Animation The Adventures of Tintin - Part 1

[obin_gam]

Oh ho ho yes! The intro credits are basically made of it, and then theres a fantastic cameo in the beginning, and then several detalis throughout the film for Tintiniacs

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

Going to watch the movie in an hour. t:

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

So I saw the movie yesterday and I have mixed feelings about it. I am a huge fan of Tintin and I've been looking forward to the movie for a long time, and while this movie didn't satisfy me as a Tintin fan, it gave me a lot of enjoyment as a movie fan. First off, let's start with the good stuff.

The stylised opening credits is beautiful and I loved that it contains references to the other books. The animation are incredibly detailed and stunning, occasionally I have to remind myself that it isn't real as I look at the photo-realistic environment. Jamie Bell does a great job at bringing Tintin to life. Everything from his voice to his mannerisms are spot-on to the character I grew up with. Bell's performance aside, the movie owns much of its charisma to the strong supporting cast which include Tintin's fiercely loyal dog Snowy, Captain Haddock (wonderfully portrayed by Serkis) and Thompson & Thomson (Pegg and Frost), who provides the movie with comic-reliefs. Craig possesses enough danger as Sakharine (as well as Red Rackham) to make a menacing villain. The undisputed highlight of the movie was the exhilarating chase scene in Morocco, which was carried out in a single long, continuous take. The scenes where Haddock narrates the attack on The Unicorn was also spectacular, and the scene transitions in that sequences are one of the most inventive transitions I've ever seen. These action scenes clearly shows Spielberg at his most unrestrained fun with the animated medium.

And now to the bad stuff, as the movie combines three stories, it comes to no surprise that the result is a muddle. The story, while simple, feels very rushed and it is strung together with action sequences that seems to never end (especially the silly climatic battle with the cranes that went a little longer than it should) and, for the most part, it feels overstuffed. Essentially, the movie is a one long hyperactive action set pieces after the other. There is hardly any time to flesh out the plot before another action scene begins.

While this was not the ideal adaptation I had hoped for, it's still an entertaining movie that is action-packed, visually dazzling and a whole of fun.

3/5

 

[Crockett]

Pretty much sums it up, however I had such a marvelous time and sometime you got to lay back and enjoy the ride since it's a classical matinée type of movie and even those unfamiliar with the series still get the hang of things.

After an introduction Spielberg kicks up the tempo and it stays there throughout the whole film. You can see the energy Spielberg puts it the film and it really showed particularly on the action sequences with it being animated it's adventurous Spielberg let loose. It's such a blast watching them since they're so thrilling, sure some of it aren't realistic but that was never the point.
There's no lack of fun with humor being present, mostly by Serkis who is perfect as Haddock, it's a sight itself just watching the character coming alive through his performance.

Also the visuals are great, no offense to Zemeckis but this blows his animated works out of the water. As a fan I love what they've done, while there's no depth and characterization for those who are seeking in the end it's such like a ****ing great adventurous movie I enjoyed the references they've put it, not just the for Tintin fans but there's references to Spielberg's other works and I recall a nod to a Jackson movie. Since it's on a high tempo sure they do speed up some parts of the stories but I'm willing to look past that since they've managed to reduced it well enough. As the last scene comes I couldn't believe it was finished, it's been one hell of a ride.

4/5

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

Tintin 2 Not Based On Prisoners of the Sun

Horowitz said earlier this year he had penned a script based partly on Herge's Tintin story Prisoners Of The Sun.

"That was true a few months ago," Horowitz told the BBC, "but I can tell you that I think the second film is not going to be Prisoners of the Sun".

"What it is going to be is still under discussion."

He added: "I've had meetings with the directors and producers and we've talked about ideas and action sequences.

"At the moment I'm trying to put together a story that will please everybody. It's a very difficult one to do."

Peter Jackson, who produced the first film, is set to direct the Tintin sequel once he has finished work on The Hobbit.

Earlier reports had suggested that the second film would be based on both Prisoners Of The Sun and its predecessor The Seven Crystal Balls.

Horowitz, whose Sherlock Holmes novel The House of Silk was published this week, confirmed that he would be writing the second film but was yet to begin work on the script.

He said: "I am a huge Tintin fan I grew up on him and I'm looking to getting stuck in on this, but we're a little distant yet from actually having a script...

"The good news is if [Prisoners Of The Sun] is not the second film it'll be the third film so actually I could end up with two Tintins under my belt."

Source

Hmm, I'm very curious to see what the sequel will be based on. But as the sequel hasn't been green-lighted yet, it could be a long time until we find out what the story for the sequel will be.

 

[vanson]

can someone say if this is any great in 3D or will 2D do as fine ?

 

[nite-owl]

2D will be fine there are about two 3D moments in the film.

