When Tintin bought a small boat in a flea market, someone else tried to steal it from him. Actually, it contained a paper leading him to a treasure hidden in a sunken boat. There began the big adventure where Tintin, Snowy and Captain Haddock set off in search of the famous treasure and defeat the evil thief Sakharine.
Finally, the cinematographic adaptation of Hergé’s comics comes out. Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson’s hard work to bring the Belgian reporter to life has paid off for Tintin is going to be a worldwide phenomenon alongside the Harry Potter franchise. Making Tintin was a huge challenge and the filmmakers took the right decision to resort to motion capture for the entire movie to stay close to the comics. For once, the 3D was good and gave highlights to both the characters and the settings.
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| Tintin and Haddock in the Adventures of Tintin |
Souvenirs souvenirs
Being used to the french cartoons, I did not like the opening credits nor the music and I had to wait about twenty minutes to get into the Tintin atmosphere. But I have found the characters the way I knew them before like Haddock (for once, Andy Serkis is human), Snowy and Thomson and Thompson (Dupont/Dupond) as bumbling as ever. Most of the scenes are based on the Secrets of the Unicorn, Red Rackham’s Treasure and The Crab with the Golden Claws, the episode where Tintin and Haddock meet for the first time. Hence, they also feature less major characters like Allan or Omar Ben Salaad.
Indeed, some alterations are expected like Tintin using a gun, some Indiana Jones-like pursuit scenes, reference to FBI/Interpol, etc. and some people won’t like it. Moreover, the combination of the three episodes has changed the plot points but it does not affect the quality of the storyline. After all, the point was not to reproduce shot by shot or frame by frame. Through this movie, Spielberg introduces Tintin (taintain in French) to the world especially non-french speaking people.
Be that as it may, I was glad to see Tintin again and I look forward to seeing the rest of the trilogy. For now, I will go back to my old cartoons and reminisce about the good old days.
Thomson (to Sakharine) : You’re under arrest
Thompson: To be more precise…you’re under arrest
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