No I don't recall hearing any old music. The music has more an indiana jones-vibe than anything else, but good nonetheless.And also I love Brussels in the 60s and Morocco too.
Spielberg's The Adventures of Tin-Tin
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At present I try to keep an open mind, and have narrowed my expectations for the movie down to three. If it sticks by them, I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy it.
- Do not give TinTin some kind of backstory/ extra "depth". Please no stuff of the "I must find the unicorns treasure! It was my fathers dream!" or "Gasp! Allan! The man who killed my parents!" Variety.
- Have Haddock be his usual alcoholic/rageaholic supercussing self - I saw neither of these traits in the trailer.
- I hope the Unicorns secret isn't some kind of world-conquering übermcguffin; TinTin doesn't have to save the entire world, fighting drug smugglers or maybe stopping a civil war is what he does best.
So, without spoiling anything…will I get dissapointed?
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You won't be disappointed.
Only thing I thought could have been better was the performance-capture stuff
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No I don't recall hearing any old music. The music has more an indiana jones-vibe than anything else, but good nonetheless.And also I love Brussels in the 60s and Morocco too.
Well it IS John Williams, teamed with Spielberg…
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Why is this being released 2 months late in the US then anywhere else?
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I heard it was to honor the European roots of the comic, the first sneak preview was held in Brussels, the hometown of Tintin. And Tintin is more popular here in Europe too.
So I'd say it was a good thing to do. Let's hope that it becomes a succes in the US, that way they'll make a second movie.
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It's because nobody outside of Europe gives a crap about Tintin, so releasing it first in a place where it's 100% certain to be a hit will create a hype before it arrives in North America.
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To which Americans will continue to not give a shit. I need to get to B&N to see if they've at least started carrying copies of each album again.
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I have finally seen it. It was just damn good.
- The animation and style were outstanding. Some of the settings are just memorable
- It very well shot. The action scenes were outstanding. There is not a lot of murder but it is not very obnoxious(Indiana Jones 4)
- It felt like an Indiana Jones film. Adventure, creativity, exploration, humor, great characters and gorgeous settings.
- Haddock was so badass ! I love his character so much.
- I want more !
In short, this is what Indiana Jones 4 should have been (probably because Lucas was not involved).
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I really want to see this today. I'm REALLY thinking about taking off work to see it.
I don't get why you guys are comparing Tintin to Indiana Jones 4 though. That movie was cancelled and never released. But imagine if it were released, it would be a spectacular film. Surely.
And for the American thing, I used to watch it on Nickelodeon early in the morning, and a couple of my friends have as well. I don't think the following in America is as small as you guys think.
It's not Batman/Superman huge, but it's there.
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Basically, Tintin lacks what made Indina Jones 4 terrible: Bad settings, bad action scenes(too much cgi), no stupid aliens, no prairie dogs and annoying animals and being forgetable.
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I saw just recently and I thought it was great. I never read TinTin so I came into this movie with a fresh mind.
The animation was amazing…..I didn't notice really any of the main charcters looking like there from the uncannny valley like I do in Robert Zermicks movies. The action setpiece's were fun and exciting, the look of the enviroments were great and the voice talent's were great...the best being Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock.
There are problem's I have with the movie. Like the 2 interpoll cops I never found funny and TinTin himself was pretty boring. He's not a bad charter but for someone who is the lead in the flim I didn't find him all to intersting.
Final thoughts: go see it and enjoy yourself's.
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I thought it was a great adventure film and had some truly wonderful sequences in it with that motorcycle chase being one of the best chase scenes ever. There was one really, really odd bit involving a tank that I thought came out of nowhere whether it was because the sequence that started it was cut or it happened in the background so quietly that I just missed it. That was the only flaw though; I think a lot of critics really overstate the uncanny valley business here as the characters were exaggerated enough that they never seemed as creepy as characters from ImageMover's films did.
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As the only really Non-exaggerated character, Tin Tin himself was the only one that felt uncanny for me.
I thought the movie was pretty good; I think they glued the stories together pretty well, and I loved how jam-packed with easter eggs it was. However, I thought it had some sizeable flaws.
