Sherlock Holmes II.
A black-and-white silent film from a hundred years ago has made countless netizens give a super high score of 9.5. How bad is this "Sherlock Holmes II" by the sneerer Buster Keaton? Not to mention its brain-blowing plot and god-like editing skills, this stunt performance of Keaton riding a motorcycle alone is enough to worship it as a god. Because riding a motorcycle is simply a race against death.
Many people think that Keaton's comedy is not as good as Chaplin, but if you can watch this video attentively, you will find that Keaton's talent is not under Chaplin, and you can tell by reading the title of the movie that this is a story about detectives. Johnny is a movie theater projectionist, but he's also an avid detective fan. He delves into the book "How to Become a Detective" every day. Dream of becoming a Sherlock Holmes detective one day. This beautiful girl is Johnny's girlfriend Catherine.
This is Catherine's father, Old Joe, and his housekeeper, as well as Johnny's love rival David. And the story unfolds in a few of them. On this day, Johnny used the remaining dollar to buy a box of chocolates to give to Catherine, but for the sake of face he changed the price from 1 to 4. And the funny thing is that after he gave the chocolate to Catherine, he was afraid that Catherine would not see the price and deliberately turned the box over. At this time, David also came to Catherine's house.
Seeing that Johnny came with a gift, it was not good for him to enter empty-handed. So penniless, he put his hand into Old Joe's clothes and stole Old Joe's pocket watch. Then he went to the pawnshop for $4 and bought a gift for Catherine for $3. On the other hand, Johnny put the diamond ring he had bought with all his savings on Catherine's hand. This made Catherine nervous and excited, but he found that the diamond on the diamond ring was small and could not be seen at all.
Seeing this, Keaton immediately took out a magnifying glass to her, can you see it clearly? Just when the two were shyly tasting the sweetness of love, David returned with a gift. Apparently Catherine preferred David's gift. And just as Catherine was about to open the gift, Old Joe discovered that her pocket watch had been stolen.
Johnny saw that there was a case happening, and immediately took out the detective book to check the skills for solving the case. "Rule One: Search Everyone". It's just that David behind him also saw this rule, so David immediately put the invoice from the pawnshop into Johnny's pocket.
After reading the book, Johnny confidently told Old Joe that he would be able to find the thief, and then he began to search his body. But I didn't expect that the first person to search for this second stunned man was actually the owner Old Joe, and it can be seen from here that Johnny is not the material to be a detective. After searching everyone, Johnny did not find anything, David took the opportunity to say that Johnny's body should also be searched, and then Old Joe found the invoice in Johnny's pocket, "The watch and bracelet pawn totals $4."
But Joe Sr. has always believed in Johnny's character, and he thinks it may just be a coincidence. However, at this time, David saw the chocolate gift box in Catherine's hand, which just said that it sold for $4. This time the evidence was conclusive, and Old Joe had to believe it, and he was sad and drove Johnny away with tears. Catherine, who was also disappointed in him, took the ring off and returned it to him.
Johnny knew that David must be framing him, so he pulled out the detective book again, "Rule Five: Keep a close eye on your suspects." So Johnny immediately followed, but he seemed to have a little misunderstanding of the close surveillance, and he actually followed directly and closely. Johnny, locked in the carriage, climbed out of the roof of the car, and then he successfully returned to the ground by following the tap of the water tower. And in this scene, because the staff underestimated the impact of the current, Keaton was washed down by the current and hit his neck on the rails.
Although he successfully completed the play, his neck was actually broken, and Johnny was deeply shocked after being teased by David, and he felt that he might not be the material to be a detective. On this day he fell asleep while playing a movie, and then he had a dream. It happened that the story in this movie was exactly the same as what happened at Catherine's house that day, so in his dream, the hero and heroine of the movie became Catherine and David. Then Johnny in the dream came to the screening room with a hat and saw that David wanted to forcibly kiss Catherine, he rushed into the screen excitedly, but was quickly pushed out by David.
There is a devil detail here, Johnny who fell in a dream, and he also trembled in reality. On the other side, Johnny was about to enter the screen again to stop David, but when he rushed in, the scene inside changed.
The next bizarre drama-within-a-play, in that era without computer special effects, is enough to see how superb Keaton's editing level is. Finally, the picture on the screen returns to the movie again. As the camera slowly zooms in, it means that its next dreams will be revealed through this movie, just like that day.
On this day, the owner of the household, Old Joe, found that his pearl necklace was stolen, and the people who stole the necklace were David and the housekeeper, and Old Joe immediately called the detective to investigate. David on the side immediately panicked when he heard that Old Joe invited the world's best detective, Sherlock Holmes II. But the butler told him not to worry because he was ready.
I saw that he took out two billiard balls marked No. 13 from his pocket, they looked exactly like billiards, in fact, these were two powerful bombs, as long as there was an impact, they would explode immediately. And that's not all, he also installed a mechanism on the seat, and if someone sits down, the axe will fall. Soon after, Johnny, known as Sherlock Holmes II, arrived. As a detective, he only looked at everyone's faces and already knew who the thief was. And this little trick of the butler was quickly recognized by him.
Then the butler took out another point of poison and poured it into the wine, but Johnny picked up the glass and looked at it and knew that the wine was poisonous, so he handed the wine to David. Unaware, David almost drank it. So anxious that the butler hinted madly on the side, seeing that David was still confused, he could only snatch David's wine on the grounds that the wine glass was not clean.
They then invited Johnny to play billiards, replacing the No. 13 ball with a bomb while Johnny wasn't looking. It's a pity that their movements are watched by Johnny, but Johnny did not directly debunk them, but teased them and paid attention to the position of the 13th ball. Next, Johnny will let you know what the rod method is.
