Film Review: The Adventures of Tintin (2011).

[stainsteelrat]

The Adventures of Tintin (2011). Directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the comic books by Hergé. The film starts with intrepid boy reporter Tintin in a market. He spots a model ship for sale on a bric-a-brac stall and buys it. As soon as he buys it though a mysterious man tells him that bad luck will befall him and offers to buy it off him, and

Comments

[ladyynara]

I LOVED Tintin as a kid. I used to have to go up to Great Ormond Street Hospital a lot as a child and each time I'd go with my dad, we'd stop by the Tintin store and buy another book. Once I had them all, I started on Asterix, but I still have all the books and have lugged them from the UK to the US, back to the UK and back to the US again. It's not out here until Christmas so unless I can't find a copy somehow I will have to wait on my verdict.

[stainsteelrat]

Are you *sure* you didn't prefer Asterix? ;-)

I think I was in a bit of a grump yesterday as I didn't like the film much, and maybe I was venting my spleen a bit too much. The books weren't that bad, but I did prefer Asterix.

I'll be interested to know what you think when you see it, as a true fan.

[ladyynara]

Asterix was just different, funnier definitely. I kind of liked the detective story part of Tintin though.

[gylfinir]

I loved Tintin as a child (the books helped me to learn Welsh), and I still do; I got a whole load of the books for my birthday, as I'm trying to complete the set. I adore Asterix too (and the 'Nicholas' books, which Goscinny wrote with Sempe). I love both series for different reasons.