Excellent but underrated film

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

I enjoyed watching this recreation of Tintin's The Secret of the Unicorn. The voice performances made me care for their trouble and made the mystery engaging to be part of. It also changed my opinion about the motion capture animation style. To begin with, you must know that it doesn't deliver a movie completely true to the comic book, because some characters have been given pretty big roles despite minor roles in the source material. Fans will perhaps feel offended by these changes, but I am forgiving, because what we got was an exciting take on the characters we love. I am still impressed by how Red Rackham's involvement with Captain Haddock is portrayed. It really kept my eyes glued to the screen just like many of the other action scenes. They can be pretty intense. It makes for an action-packed mystery with great voice performances to keep you engaged and entertained.

The Adventures of Tintin is an Indiana Jones-type adventure, spanning across the globe, with likable characters, and a cunning villain, voiced by Daniel Craig. The animation is fantastic, and it really helps you feel like you're part of the action. My favourite scene is when Captain Haddock (played by Andy Serkis) has a flashback to his pirate ancestor, fighting off intruders. My one criticism is when Captain Haddock fights the villain. With a crane. A crane sword fight. It's fun to watch but it's so unbelievable. A movie that should be brought up more. 8/10

Since seeing the movie, there has been one thing that has continually nagged at me about Spielberg's treatment of Tintin. I have loved Tintin books for around 40 years so you have to bear in mind this is written from a long loved Tintin Fan's perspective. Interestingly, I have also long loved Spielberg's movies with one of my favourites being his first, the haunting masterpiece, Duel. So what did Spielberg get so wrong with the movie? To answer this you have look at what is the book series appeal. It is 3 things. The story lines/scripts, the Ligne claire artwork and the character design. It is the character design that Spielberg fails at for one reason only. In the books, every character, without exception, has a cuteness about them. Every character from the main cast to the most evil villain has a cuteness about their face. Admittedly this cuteness did decrease with the later books(compare Dr Ridgewell from Broken Ear to the same in Picaros)however they were still cute characters. In the movie, it is like Spielberg has gone out of his way to make a lot of the characters ugly and grotesque. The one's that especially come to mind are Haddock and the Thompsons. Compared to their book counterparts they are ugly and command no compassion or empathy especially when in the books their cuteness offsets their character's short comings. Tintin only just escapes the ugly and grotesque label however compared to the book, he is still a lot harsher. This can also be attributed to the dead eyes that Spielberg did not get right. Additionally the storyline and splitting up of story elements was also disappointing but could have been forgiven if the characters had not been destroyed.

This digital animated film recreates one of the most famous stories of the comic Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Peter Jackson, with soundtrack of John Williams and a script by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, the film features the voices of Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, and other voice actors.I was never an avid reader of Tintin, but the comic strip was, for me, a good company during childhood and adolescence (still is, sometimes). But I never had a good impression of films based on comic-strips, as always end too stylized or unrealistic. In this case, keeping the film as an animation, I was waiting for something like the comic, and many similarities with the magazine. But my expectations were far from being met by this film, which does not seem able to capture the essence of Tintin. The script, despite being good and consistent to the cinema, don't link to the comic where it was based. On the contrary, it almost rejects it by mixing elements of another magazine and invent many other things that don't fit in the Tintin image, issued by magazines. Therefore, characters seem rather forced, and their reactions don't seem true to what might be expected in the magazines.The dubbing work looks very good, I didn't notice delays or errors. Most of voice actors used here are seasoned actors, with an excellent voice modulation capability, knowing well how to put voice to achieve the desired effect. The work of animation and visual effects are excellent, very colorful and striking. Its the wonder of digital animation. The soundtrack is very good but I expected something more intense.Overall, the film is quite interesting and entertaining but becomes boring at certain times and almost can't create a real sense of mystery, suspense and adventure.