Page 1 of Tintin

Short one this.

Rollocking great adventure, actually an amalgamation of 3 of the books. Awesome visuals & incredible set pieces, However...

Tintin sticks out like a sore thumb. Of all the characters in the movie, he`s the only one that actually doesn`t look like a characature of a human being.

Frost and Pegg. There in name only. Offer nothing to the movie (sorry guys)

The action. Spielberg and jackson act like boys with a new toy and overdo it. Herge`s illustrations of action scenes plotted action sequences perfectly, there was a lot going on, but as they were stationary images, you could study and track each facet. When Tintin & Haddock are barrelling down a morroccan hillside in a motorbike and sidecar, and ****`s blowing up all around them, and they`re hurtling through buildings, destroying the bike, haddock`s on a rope somewhere, meanwhile we`re supposed to be following a falcon who`s got hold of some important scraps of paper, it wasn`t until the very last bit of the uncut scene that I spotted the tank moving towards them carrying the front facade of a building.

If you didn`t follow that, neither did I.

Finally, I watched this in a cinema full of parents who`d taken their very young kids to see it. Every. single. child. was bored within 10 minutes. there are actions scenes, but I counted 4 that would hold the interest of a 5 year old. Each lasting no more than 4 minutes apiece, in a 2-hour movie.
This ISN`T a film to take a 5 year old child to. Not in the first 2 weeks anyway. Half the cinema audience was made up of people who wanted to watch the film, but couldn`t during expositional scenes as the kids started talking over the movie.

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I took my 7 and 5yr old boys, along with the wife and the 6mth old. The wife and teh baby werent impressed but the rest of us were.

I thought it was good but like you said the action in the final chase was hard to follow. 

My 7 yr old who has read the books wanted to sit and wait for the next part to come on SPOILER:
as he knew they hadnt gone to find the treasure. I had to explain that he would have to wait for 2yrs.

So the question is who will play Calculus?
The 3D was done well enough that except for two scenes nothing "stuck out" so to speak. Roll on Peter Jackson version.

Missus and I just watched it, and we both loved it :) Exciting, and funny, can see why a French reviewer of Raiders thought it owed a lot to Tintin, and I think Spielberg did a great job of doing Indiana Jones for "kids".

Really is amazing to look at, love the way that some bits are almost photo realistic, and others cartoony.

I also really liked the fact the 3d was just used to add depth to the picture rather than a gimmick of things flying out the screen.

Want to go see it, unfortunately all the screenings are before 8pm which means KIDS!!!!
Not my idea of fun sitting in a cinema with bloody kids talking, getting up for a **** every 10 mins and eating food loudly.
Reckon I`ll have to wait for the Blu-Ray.



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