GENRE: Animation/Adeventure
RATING: PG for action violence and drunkeness
RUNTIME: 1 hour and 47 minutes
STARRING: Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot, Flags of our Fathers)
Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings) Daniel Craig (Casino Royale)
DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones, Catch Me If You Can)
WRITERS: Steven Moffat (Dr. Who), Joe Cornish (Attack the Block)
Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Hot Fuzz)
PLOT: Reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock cross the globe to find a sunken treasure left be Haddock’s ancestor.
FIVE OBSERVATIONS:
1 I’m not a fan of this type of animation but I will say that this is the best one I have seen using it. If this was live action, it would have been on par with an Indiana Jones film. Great action sequences, though I was surprised how much gun play there was.
2 I grew up on Tintin comics. I read them all. I thought Andy Serkis did an amazing job of Captain Haddock but I always pictured him a little differently. I thought he was gruffer and I didn’t remember him being such a bumbling alcoholic. Maybe I was just more innocent in those days.
3 Simon Pegg & Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) play the humourous duo of Thomson and Thompson. I wish we saw more of their fun antics.
4 The story was very engaging. It was non-stop action. There was hardly a time for a breather. I felt bad for the little tykes who had to go the washroom partway in, because they were missing a lot of fun scenes. I also liked the back and forth flashbacks. Very fun.
5 Maybe it’s just me but Sakharine (Daniel Craig), the bad guy, kind of looked like Steven Spielberg back in the early eighties. It weirded me out a little.
RECOMMENDATION: DVD/Theatre – it’s a toss up
UPCOMING REVIEW: Golden Globe predictions
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