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5. Dr. John Watson - Sherlock Holmes (2009)
You're probably thinking "How in Arthur Conan Doyle's name has Dr. John Watson made it onto this list?" Before you break down, though, wait a second. In 2008, we were treated to a long-awaited big screen adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrel's London geezer director Guy Ritchie at the helm. Robert Downey Jr. was cast, of course, as the eponymous character, whilst Jude Law - a great choice at first glance, don't you think? - found himself pinned as Dr. John Watson, Holmes' friend and biographer. And it's not that Jude Law does anything particularly wrong as Dr. Watson - the problem is he doesn't really do anything right, either. He's an empty shell of a character - cardboard in every sense. Some of you might argue that Watson isn't supposed to be "out there" - he's the straight man to Holmes' eccentric antics. Fair enough, but even Martin Freeman - on the BBC television version - gave a far more interesting and likeable performance. So whereas Law fits the bill to some extent, he's also an utterly uninspiring and forgettable Holmes companion.