Holmes says that is specifically the reason the trains were able to reach each other. While watching this it seemed to defy physics on all accounts. I do not recall if the book elaborates on this point. If someone understands the Baron's fatal flaw and how it pertains to the trains, it would be much appreciated.
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In the book, the Baron's fatal mistake is releasing the last car of his train; Holmes's train joins it and it provides much-needed additional fuel.
In the movie, though, they don't raid it for more fuel; Holmes just climbs across it to the Pasha's train.
It doesn't make much physical sense, I agree. Had the Baron not released the car, Holmes's train wouldn't have had to brake and would therefore have caught up to the car even sooner, and Holmes could still have climbed across it.
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Lazy + smart = efficient.
Glad to know I wasn't the only one. Good to know that the mistake was in the film and not the book. That seems to be a perpetual problem with all Sherlock movies, which just do not seem to transfer well from the excellent original stories. Thanks you for the information.
shareIt was a flaw that I definitely caught -- or at least I *thought* I caught it. I was, like, "Hey, wait... does that even WORK?"
But, it was hardly a FATAL flaw. There's a heck of a lot more to the movie than just Holmes using the dislodging of the car to reach the other train -- and a LOT of that lot more is a LOTTA fun.
Matthew