 

[vanson]

thanks

 

[dark_b]

2D will be fine there are about two 3D moments in the film.

isnt the whole movie in 3D? since its an animated movie.

or do you mean 2 shots where something is flying in the camera?

 

[spidey-dude]

I think 3D works really well with cgi films, there wasnt anything tacky or cheap about its use

 

[Secret Fawful]

Tintin 2 Not Based On Prisoners of the Sun

That's probably perfect as I was just thinking today how, even though I like it, the plot of Prisoners of the Sun probably wouldn't be well received by critics or audiences as it's a plot that's kind of worn out over the decades since Herge used it.

 

[Crockett]

The 3D was fine in this, it's nothing groundbreaking per se but it's not ****. There's very little 3D moments in your face since most of the time it just gives depth to the environment and such.

 

[ripse]

Must watch...amazing tintin from cartoon to 3d CGI with adventure genre like indiana jones...must be success and can reach 300milion in usa...i hope so

 

[Drz]

http://drzblog.tumblr.com/post/12367771972/the-adventures-of-tintin-the-secret-of-the-unicorn

What i thought:

The Adventures of Tintin (with the subtitle: the Secret of the Unicorn) is 1st of the possible Tintin movies we’ll be seeing from Steven Spielberg & Peter Jackson. Based on the comic book series of the same name by the Belgian artist Hergé, this said adaptation adapts 3 comic book stories and molds it into 1 movie. Hollywood stars ranging from Daniel Craig to Andy Serkis with Edgar Wright having credit as one of the 3 screenplay writers alongside the movie being completely computer animated by Peter Jackson’s WETA Digital, how does this movie stand on Its’ legs?
Well in a way it succeeds greatly, it’s a fantastic family movie when you think about it, it has great visuals, stunning voice acting, witty banter between characters and enough action to get all the little children excited, but the problems I also had with this movie should reflect on the younger audience as well, so I’ll start what I didn’t enjoy about this movie.

1st the main problem this movie has and this is incredibly bad, is that the movie never gives me a reason to connect, cherish or even root for Tintin, he’s the main ****ing character of the movie and I have no reason to root for him, he’s also awfully established. The opening credits roll out some great animation establishing Tintin’s adventures and how he has solved tons of mysteries, put down criminal gangs among other heroic feats, but that is simply just referencing the character’s past and nothing is established. The movie just makes me assume the man is a great sharpshooter who can take down a plane with a single bullet, learn to fly an airplane thru a storm and practically get lucked out of anything, the guy received so much help and whenever he’s in trouble things just somehow work out for him, Its’ ridiculous.

2nd problem comes sadly in the dialogue, I mentioned the witty banters between characters and it’s truly delightful chatter to hear as you can see the excitement, the anger, the emotions, just about everything is so well voice acted, but the movie has so much exposition it gets so boring, it really slows down the movie as a whole. It was just utterly boring to hear all the various explanations to this and that, now you might ponder why exactly, we’ll I’ll dig into a bit deeper into the plot without trying to spoil too much: The movie is after all called the secrets of the Unicorn, so it has this detective riddle story going for the very 1st hour of the movie, but the very first riddle expositions the 1st “twist” alongside the movie perfectly making clear the Haddock family legacy and the villain. The last 47 minutes of the movie become this sort of adventure revenge movie between Captain Haddock and the villain, but I’ll get more onto Haddock sooner. So ultimately what lies with this movie’s problems for me is the fact you don’t care about Tintin or his pet dog Snowie, nor is the Secret mystery even engaging but rather dull and I can’t imagining children even bothering to remember all the explanations, because they will simply remember all the ass-kicking scenes and comedic scenes instead, so yes my 3rd cringe with this movie would be the bland “secret” that thru the dialogue just slowed down the pace and during the view offering nothing rewarding for paying attention to it.
The 4th problem and this is luckily very minor is the pointless characters that serve no real purpose to the movie outside of the fact this is an comic adaptation and they wished to adapt these characters, but if you’re going to adapt minor supporting characters, you have to do it right! It’s like adapting Ace the Bat Hound or Leslie Thompkins, in fact Lucius Fox is a very minor Batman supporting character and he was wonderfully incorporated to the movies, but for this movie they put Aristides Silk (a picket pocket thief) who serves no purpose to the plot of the movie, and the comedic Interpol agent duo Thomson & Thompson (voiced by Simon Pegg & Nick Frost) do nothing worth mentioning in the movie outside moving the plot to Its’ conclusion and “few funny scenes” but otherwise there was no need for any of these characters, if you wish to adapt characters, make them useful to the story, not fan service!

