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The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorn - Twitter Reviews

The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorn

Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig Dir: Steven Spielberg

wogma rating: Add to 'must watch' list ^(?) - Tintin and animation fans MUST watch it on the big screen

quick review: The Adventures of Tintin, directed by Steven Spielberg, is a visual treat for lovers of animation films and fans of the comic book series. Though the story isn’t particularly great, the character quirks and perhaps the best animation seen to date ensure that the film keeps you entertained. The iconic comic book characters are brought to life in a way that the big screen hasn’t yet experienced. The dialogue will make you smile, and the action set pieces are thoroughly enjoyable. Purely for its visual appeal, this is a film that you might just enjoy on the big screen with family and friends.

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20 tweeters have given The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorn an average rating of 4.6/5.0^(?)

18 yays

1 nays

1 so-so

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The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorn - Movie Details

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Producer: Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy , Steven Spielberg
Director: Steven Spielberg
Lead Cast: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig
Supporting Cast: Simon Pegg, Cary Elwes
Screenplay: Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski
Editor: Michael Kahn
Music Director: John Williams
Costume Designer: Lesley Burkes-Harding
Art Direction: Andrew L. Jones, Jeff Wisniewski
Facebook Page: Link
Running time: 107 minutes
Reviewer: Pradeep Menon
Categories: Hollywood
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation

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On twitter, 20 twitterers have given The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorn an average rating of 4.6/5.0. 18 yays, 1 nays, 1 so-so. See all tweets »

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Comments (4)

Tintin:

The reviewer is really funny; these paras are too good.

"The department that the film suffers the most in is the script. The mystery itself isn’t as mysterious as one would have liked. The twists and turns are there, but there is really nothing that will make you sit at the idiomatic edge of your seat. However, the quirkiness of the characters, particularly Captain Haddock, makes up in part for the deficiencies in the script. The characters keep you entertained at all times.

Yes, that aspect which Spielberg is criticized the most for is present all over this film – the manner in which it is moralistically sanitized. The edginess, the layers, the nuances of real human behavior and the shades of grey that someone who is not a Tintin or an animation fan would want are noticeably absent. This is the one area where this film would fall behind iconic Pixar films like Finding Nemo, Toy Story and Wall-E."

Really Mr Reviewer, what is the problem with the script? The film follows the story of the Tintin comics of the same name, The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's treasure. It is nothing that has been dreamed up by the script writers. Spielberg has stuck to the source material and that is it. It is totally swashbuckling; pirates, lost treasure, chases galore, near death situations, and redemption for Haddock.
Two, the Tintin comics were never "gray and edgy" etc etc; they were supposed to be good clean entertainment at least according to the author. But it is very well known that Tintin started life as a strip for a right wing magazine, in many ways he embodies the ideology of Aryan purity and white supremacy. There is a whole host of literature on the Tintin comics themselves which analyse the subtexts present in the comics. The racism and the colonial mindset is very obvious. But for a small boy who reads these comics none of these matters; what matters is the fabulous characters, the exotic settings, the literally hair raising adventures, and the final triumph of good over evil. The film captures all of this and more, not to mention some fabulous sarcastic asides by Tintin with reference to Haddock.

And I wonder whether you have any clue regarding the technicalities of animation? The film is an amalgamation of live footage, 3 D animation, motion capture techniques, as well as 3 D computer generated spaces and cameras.

I suggest you stick to whatever else that you do, and not write reviews which are unintentionally funny!

posted 6 months, 1 week ago Tintin has given this movie a Thumbs up . Tintin has posted 1 comments and has rated 1 movies. See Tintin's page for more details.

Pradeep Menon:

@Tintin:
Kya re Tintu, bura maan gaya?
First of all, I haven’t spoken about the source material even once in my entire review. The reason for that is that film is a completely different medium altogether. It is because film is so different from the written word that so many of us are interested in the mysteries of cinema in the first place.
I know that the film is faithful to the comics almost completely. I have repeatedly said that Tintin fans will truly enjoy the film. Clearly, you are one of them, which is great news. All I was trying to say is that a number of people would not have read the comics at all, and a number of them will not find the mystery part of the film truly mysterious. Apart from my own reasons for believing this, I also got the same sense from the audience around me once the film was over.
Also, subtexts in the comic book series apart, I merely made an observation that Spielberg has stuck to the original material completely. Just to give you an example, there are others like Christopher Nolan who will give their own spin to the comic book characters that they adapt to cinema. It was a valid observation that I made, not criticism.
Admittedly, my knowledge of animation isn’t immense, even though I have made a couple of animation short films myself. All the techniques that you have mentioned have been in use for a while. I just chose to comment on the fact that with Tintin, the results of these techniques have raised the bar for animation films.
Essentially, you and I have said the same things. I guess the difference is only that I am ‘unintentionally funny’.

posted 6 months, 1 week ago Pradeep has given this movie a Thumbs up . Pradeep has posted 13 comments and has rated 3 movies. See Pradeep's page for more details.

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Vishal:

after reading the review ...and 2 comments i felt that 'pradeep menon bura maan gaya' ... if ur animation movies are like your justification .... Rajni helps indian animation industry

posted 6 months ago Vishal has given this movie a Thumbs up . Vishal has posted 25 comments and has rated 19 movies. See Vishal's page for more details.

Pradeep Menon:

@Vishal:

Well, there was a personal attack in the comment by the Anonymous Mr. Tintin, so definitely main zara sa bura maan gaya. :)

Also, my animation films are terrible. I haven't dared to watch them since I made them. The only reason I mentioned it is because apart from motion capture, I have used other animation techniques. The techniques used in Tintin are not new, but the results of the techniques, i.e. what you see in the film, raise the bar for animation. Clearly, my command over the English language is terrible, because I seem to be unable to get this point across.

Lastly, no matter how bad my reviews and my understanding of cinema are, I stand by the review as well as the justification provided.

P.S. - I am still scratching my head over the last line of your comment. I'd love it if you would explain further. :)

posted 6 months ago Pradeep has given this movie a Thumbs up . Pradeep has posted 13 comments and has rated 3 movies. See Pradeep's page for more details.