Haven't actually seen him yet, but a lot of people who were disposed to hate the movie seem to have been pleased. And really, Holmes IS an action hero - untwisting twisted pokers, fighting prizefighters, pursuing speedboats in the London night, etc etc etc. And Dr.Watson has been in Afghanistan and carries his service revolver around - and uses it, too, when necessary. So I think that some of the shock about having Iron Man as Holmes may be misplaced. Not that I don't think Rathbone remains supreme...