Spielberg and Peter Jackson present "TinTin" - Page 2

Went with the confidence that even though the local multiplex was quite busy; no one would be watching The Adventures of Tin Tin.

 

I was correct, there were 5 people in there including moi.

 

So, I agree, it was great fun, just make sure if you're seeing it in 3D your theater is sophisticated enough to use more than a small candle to light the screen.

 

I know 3D is darker, seen a few now, but, golly, this thing had almost no detail left.

 

Yes, I complained, no, it didn't help.

I really wanted to see this, but I'm on an out of town job and the town I'm in has one theatre that has only one show a night that starts at 7 PM: exactly the time I get off work. Right now, they are showing Sherlock Holmes.

My wife and I saw this in IMAX 3D yesterday (doing a double bill with Mission: Impossible -Ghost Protocol, which was excellent). I loved it. I have vague memories of Tin Tin - having been born and bred in England - and I found the whole affair to be highly entertaining. The one-shot sequence in North Africa is one of the best sequences I can recall at the movies, it was brilliant. A strong 4/5 for me!

Having not read much Tintin in my youth, I went in pretty much not knowing much about Tintin, his dog, or the 2 investigators, Thompson and Thompson. So I think the script doesn't quite do their introductions to a new audience much favor in the film, but even with the quick visual cues of Tintin's past adventures, and his journalistic zest for uncovering mysteries. But once the films gets going, you could tell Spielberg was having a ball with being able to move the camera's eye all over the place in an animated CGI film environment, which produce quite a few thrilling sequences through the film's plotline.

I think some of the "Uncanny Valley" aspects of CGI animated characters still persists, but mainly for Tintin himself, but for the rest of the characters with more exaggerated features, the animation works well. There's just something with the eyes that doesn't always seem believable to me, but it's a very small quibble, as the rest of the visual work and mo-cap by the actors exhibited in the film is quite appealing.

Plot-wise, it's a hodge-podge of dramatic adventure film-making relying on more of the flashier camera movement than the actual plotline itself, lots of flash, not as much substance.

I give it 2.75 stars, or a grade of B-.

I went on 12/29 to see an IMAX 3D showing and, after being at IMAX 3D showings full of youths seeing Harry Potter or Batman, it was fun to be in a theater that was largly made of up senior citizens sporting 3D glasses.

I really enjoyed the film itself, but I am not sure how much of that was amazement at the animation or at the film itself.

I saw Hugo in 3D yesterday and that film left a much warmer spot in my heart but I felt a touch less entertained than I did in The Adventures of Tin Tin.
I do hope they finish the trilogy, (I haven't seen what the box office reports are.), as I never got tired of watching it.

A few days ago I was finally able to see this film. It wasn't too bad and had some pretty good action scenes. The film felt a bit disjointed to me and, oddly, I found the opening credits to the film more impressive than the actual film itself. The opening credits felt and looked more like a Herge comic than the actual film did, even though the characters in the opening were all done in silhouette. I'd probably give it a B.

I felt it was far better than the last Indiana Jones film, and had an eccentric, more Euro-styled flavor to it which was fitting.

Now that the 3D Blu-ray has been announced was there anything really inappropriate for younger kids?

 

 

I certainly don't want to give you bad advice but there's nothing that I remember as being inappropriate for kids and the movie is rated PG. To get a PG today, you have to be fairly kid friendly.

My wife and I took our 6 yr old, 7.5 yr old, and 10 yr old to see it in the theater, and we all enjoyed it. Aside from a character that happens to be a raging alcoholic, I don't think my kids needed any extra explanation as to anything they saw.

Yeah other then the alcoholic issues I thought the movie was pretty strait forward. My kids are a little older 11 and 13. I have pre-ordered it already.

When this came out the kids had little interest in seeing it. We watched it today and, wow! we all loved it. As soon as it was over my 10 year old asked when the next one was coming out.

 

As someone else had said, I know nothing about TinTin or the characters so I can't comment if this film should be considered blasphemy or not, but we watched 100 minutes of action and excitement and beautiful animation - the scene transitions, the weaving between storytelling and 'reality', etc. And has been mentioned before, the one-shot sequence later in the film was fantastic.

 

I think I'll be adding this one to my collection.