The Adventures of Tintin movie is the collaboration of the directive genius of Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson which is based on the two comic books written by Herge entitled The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham’s Treasure.
This is the Synopsis:
Having bought a model ship, the Unicorn, for a pound off a market stall Tintin is initially puzzled that the sinister Mr. Sakharine should be so eager to buy it from him, resorting to murder and kidnapping Tintin – accompanied by his marvellous dog Snowy – to join him and his gang as they sail to Morocco on an old cargo ship.
Sakharine has bribed the crew to revolt against the ship’s master, drunken Captain Haddock, but Tintin, Snowy and Haddock escape, arriving in Morocco at the court of a sheikh, who also has a model of the Unicorn. Haddock tells Tintin that over three hundred years earlier his ancestor Sir Francis Haddock was forced to scuttle the original Unicorn when attacked by a piratical forebear of Sakharine but he managed to save his treasure and provide clues to its location in three separate scrolls, all of which were secreted in models of the Unicorn. Tintin and Sakharine.
The Characters
The Adventures of Tintin : The Secret of the Unicorn is such a joy to watch. There are a lot of funny moments in the movie making it more enjoyable. It is thrilling and filled with suspense and humour from the very first scene. And the 3D quality is amazing.Tintin’s pet dog Snowy is too adorable with all his expressions.
The main character is Tintin, who is a journalist who we never see doing any journalism though, but that doesn’t matter because he is the textbook example of a heroic boy with boy scout qualities. The voice of Jamie Bell fits perfectly for the character. Andy Serkis gives here an incredible performance as Captain Haddock, the drunken sailor who to me was often reminiscent of a grumpy Harrison Ford.
The Movie
The animation is magnificent, the motion capture has gone a long way since The Polar Express. It looks very realistic, especially all the features on Captain Haddock’s face. The beard, the wrinkles and the eyes, they all looked amazing. Especially the eyes, they aren’t so dead-eyed anymore as in The Polar Express.
The action scenes are brilliantly written and directed, the angles of the camera, the drive of the action scenes, timing of all the jokes(physical or visual) is genius.The computer animation movie is very action-packed. This is understandable because it was the merging of two books and I think this is the reason that it might also feel crammed into a limited time frame. The 3d rendering was very well done and I can attest to this because I’ve done some 3ds myself. It was in fact almost life-like at some scenes. The look of the film is consistent with the comics. The CGI motion capture is unobtrusive and not too much like a computer game. The characters look like their comic book ancestors while moving like people.
Overall Spielberg has created an old-fashioned style adventure movie for the whole family to enjoy, where the important things are just the hunt for the treasure, the friendship two people can make and the most important thing of all that it is an entertaining ride. Spielberg never disappoints, it doesn’t matter if you are a fan of Tintin or not, you will enjoy this film nonetheless.
The Adventures of Tintin movie is now showing in theaters nationwide, available in 2d, 3d and IMAX theaters. If you like adventure, action and Spielberg’s visualization, then Don’t miss this.
