Chapter 78

Larry Davies was a Briton who was staying in America due to his job. Although the job was tiring and made him exhausted every day, he had only one reason to bear with it every day. It was the books and novels that he had piled up at his apartment.

He was an avid reader of books and classic novels and was working just for the sake of earning enough to buy these books and feed himself to continue living and reading such masterpieces.

One of such books was the story of the famous detective that appeared in the books of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Detective Sherlock Holmes. Larry was a fan of Sherlock Holmes since his childhood and always loved the quirky yet chivalrous tales of the genius detective.

He had long since wished to watch the character of Sherlock Holmes come to life via movies or television shows, but his wish was brutally played with as no one in the film industry wanted to take on this wonderful franchise due to a previous flop movie.

That's why, the moment Larry heard about Foxstar's announcement of the release of a new movie based on the Legendary Sherlock Holmes, he didn't even have to think twice before booking the tickets to watch the movie.

After all, all he ever wished for was a good portrayal of the movie, and as it was being distributed by Foxtar and had such a big budget, he thought that it would at least be much better than the previous one.

***

6th June 2011

The bulk of people who had come to watch the first-day first show was surprisingly massive for an average cineplex. Or so, Larry thought as he had come for the first-day first show for many movies, but it wasn't so crowded most of the time.

There were many people who had Sherlock Holmes posters in their hands as if they were a cheerleading squad for the movie. All the people were waiting for the signal from the security there to enter the cineplex. And as soon as they got the signal, everyone raided the canteen to buy popcorn and cold drinks to eat and drink during the movie.

The prices were inflated like Pinnochio's nose as usual, but no one bothered as they burnt the hard-earned money for the momentary satisfaction and joy of watching one of their favourite characters come to life, and hopefully, much better than its existing counterparts.

After standing in the line for a while, Larry finally got his turn to burn his money– buy some popcorn. After that, he entered the theatre too and found himself a seat.

Soon, the theatre lights turned off, and the huge screen in front lit up. After some commercials and the names of the distribution company, actors, team, producer and the director were shown, the movie finally started.

And as soon as it started, Larry couldn't help but feel shivers of joy continuously speeding from his body due to the sheer excitement he felt at the start of the movie.

The entrance of Sherlock and how he thought of each and every one of his moves before knocking down one guard after the other, and then Watson's entry at the exact point where Sherlock was about to get hit, and Watson came and saved him.

'This is it. This is Sherlock…This is exactly how I imagined Sherlock to be.'

Larry thought inside his head as the movie progressed. Sherlock saved Watson from Lord Blackwood's invisible needle-like weapon in just the nick of time as Watson had let down his guard.

Larry could hear hushed and excited whispers all around him, then the surrounding calmed down again when the scene where Sherlock met with Lord Blackwood in the prison cell.

Everyone couldn't help but be terrified at Blackwood's crazy portrayal and how his face was given the VFX of a ghastly creature when he threatened Sherlock about the unpredictable and helpless future he awaits.

Even the people who had read the book started doubting if Blackwood could really use magic. The movie was just that engaging and thrilling to even fool the experienced readers.

The expressions of people in the theatre kept on changing from all smiles, to feeling excited and to feeling anxious throughout the movie. It was the same for Larry.

As the movie came to its climax and finally at its end, Larry's blood couldn't help but pump furiously when the ending hinted at the existence of Moriarty.

Everyone in the theatre felt their ears and eyes go hot as the movie ended. They had never felt so thrilled in their entire lives, and it took some time before the loud clapping finally died down inside the theatre.

Larry couldn't help but think how it was the most fantastic and fun day of his life today. He came here looking for copper and found the most valuable of gems that will stay in his heart forever.

***

"The fuck, man, I nearly died from the continuous adrenaline rush, fuck!"

"I know, right! Damn bro, I swear I didn't expect this movie to be such a banger when I got its ticket."

"Honey, I can't believe it! I never thought I would get to see such a fantastic movie based on my favourite book."

"I don't know. Like, for real, fantastic seems like an understatement to me now. The movie was otherworldly."

"I am damn sure I can never accept any other actor as Sherlock after this. Both this Sherlock and Watson duo felt so natural. Like hell, man. I'm still getting goosebumps, look."

"Imma come and watch the movie again with ma girlfriend. Bruh, she didn't come just due to the previous Sherlock movie was bad, but hell, she missed out on the first show, she'll forever regret it, I tell ya."

"Dude, not gonna lie. This movie deserves to get famous. I'm gonna make a post on Sparrow ASAP. This awesomeness needs to be shared with everyone."

***

Larry couldn't hear the continuous commotion just beside him because he was still enjoying the after-effects of the movie. The thrill inside him was like a bubbling solution begging to break free from a beaker.

'Damn, this… this is gonna take some time.'

Larry thought inwardly as he still couldn't believe he had just watched such a masterpiece.

After calming down for a while, he immediately rushed out and reached his home. Taking out his laptop, he opened his personal blog. It had thousands of followers due to the fact that Larry was a famous movie and novel enthusiast and gave accurate reviews about movies and such that helped people decide if they wanted to watch it or not.

Soon, he typed the post title.

| [Sherlock Holmes] - You know what? This movie fucking discombobulated everyone! |

***

Outside a famous theatre in LA, a couple were bickering over something.

"Jude, I am telling you. I saw the trailer of [Sleepless in LA], and I absolutely loved it! Let's go watch that."

The guy, Jude, disagreed immediately.

"No can do. Babe, I swear I really want to watch [Sherlock Holmes], and you haven't watched the trailer, but it was absolutely epic!"

Be it coincidence or deliberate competition, both [Sherlock Holmes] and [Sleepless in LA] were released on the same day. That's why the current bickering was taking place. The girl, Rose, replied in annoyance.

"Really? Now I know why you had so many past relationships that didn't work out. Like you're asking your girlfriend to go watch some detective smarty pants movie with you instead of a romantic movie?"

"No, I-"

Before Jude could come up with a counterargument, a rush of people started to come out from the cineplex. Both movies had ended, and the people who had gone for the first-day first show were coming out.

"How was the movie, babe?"

A couple came out from the theatre that had screened [Sleepless in LA]. The guy asked with slight disappointment on his face to his girlfriend.

"Uh... I guess it was okay-ish? I don't know, haha."

The girl replied awkwardly and failed to hide her disappointment too. Behind them, many such people came out, and most of them had disappointed expressions on their faces.

Just beside them was the theatre which had screened [Sherlock Holmes]. And it didn't take a genius to figure out the expressions on the faces of people that came out of the theatre.

Most of the expressions were excitement and thrill, and people didn't even hide it as they were furiously conversing with their friends and partner about the movie.

"Oh boy, oh boy. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined such a thriller, and this is the movie I had been waiting for my whole life without realising it."

"Now, we have a firm grasp of the obvious."

"Hahahaha!"

A boy joked with his friends as they all kept talking about the movie and repeating some of the dialogues of Sherlock and laughed amongst themselves.

Seeing all this, Rose, who was scolding Jude just a minute ago, put her hands in Jude's and smiled.

"Let's go watch the movie my baby wants."

Jude just smiled helplessly as they went inside the theatre, which was going to play the second show of [Sherlock Holmes] for the day.

***

After the movie was over, Jude and Rose came out, and Rose immediately jumped on Jude and kissed him.

"Thank you so much, darling. I would have missed out on my latest crush if you didn't insist on watching this movie. I swear the bitches that left you must have been blind; you have got a great taste."

Jude didn't say anything else as he was planning a rewatch of the movie inside his head. This time with his homies.

...

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