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So I went to see Tintin last night and OMG YOU GUYS IT WAS AMAZING!!
It was such a fun, exciting and entertaining film! I was giggling, squaling out loud and clapping my hands like a little girl many times during the movie (much to the embarrassment of my friends, I suspect). Apparently my friends poked me and tried to offer me chocolate a number of times, and I never even noticed, I was completely entranced by the movie. And I love chocolate A LOT.
The motion capture animation (or whatever it is called) looked fantastic in my opinion. The landscapes and animals in particular looked so real: I swear, when a camel showed up in a scene, I thought for a second that it was a live shot that had been integrated with the animation! Unsurprisingly, humans are harder to capture just right, but as we all know, Tintin is originally a comics, and I thought all the characters looked perfect. All the actors' performances were brilliant, and you could totally recognize something of Jamie Bell in Tintin - in the way he moved, in the way he raised his eyebrows a certain way, and sometimes in the way Tintin smiled (although I think you have to be quite familiar with the actors to spot their personal quirks, and to recognize their facial expressions or their way of moving - I did see a bit of Jamie in Tintin and a bit of Daniel Craig in Sakharine, but it was harder to recognize Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, whom I have seen in fewer movies, and it was even harder to recognize Andy Serkis in Haddock - but then I have only ever seen him in motion capture movies, with the exception of Deathwatch).
One of my absolute favourite things was that there were lots of little nods and subtle references to the other Tintin stories, in newspaper cuttings on the walls, statues in museums, "cameos" by other characters, etc. The movie was a little more action-packed, Indiana Jones-style, than a regular Tintin adventure (which was to be expected, I think) and there were definitely a few nods to the Indiana Jones movies as well, but it all fitted the story well, and I enjoyed it a lot. I thought Captain Haddock was portrayed more like in the original albums than in the animated tv series where his penchant for the bottle is rather toned down, and I really liked that. He ended up being my favorite character in the movie along with Snowy (Snowy was adorable, omg!) For once 3D worked well for me as a viewer (I am usually not a fan), but I'm pretty sure the 2D version looks just as great (haven't seen it for myself though - yet). Basically I was like this the whole time: \o/\o/\o/\o/\o/ :D :D :D :DD :DDD ♥_♥
Seriously, I really don't think I could have wished for a better adaptation - IT FELT SO MUCH LIKE TINTIN. I wanna go see it again!
Oh, and I adored the opening credits, but, if you haven't already seen it, you should all check out these alternate title credits made by a Tintin fan and including clues from all 21 Tintin adventures because it too is AMAZING.
The Adventures of Tintin from James Curran on Vimeo.
It was such a fun, exciting and entertaining film! I was giggling, squaling out loud and clapping my hands like a little girl many times during the movie (much to the embarrassment of my friends, I suspect). Apparently my friends poked me and tried to offer me chocolate a number of times, and I never even noticed, I was completely entranced by the movie. And I love chocolate A LOT.
The motion capture animation (or whatever it is called) looked fantastic in my opinion. The landscapes and animals in particular looked so real: I swear, when a camel showed up in a scene, I thought for a second that it was a live shot that had been integrated with the animation! Unsurprisingly, humans are harder to capture just right, but as we all know, Tintin is originally a comics, and I thought all the characters looked perfect. All the actors' performances were brilliant, and you could totally recognize something of Jamie Bell in Tintin - in the way he moved, in the way he raised his eyebrows a certain way, and sometimes in the way Tintin smiled (although I think you have to be quite familiar with the actors to spot their personal quirks, and to recognize their facial expressions or their way of moving - I did see a bit of Jamie in Tintin and a bit of Daniel Craig in Sakharine, but it was harder to recognize Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, whom I have seen in fewer movies, and it was even harder to recognize Andy Serkis in Haddock - but then I have only ever seen him in motion capture movies, with the exception of Deathwatch).
One of my absolute favourite things was that there were lots of little nods and subtle references to the other Tintin stories, in newspaper cuttings on the walls, statues in museums, "cameos" by other characters, etc. The movie was a little more action-packed, Indiana Jones-style, than a regular Tintin adventure (which was to be expected, I think) and there were definitely a few nods to the Indiana Jones movies as well, but it all fitted the story well, and I enjoyed it a lot. I thought Captain Haddock was portrayed more like in the original albums than in the animated tv series where his penchant for the bottle is rather toned down, and I really liked that. He ended up being my favorite character in the movie along with Snowy (Snowy was adorable, omg!) For once 3D worked well for me as a viewer (I am usually not a fan), but I'm pretty sure the 2D version looks just as great (haven't seen it for myself though - yet). Basically I was like this the whole time: \o/\o/\o/\o/\o/ :D :D :D :DD :DDD ♥_♥
Seriously, I really don't think I could have wished for a better adaptation - IT FELT SO MUCH LIKE TINTIN. I wanna go see it again!
Oh, and I adored the opening credits, but, if you haven't already seen it, you should all check out these alternate title credits made by a Tintin fan and including clues from all 21 Tintin adventures because it too is AMAZING.
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The Adventures of Tintin from James Curran on Vimeo.