For a Tin Tin movie, the action was sometimes a bit too over the top, veering into ridiculousness; often me and my friends were driven to laugh not with the movie, but at it in an "oh come on!" kind of way. The pacing was lightning quick too, especially in the beginning; fast cuts, fast talking, loads of exposition getting dumped; It most definetely could've used some breathing space. Haddock also borderline shoves Tin Tin out of the movie in the last third. And this is propably just a personal peeve, but Haddocks Rage! Setting needs to be amped up a lot for the sequel. -
It's interesting to see what people (in the US) who haven't read Tintin at all feel about this movie. Obviously, they cut a lot of corners and made it more action-packed, but I still feel like it was a good adaptation. It wasn't totally faithful to the comic, no (mainly because of the over-the-top action) but it can still be called a Tintin movie. I can't wait for the next part, since like I previously said, Seven crystal balls / Temple of the sun is one of my all-time favourite stories. I really, really hope they keep the mysterious atmosphere of the first part and it won't be all Scooby-Doo.
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Welp, I saw it. I loved it! And so did my father, and he's hard to please at the movies these days.
My pluses and minuses:
+The action. This is Spielberg at his best, every action scene was fun and inventive, but (almost) never too hard to follow. Take notes, Indy 5.
- The animation. Tintin sometimes felt a little off, but for the most part everything was gorgeous and, most importantly, felt NATURAL. This is how to do motion-cap, people. Don't make everything hyper-real, because it's still animation. Caricature your characters enough so that they don't turn uncanny valley on us. If you want hyper-real, just shoot it in live-action.
+The story. Great twists and turns, but never to the point where I felt I was being taken for a ride. Being the ignorant American, I don't know whether to credit Herge or Spielberg for that.
+Haddock. Andy Serkis is awesome as usual, and Haddock is an awesome awesome character. Watching his character arc was one of the highlights of the movie.
+Snowy. He pretty much steals the movie.
Minuses:
-In the last third or so of the movie the action scenes started to bog me down. Yes, they're fun and awesome, but I started feeling exhausted. A quiet moment would have been nice.
-Again, this may just be me being the ignorant American, but I never really felt a connection to Tintin. Okay, you're a journalist who goes off looking for crazy stories and getting involved with them. And? I don't need a giant, boo-hoo backstory, but a little more history would have been nice.
-Thompson and Thomson. They're amusing and all, but I felt they weren't used right, or introduced right. A little too "same-old bumbling idiots" feel.Awesome movie. And now I want to go track down the comics, as does my father. So I suppose mission accomplished?
- The animation. Tintin sometimes felt a little off, but for the most part everything was gorgeous and, most importantly, felt NATURAL. This is how to do motion-cap, people. Don't make everything hyper-real, because it's still animation. Caricature your characters enough so that they don't turn uncanny valley on us. If you want hyper-real, just shoot it in live-action.
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Even in the comics Tintin was very beige. By himself he's pretty plain: the quiessential do-good hero archetype. It's really the supporting cast and their abundant quirks that brought life to the tales. Come to think of it, I don't believe any of the other characters really had much in the way of backstory, and what is there is pretty bare-bones.
I saw the movie over the weekend, and I liked it a lot. The did a good job gluing the two stories together in a way that felt natural, and I got a real kick out of all the easter eggs. Only real complaints have already been mentioned: I thought the final battle was a bit over the top given Tintin's usual fare, and things did move a little too quickly in the beginning. But those are very small complaints: overall, the crew did a very good job of adapting the feel of the comics, and I'm looking forward to the sequels that are supposedly planned.
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It's interesting to see what people (in the US) who haven't read Tintin at all feel about this movie. Obviously, they cut a lot of corners and made it more action-packed, but I still feel like it was a good adaptation. It wasn't totally faithful to the comic, no (mainly because of the over-the-top action) but it can still be called a Tintin movie. I can't wait for the next part, since like I previously said, Seven crystal balls / Temple of the sun is one of my all-time favourite stories. I really, really hope they keep the mysterious atmosphere of the first part and it won't be all Scooby-Doo.
Well Jackson is suspose to be directing the next one. They said they would switch over each flim.
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i just watched it yesterday. it was really good. i do understand the few small complaints made on this page, but really, this is a good movie. and i didn't see any uncanny valley in tintin. i thought it's finally been prefected. it looked great. i thought a lot of times things looked very real. If not for the exadurated look of some characters, it would be hard to tell.
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Just watched the movie. The CG is not like polar express at all. I'm impressed.
The jokes were not desperate and the screenplay was actually fluid and well written.
I highly recommend it, its fun, entertaining, and captures the essence of the Tin Tin series.
PS: Did anyone find Tin Tin disturbingly similar to Neil Patrick Harris?
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Just wanted to point out that the 39 episodes of the 1991 animated TinTin series are now up on Netflix.
I haven't watched any of them yet, or seen them ever for that matter, so I have no idea what to expect, but I'm probably going to slog through them over the next month or so.