Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Quotes
Sherlock Holmes: Uh, hmm... Right. Where are the wagons?
Madam Simza Heron: The wagon is too slow. Can't you ride?
Dr. John Watson: It's not that he can't ride... How is it you put it, Holmes?
Sherlock Holmes: They're dangerous at both ends and... crafty in the middle. Why would I want anything with a mind of its own bobbing about between my legs?
Madam Simza Heron: The wagon is too slow. Can't you ride?
Dr. John Watson: It's not that he can't ride... How is it you put it, Holmes?
Sherlock Holmes: They're dangerous at both ends and... crafty in the middle. Why would I want anything with a mind of its own bobbing about between my legs?
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Madam Simza Heron: What do you see?
Sherlock Holmes: Everything. That is my curse.
Sherlock Holmes: Everything. That is my curse.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
[Holmes is looking at Moriarty and starts analyzing the upcoming fight]Sherlock Holmes: [v.o]His advantage, my injury. My advantage, his rage. Incoming assault feral, but experienced. Use his momentum to counter. [as Holmes hits Moriarty in the face, everything stops and the audience watches Moriarty's face]
Professor Moriaty: [v.o]Come now, you really think you're the only one who can play this game? [Back to the analyzed fight]
Professor Moriaty: Trap arm, target weakness. Follow with haymaker.
Sherlock Holmes: Ah, there we find the boxing champion of Cambridge. [Holmes throws a hook at Moriarty's face]
Professor Moriaty: Competent, but predictable. Now, allow me to reply. [Moriarty throws several punches at Holmes' shoulder]
Sherlock Holmes: Arsenal running dry. Adjust strategy. [Holmes tries to kick Moriarty but fails]
Professor Moriaty: Wound taking its toll.
Sherlock Holmes: As I feared. Injury makes defense untenable. Prognosis, increasingly negative. [Moriarty corners Holmes against the edge of the cliff]
Professor Moriaty: Let's not waste any more of one another's time. We both know how this ends. [Moriarty throws Holmes over the balcony and the scene cuts back to the real time]
Sherlock Holmes: Conclusion: inevitable. Unless... [Holmes blows ashes from his pipe into Moriarty's face, grabs him, and topples them both over the balcony, down the falls]
Professor Moriaty: [v.o]Come now, you really think you're the only one who can play this game? [Back to the analyzed fight]
Professor Moriaty: Trap arm, target weakness. Follow with haymaker.
Sherlock Holmes: Ah, there we find the boxing champion of Cambridge. [Holmes throws a hook at Moriarty's face]
Professor Moriaty: Competent, but predictable. Now, allow me to reply. [Moriarty throws several punches at Holmes' shoulder]
Sherlock Holmes: Arsenal running dry. Adjust strategy. [Holmes tries to kick Moriarty but fails]
Professor Moriaty: Wound taking its toll.
Sherlock Holmes: As I feared. Injury makes defense untenable. Prognosis, increasingly negative. [Moriarty corners Holmes against the edge of the cliff]
Professor Moriaty: Let's not waste any more of one another's time. We both know how this ends. [Moriarty throws Holmes over the balcony and the scene cuts back to the real time]
Sherlock Holmes: Conclusion: inevitable. Unless... [Holmes blows ashes from his pipe into Moriarty's face, grabs him, and topples them both over the balcony, down the falls]
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
[after Holmes throws Mary off the train, Watson turns around and sees his wife gone]Sherlock Holmes: It had to be done. She's safe now! In my own defense, I timed it perfectly-! [Watson lunges at him and starts throttling him]
Dr. John Watson: Did you kill my wife?
Sherlock Holmes: [muffled, tries to respond]
Dr. John Watson: DID-YOU-JUST-KILL-MY-NEW-WIFE?
Sherlock Holmes: [forces Watson's hand away]Of course not!
Dr. John Watson: What do you mean? How do you know that, when you just threw her off a train?
Sherlock Holmes: I told you, I timed it perfectly!
Dr. John Watson: What does that mean?
Sherlock Holmes: Calm down!
Dr. John Watson: Explain!
Sherlock Holmes: By the time I explained, we'd both be dead!
Dr. John Watson: Did you kill my wife?
Sherlock Holmes: [muffled, tries to respond]
Dr. John Watson: DID-YOU-JUST-KILL-MY-NEW-WIFE?
Sherlock Holmes: [forces Watson's hand away]Of course not!
