REVIEW: The Adventures of Tintin

[rj_anderson]

I was going to write a review of the movie I saw last night (in 3D, which was rather irritating as I had to fit the 3D glasses over my regular glasses and the distance between the lenses and my eyes was a bit too far, thus rendering me slightly seasick throughout) but then I found that teenybuffalo had already written a thoughtful and lovely review with which

Comments

[ladyadeone]

I fully agree with your "Character analysis" of Tintin!

[olmue]

Good to hear! One of my sons went through a rather extended TinTin phase, so I'm glad the movie is worth seeing.

[davidbrider]

Yes, it was rather a lovely bit of cinema. My only "problem", such as it is, is that rather than doing a straight adaptation of Secret of the Unicorn/Red Rackham's Treasure, they went for a curious mashup of those two plus Crab with the Golden Claws, and omitted most of the actual plot of Red Rackham's Treasure in the process! Which as RRT is the one I have the fondest memories of from when I was a child, was a bit of a shame..! But even so, in all other regards it was a great experience. And yes, more would be a delight. (If they want to do Destination Moon/Explorers on the Moon I wouldn't complain...)

[rj_anderson]

I can understand why they did that with Red Rackham's, though, as the whole thing is a wild goose chase. A fun wild goose chase, but nevertheless, it involves a lot of sailing and exploring that ultimately leads nowhere and doesn't even turn out to be particularly necessary to the solution of the plot. (Though Haddock vs. the parrots will never stop being funny.)

And I would love if they did the moon books. I don't know that they will, as going to the moon is old hat these days and I imagine it'd be hard to recapture that initial excitement, but they're great books.

[davidbrider]

Yeah, I think on balance you're right about RRT. I think it may have been the first Tintin book I read, after seeing the animated version (this was back in 1975 or so, so not sure *which* animated version), so I have a bias in its favour!

I keep hearing rumours that the next film(s) may involve either Seven Crystal Balls/Prisoners of the Sun and/or The Calculus Affair. Neither of which I would object to. But like Red Rackham's Treasure, the Moon ones have a special place in my heart. :-)

[rj_anderson]

I love SEVEN CRYSTAL / PRISONERS, but Rascar Capac is pure nightmare fuel. I'll be interested to know how / whether they work around that.

cliffmoore

[cliffmoore]

Very nice

[maldywig]

Its impressive :)