The Adventures Of Tintin

Bromptonboy · October 17, 2011, 06:13:28 AM

Thought I would start a thread on this one. I always loved these stories, so I am really looking forward to seeing this on the big screen.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/8830386/The-Adventures-Of-Tintin-The-Secret-Of-The-Unicorn-review.html

Feathers · October 17, 2011, 06:14:20 AM

I never got into the stories but my kids are really keen to see it so I'm not going to refuse :)

billybob476 · October 17, 2011, 06:16:15 AM

Same here, used to love reading them in French and English when I was a kid.

Bromptonboy · October 17, 2011, 06:26:33 AM

Quote from: billybob476 on October 17, 2011, 06:16:15 AM
Same here, used to love reading them in French and English when I was a kid.

Blistering Blue Barnacles! I am impressed by the bilingual reading. :)

billybob476 · October 17, 2011, 06:33:17 AM

Quote from: Bromptonboy on October 17, 2011, 06:26:33 AM
Quote from: billybob476 on October 17, 2011, 06:16:15 AM
Same here, used to love reading them in French and English when I was a kid.
Blistering Blue Barnacles! I am impressed by the bilingual reading. :)

Welcome to growing up in Quebec! My education was actually 100% french until 3rd grade and then half French/half English until I graduated from high school. The Tintin stories are originally from Belgium anyways :)

Feathers · October 24, 2011, 09:10:24 AM

Saw this this morning and I have to say I was impressed on a number of levels.

As I said above, I'm not as familiar with Tintin as some but the story fit with what I know and was fully believable in the Tintin-verse. (Maybe less so in reality, but who cares). It had my kids exclaiming aloud in enjoyment at various points and you can't ask more than that in a family film.

The lines between live action and animation are really blurring fast now, this was as good an animation as I've seen. Not perfect, but very good, water, hair, clothing material all looking pretty natural.

More well known names than you can shake a stick at too. An enjoyable morning at the cinema all round.

Bromptonboy · October 25, 2011, 11:01:10 AM

We have to wait until 12/21 to see this one. :(
My kids know some of the Tin-Tin stories, so we are looking forward to this one.

Bromptonboy · October 25, 2011, 12:28:49 PM

Good article:

http://josephbamat.blogs.france24.com/article/2011/10/25/france-frets-over-tintins-hollywood-adventure-0

KingIsaacLinksr · October 26, 2011, 08:51:56 AM

I've never heard of this (the book), not sure if I'll see this.

King

Feathers · October 27, 2011, 12:20:02 PM

Quote from: KingIsaacLinksr on October 26, 2011, 08:51:56 AM
I've never heard of this (the book)...

See, that marks you out as a stereotypical American, right there! ;)

Geekyfanboy · October 28, 2011, 09:48:17 AM

I was surprised when I heard they were making this series into a movie as it's not very big over here in the U.S. but it has some big names attached so that might help it out.

jedijeff · October 30, 2011, 09:41:52 AM

I will be honest, these types of movies usually don't interest me, but have to say I am looking forward to Tin Tin. I had Tin Tin comics when I was a kid, and would read them over and over. I also I watched the Adventures of Tin Tin cartoon series later on, and always liked them. Been years, so my memory is a bit foggy on it, but excited to see the movie and reclaim some of those memories.

Bromptonboy · December 20, 2011, 10:44:10 AM

Think we are seeing this tonight. Shelling out for 3D Imax even....which hurts the thrifty old Scot in me! ;)

Geekyfanboy · December 20, 2011, 11:14:12 AM

I saw a sneak preview a few weeks ago and totally LOVED it. Some of the best use of 3D since Avatar.

Bryancd · December 20, 2011, 11:17:51 AM

Yeah, I would like to see this in theaters in 3D.