New Year Resolution 1: Done!

Before i begin, just wanna complain: WHY CAN'T I CONNECT TO FACEBOOK?? zzz... ok... moving on...

Today i went and watched Sherlock Holmes with a friend, and truly it was pretty entertaining... the story is not so much on mystery, keeping you in the dark at all times, but rather an unobtrusive way of showing you how holmes has noticed all the little things that would fit into the puzzle. Some would compare it to the Prestige, but these two movies are very different, in that the latter presents the story in a more indirect way, making it hard for you to make head or tail of it, and then making it all clear in the end. Sherlock Holmes, however, presents the story directly, just that his process of investigation may seem like a report, plain yet difficult to distill what is important, and therefore though the finale may not come as a surprise, yet it still astonishes you as to how the pieces managed to all fit together nicely.

The movie also gave a touch on the relationship between holmes and watson, but sadly, the whole thing was left in a "in progress" stage, and there is no real conclusion to the whole drama. Still, i suppose any future sherlock holmes will still have his trusty assistant in it, playing one role or another.

However, what i find most amusing is the evolution to Sherlock Holmes, from the old book era, where it's all about looking at the clues, and connecting the dots together, without him actually being involved in collecting the clues; to now, where it is not enough to just have the brains to be a famous detective, but you also need to appropriate physical ability to carry out what the brain thinks. To some extent, it gives the character a more realistic touch, since afterall, what makes a good detective is in his ability to find important details that others would usually leave out, and with today's more and more popular CSI shows, we learn how crime scenes may carry information vital to solving the crime, but only human failure to locate it can diminish its value. Therefore, it is logical to assume that Holmes would have to be very active as well in his role of solving mysteries. More importantly i think, is the change in our time, when being specialized is no longer enough, and people are expected to be holistic, capable of dealing with diffferent fields and integrating the knowledge, a time that demands much more from man, and this demand will also be transferred and expected of the world greatest detective, however fictious he was. Hence, we see the man that used to be depicted as a fine gentleman, be transformed to a more quirky person, believing in hands-on actions in his investigation, rather than just sitting around, drinking tea while looking through piles of papers. We are indeed witnessing a change in our time, where the standard of extraordinary has just become even higher, and the norm is no longer normal anymore... there was a theory that human as a race has two choice: evolve or extinct. Now seems like the crossroad between these choices, and our decision, action may very well influence the outcome of our entire race... hopefully mankind is ready for this change.