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by ELIOLI » December 22nd, 2011, 9:30 am
Slighty edited since it was posted somewhere else.
If you ever have watched the documentary of Herge and the concept of Tintin called “Tintin and I”, you will learn that yes, Tintin has an unknown back story. His character is supposed to be Herge himself, wishing to be that adventurer. Tintin can be replaced with all of us, the adventurer in all of us. His personality may be “dead pan”, but it was the thrill for Herge and the reader of the comics to imagine himself into the extraordinary world on Tintin.
Now, for the animation. Mo- cap is mo-cap, so yes, it may have it’s share of moments of eeriness. BUT, I for one, looked passed that and saw some really great characters. Maybe not fully fleshed out in personality (Tintin)of course, which was ok. I don’t have to know a back story for everyone.There was a lot of personality for the other characters. Maybe not Tintin himself, but he is flawless it seems as portrayed in the comics..haha. This may not be the best movie for 3D, with all the fun action, it can get a little , dizzy? And I wouldn’t go far to call it a waste of money. It was well worth it, even my parents enjoyed it.
As for this whole eye issue, it is not as bad as some people make it out to be. It was actually pretty lifelike, you know, it had life in them!! Especially some of Tintin’s excited expressions, the eyes gleamed.
As for story, I admittingly have not yet to read the comics, but I thank the movie for sparking my interest to buy the comics, discover more about the adventures, and anxiously await the sequel.
It is impossible not to have fun, well in this case, crack a smile in this film. Like some of the dialogue in the movie, I guess I am not a realist, but an optimist. Going with the intentions to point out the technicalities in a film and not really focusing on the “just going to enjoy a good movie” aspect, then I won’t be surprised if you left disappointed.
And regarding the story, the movie is close to what I have read so far, loyal to the 3 books that were used to be in this one film of hopefully many others (2). But things have to be tweaked, as for any comic/book adaption, for it to be easy to follow and interesting for the casual viewer, A.K.A., not the Tintinologist.
Just to put it short: It’s fun, action packed, intriguing, humorous, and it was not creepy like Polar Express.
I think some of the critics are being a tad bit too harsh on this film, many pointing out more of the technical aspects.
There have been a some people who didn't like the film, was ONLY because they couldn't look past the mo-cap business. Kinda sad.
Anyway, go see the film! Give it a chance. It may be one of those love it or hate it type films.
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