Dr. John Watson: What do you mean? How do you know that, when you just threw her off a train?
Sherlock Holmes: I told you, I timed it perfectly!
Dr. John Watson: What does that mean?
Sherlock Holmes: Calm down!
Dr. John Watson: Explain!
Sherlock Holmes: By the time I explained, we'd both be dead!
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Dr. John Watson: [reading a note from Holmes]Come at once if convenient. [flips the note over to back side]
Dr. John Watson: If inconvenient, come all the same.
Dr. John Watson: If inconvenient, come all the same.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Professor Moriaty: You see, hidden within the unconscious, there is an insatiable desire for conflict. So, you're not fighting me, so much as you are the human condition. All I want to do is own the bullets and the bandages.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Dr. John Watson: [performing CPR]I know you can hear me, you selfish bastard!
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
[Holmes has arrived at the auction and is trying to defuse the motion-sensitive bomb intended for Dr. Hoffmanstahl]Sherlock Holmes: One million pounds! Oh, and by the way, fire.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: [after they finish a short waltz]Who taught you to dance like that?
Dr. John Watson: [with a smile of reminiscence]You did.
Dr. John Watson: [with a smile of reminiscence]You did.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
[Holmes detects that an assassin is hiding on the ceiling and preparing to kill Simza; he compares taking the man out to preparing an omelet]Sherlock Holmes: [voice-over]First, pillage the nest. Clip wings. Now, blunt his beak. Crack eggs. Scramble, pinch of salt. Touch of pepper. Flip the omelet. Additional seasoning required. Breakfast is served.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Mycroft Holmes: Good evening, Mrs Watson. I'm the other Holmes.
Mary Watson: You mean there's *two* of you? How marvelous! Could this evening get any better?
Mary Watson: You mean there's *two* of you? How marvelous! Could this evening get any better?
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: Did you call me a selfish bastard?
Dr. John Watson: Probably.
Dr. John Watson: Probably.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Dr. John Watson: How did you know I would find you?
Sherlock Holmes: You didn't find me. You collapsed a building on me.
Sherlock Holmes: You didn't find me. You collapsed a building on me.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: Madam, this is a glorious hedgehog goulash. I can't remember ever having had better.
Dr. John Watson: Do tell me, when was the last time you had a hedgehog goulash?
Sherlock Holmes: I told you, Watson, I can't remember.
Dr. John Watson: [whispered]Perhaps you've repressed it.
Sherlock Holmes: [chuckles]That's where we differ. Unlike you, I repress nothing.
Dr. John Watson: Perfectly normal.
Sherlock Holmes: How dare you be rude to this women who has invited us into her tent, offered us her hedgehog?
Dr. John Watson: Says the man who throws women from trains.
Dr. John Watson: Do tell me, when was the last time you had a hedgehog goulash?
Sherlock Holmes: I told you, Watson, I can't remember.
Dr. John Watson: [whispered]Perhaps you've repressed it.
Sherlock Holmes: [chuckles]That's where we differ. Unlike you, I repress nothing.
Dr. John Watson: Perfectly normal.
Sherlock Holmes: How dare you be rude to this women who has invited us into her tent, offered us her hedgehog?
Dr. John Watson: Says the man who throws women from trains.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Dr. John Watson: [as he watches Sherlock drinking embalming fluid]You're drinking embalming fluid?
Sherlock Holmes: [exhales]Yes. Care for a drop?
Dr. John Watson: You do seem...
Sherlock Holmes: Excited?
Dr. John Watson: Manic.
Sherlock Holmes: I am.
Dr. John Watson: Verging on...
Sherlock Holmes: Ecstatic?
Dr. John Watson: Psychotic.
Dr. John Watson: [pause]I should've brought you a sedative.
Sherlock Holmes: [exhales]Yes. Care for a drop?
Dr. John Watson: You do seem...
Sherlock Holmes: Excited?
Dr. John Watson: Manic.
Sherlock Holmes: I am.
Dr. John Watson: Verging on...
Sherlock Holmes: Ecstatic?
Dr. John Watson: Psychotic.
Dr. John Watson: [pause]I should've brought you a sedative.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: [lights pipe]
Dr. John Watson: What are we doing down here?
Sherlock Holmes: *We* are waiting. *I* am smoking.
Dr. John Watson: What are we doing down here?
Sherlock Holmes: *We* are waiting. *I* am smoking.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Mary Watson: I miss him too, in my own way.
Dr. John Watson: He would have wanted us to go to Brighton.
