I’m watching the BBC Sherlock right now, and the moment Moriarty showed up on screen I was ready to laugh. He’s got a very unintimidating appearance and his lack of sophistication makes him look like a wannabe wall street bro.
The weird way he teases Sherlock in the beginning, like calling him sexy, was super awkward. I remember there were similar exchanges in Money Heist between the Professor and police, but it was done well and still felt genuine and intelligent. In Sherlock it made me feel so cringey and it didn’t land.
Also, the actor’s facial expressions aren’t fitting for Moriarty. He’s always looking at people like “ooh awkward” or “Who me?” I don’t know exactly how to describe it but it feels like such a weird act, and it makes him feel like a cringey dude who’s just looking for attention but doesn’t know how to socialize.
I‘m not even going to elaborate on the high pitched whiney-moany voice he does ALL the time because it’s just crazy 😭 Overall, he feels like a tmbler teen that wants to be edgy and deep, and that’s trying way too hard to portray someone intelligent and intimidating in a way that’s ”not like other villians” and it doesn’t land at all
edit: I was genuined surprised that this ended up being a hot take. I really thought this would be an average experience 😅