Now what did I like about this movie? Why the very “Han Solo” of the movie of course! Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock, the weak shamed man who is nothing more than a blabbering alcoholic goes thru his character arc from zero to hero! By the end of the movie you’ll see him as a respectable hero and a good man with a golden heart. Serkis’ rough Scottish accent plays very well with the drunken stereotype and the dialogue banter he has between Tintin that doesn’t include exposition is very witty and delightful, granted there is one scene in the movie that is full on exposition, but it’s done visually as well as Captain retells the story of how the Unicorn sunk to the bottom of the ocean. This naval battle, I promise was even more visually engaging, creative and visually stunning than the final naval battle in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End had, and that to me was a great accomplishment, but again as I talk about Haddock’s family, I utterly wish if the movie was truly more about his family or himself, because Tintin is just a very bland character that remains the same from start to conclusion of the story. It’s really the character development and how the whole Unicorn is tied with Haddock that makes him the real star of the movie.

I would however say that the best voice acting performance does actually come from Daniel Craig, who plays Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine, the main villain of the movie. I couldn’t recognize his voice at all, so that to me is a sign of great voice acting, he comes off as very intellectual, charming, powerful and dominant, the visual design enhances the voice acting as the man has the eyes of a killer. Good villain that plays well with Haddock’s character arc that ends with a great finale between the two men.
John Williams’ score for the movie also enhances the movie well, every musical score is just right for the scene, there we’re no mistakes in the music category, the music adds up the mood for the comedy and excitement to the action and chase sequences, wonderful job as usual from Williams.
The 2nd best moment of the entire movie besides the outstanding naval battle comes in Bagghar, with a very exciting chase sequence and again just like the Naval battle it’s done so visually perfect! The various “camera angles” the whole large scale is just this big glorious mess as part of the city gets “torn” apart due to one vile man’s desire, Williams’ score amps up the excitement perfectly here, this and the naval battle are the scenes kids and myself alike will cherish and remember of this film, if I’d would be a memorable movie that is.
In summary this is a family movie, I think the parents get something out of this, they might be intrigued by the secret or they don’t have high expectations, just wanting to watch a movie with a protagonist with his puppy and an alcoholic “sidekick” embark on an Indiana Jones style adventure with great visuals, voice acting and a musical score.

PS. I don’t think the 3D is necessary for this movie at all, I don’t have any real memorable 3D effects outside of some broken glasses that get sharrered.

 

[terry78]

Regarding your paragraph about Tintin the character, that is exactly what Herge had in mind apparently. A guy who he wanted to be, that was good at almost everything and had **** just "work out."

 

[lime]

Will see it tomorrow. I'm watching all movies for free because I write reviews for a local Movie Site. t:

 

[obin_gam]

this movie will do for journalists what top gun did for fighter pilots!

 

[Firm18]

Loved it, lovely movie. Loved the characters and the story. I think visually thats the prettiest movie since Avatar.

 

[Secret Fawful]

Man, shut up, not every character has to have a backstory or huge amount of family to work. There's more stories to go into backstory or whatever else. I don't read Tintin for Tintin, I read it for the adventures that he has.

 

[Drz]

Regarding your paragraph about Tintin the character, that is exactly what Herge had in mind apparently. A guy who he wanted to be, that was good at almost everything and had **** just "work out."

See i'm perfectly fine with this if we had seen him become the guy he is, but the movie just hits with him already being this expert guy, this famous journalist and whatnot.

 

[lime]

7/10

I'm a bit disappointed with the story...and the lack of directing.

 

[Secret Fawful]

See i'm perfectly fine with this if we had seen him become the guy he is, but the movie just hits with him already being this expert guy, this famous journalist and whatnot.

You mean like Raiders did with Indiana Jones.

 

[terry78]

You mean like Raiders did with Indiana Jones.

Only Indy tended to have more bad luck befall him in a sense. He wasn't all bright eyed and bushy tailed about it.

 

[Secret Fawful]

Only Indy tended to have more bad luck befall him in a sense. He wasn't all bright eyed and bushy tailed about it.

Shrug. That's just Tintin, he's a gee willikers I got to think of a way outta this jam quick sort of character...although there was a sense of danger in the Tintin comics, which I'll admit could be missing from the film. Such as when Calculus' submarine got stuck underwater and you weren't sure whether or not Tintin might drown. Although the stories Spielberg adapted for this never really had many instances of suspense or danger. Nothing like Destination Moon/Explorers on the Moon or The Seven Crystal Balls/Prisoners of the Sun, which definitely had their moments, such as Haddock floating off into space because he refused to be stuck in a rocket anymore, and Tintin having to save him before he floated off forever, or tribesmen ready to kill everyone.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

I read some French audiance reviews and my fear are confirmed :

- Tintin is on steroid, he is more Indiana Jones than Tintin
- the 3 stories melting is awfull

I will wait the DvD release to rent it.