Mary Watson: He would have wanted to come with us.
Dr. John Watson: He would have wanted us to go to Brighton.
Mary Watson: He would have wanted to come with us.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
[when Holmes has sedated Gladstone yet again]Dr. John Watson: How many times are you going to kill my dog?
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Irene Adler: [as her thugs are getting ready to beat Holmes]Be careful with the face, boys! We do have a dinner date tonight.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Colonel Sebastian Moran: [watching something moving behind a cover]What are you playing at? [cover falls off to reveal a cannon aimed at him]
Colonel Sebastian Moran: ...That's not fair.
Colonel Sebastian Moran: ...That's not fair.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: [whistling A Little Night Music and stops]I forgot the rest! [gets strangled]
Sherlock Holmes: Ah, it's coming back.
Sherlock Holmes: Ah, it's coming back.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Dr. John Watson: Oh, how I've missed you, Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes: Have you? Why? I've barely noticed your absence.
Sherlock Holmes: Have you? Why? I've barely noticed your absence.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: Dear, dear, sickly sweet Nanny. Might I have a word? [He uncovers the tray in her hands, revealing white rats under glass]
Sherlock Holmes: Yummy. Feed the snake, woman.
Mrs. Hudson: You feed it!
Sherlock Holmes: Touchy, touchy.
Sherlock Holmes: Yummy. Feed the snake, woman.
Mrs. Hudson: You feed it!
Sherlock Holmes: Touchy, touchy.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
[from trailer]Dr. John Watson: [seeing Holmes's drag outfit]What?
Sherlock Holmes: I agree it's not my best disguise.
Sherlock Holmes: I agree it's not my best disguise.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Professor Moriaty: [as he writes his notes]Fine choice, this place. Do you have the letter?
Irene Adler: It was taken.
Professor Moriaty: Taken? That is unfortunate.
Irene Adler: During the chaos created by your package.
Irene Adler: [to the waiter who is serving her tea]Thank you.
Irene Adler: Perhaps, if you had shared your plans.
Professor Moriaty: You wish to know my plans now, dear? Do you imagine, Miss Adler, that something would happen to you? Is that why you chose to meet here in a public place? Your favorite restaurant? [Moran taps his glass three times, causing everyone in the restaurant to immediately leave]
Professor Moriaty: [revealing himself to Irene]I don't blame you. I blame myself. It's been apparent to me for some time that you would succumb to your feelings for him. It isn't the first occasion that Mr. Holmes inconvenienced me in recent months. The question is: What to do about it? That is my problem to solve now. I no longer require your services [sipping his tea while Adler collapse to her death]
Irene Adler: It was taken.
Professor Moriaty: Taken? That is unfortunate.
Irene Adler: During the chaos created by your package.
Irene Adler: [to the waiter who is serving her tea]Thank you.
Irene Adler: Perhaps, if you had shared your plans.
Professor Moriaty: You wish to know my plans now, dear? Do you imagine, Miss Adler, that something would happen to you? Is that why you chose to meet here in a public place? Your favorite restaurant? [Moran taps his glass three times, causing everyone in the restaurant to immediately leave]
Professor Moriaty: [revealing himself to Irene]I don't blame you. I blame myself. It's been apparent to me for some time that you would succumb to your feelings for him. It isn't the first occasion that Mr. Holmes inconvenienced me in recent months. The question is: What to do about it? That is my problem to solve now. I no longer require your services [sipping his tea while Adler collapse to her death]
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Dr. John Watson: He's after us, because of you!
Sherlock Holmes: Don't be so petulant about it.
Sherlock Holmes: Don't be so petulant about it.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
[last lines]Dr. John Watson: [upon receiving the oxygen mask as an indication that Holmes may be alive]Mary? Who delivered this parcel?
Mary Watson: [offscreen]The postman.
Dr. John Watson: [as he leaves the room]The usual chap or... did he look peculiar?
Mary Watson: [offscreen]The postman.
Dr. John Watson: [as he leaves the room]The usual chap or... did he look peculiar?
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Dr. John Watson: I'm on my honeymoon! [Watson kicks Holmes on the bum]
Dr. John Watson: Why did you lead them here! Why did you involve us?
Sherlock Holmes: They're not here for me they are here for you! Fortunately... so am I.
Dr. John Watson: Why did you lead them here! Why did you involve us?
Sherlock Holmes: They're not here for me they are here for you! Fortunately... so am I.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows