identity of the perpetrator is already released in the beginning of the movie and it also display the “perfect crime” of the perpetrator throughout the movie. We can tell that is a open mystery because the first scene of the movie is where Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are trying to prevent a black magic ritual that is run by Lord Blackwood. The police immediately arrested Lord Blackwood then few months later he got sentenced to death. Sherlock received a mail revealing that Lord Blackwood got out of the grave and it was a different man in the coffin. Sherlock decided to take mans watch and found initials of a pawnbroker shop. From then on, Sherlock can trace the man's address and when he finally entered the man's resident, Sherlock found different medical equipments, animals that were experimented on and found a paper that has Lord Blackwood's signature. Later on the movie, Sherlock got called to a secret place called “The Temple of Four” where black magic is practice and the man who called him goes by the name of Sir Thomas, Sherlock also made a definite conclusion that Sir Thomas is the father Lord Blackwood because if their
Sherlock Holmes can still used the same methods because it won’t really affect the outcome of the movie and the only difference is that the closed mystery movie, the audience won’t know the perpetrator until the end of the movie. For me personally, I would like to investigate the closed mystery because I like the suspense and I can credit myself more if I can solve the crime without knowing the perpetrator until the end. It would be very hard but that is the fun of it and you can also learn from the experience and the mistakes that you