To 40ish-something die hard Tintin fans...

[stephenb (Stephen)]

We had two groups throughout most of my school days - Tintin and Asterix readers, and the allegiances to both was quite strong. I actually sat on the fence and read both, but Asterix didn't quite capture my imagination as much as our world famous reporter.

In Engineering Graphics in tech school one of my projects was to draw a cross section of a ship - I drew the Aurora from The Shooting Star!

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Yep, I agree. Whilst Asterix adventures were fun, Tintin's were rip-roaring.

[stephenb (Stephen)]

Just returned home. I had some issues with the 3D glasses in conjunction with my normal glasses. Because I am shortsighted, I needed to wear my prescription glasses, causing the 3D glasses to sit a fair distance out from my eyes. This was quite off putting and I suspect I did not always get the full effect.

Correction to an earlier post - not the 'broken ear' statue at Omar Ben Salaad's palace. Just an Easter Island statue. But I did see a 'broken ear' statue earlier on in the film but I just cannot place the scene at the moment (Tintin's apartment?)

I loved seeing all of Herge's character drawings in on display in the market.
And Red Rackham's First Mate was a descendant to Nestor??

[beren]

Saw the movie in 3D yesterday nothing but praises from me the film was excellent thoroughly enjoyed it. Be interesting what story the sequel {s} will follow hopefully the Seven crystal balls/Prisoners of the sun.

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Hi Chris

David and I went to Tin Tin 3D - I was not a fan, however loved the movie!

Cheers Petra d.

[DJVege]

Thanks Omaroo! I'll be watching this alright!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Saw it last night. Very well done. Enjoyed it a lot. They got the characters spot on and the CG is fantastic, very immersive. Looking forward to the next installments. Lot of the stuff gets lot in translations though but it was funny to the see the anglicised names.

[overlord (Charles)]

I've just come back from the Spieldberg/Jackson 3D offering based on "The Secret of the Unicorn".

Me too! I saw it 2 nights ago at the Rivoli. Anyways, I went in there thinking... ok here we go... it's going to be like Indy 4... lame and try-hard, with lots of `modern' touches like maybe lady gaga music, etc, or even chipmunks doing hiphop. I was thinking... well I hope they make it like the cartoon was about 20 years ago. That was so awesome. Well, what can I say... it was better than the cartoon ever was! IT was excellent, sublime! I had a massive smile on my face for the whole thing!

I give it 4.5 stars out of five.

A few things stopped me giving it the full complement

SPOILERS


*The non-stop action scenes in the arab state started getting on my nerves. I felt I was being mentally molested by not being given a breather in the action. It starts to become utterly ridiculous and then you realise you are just watching a cartoon. It snaps you out of the intensity.
* Haddock tries to explain the loss of the manuscript and Tintin rejects his explanation and claims he is `going alone', and then Haddock gets in the car anyway and that is the end of that scene.
* I was mistified by why, towards the end of the movie, Tintin is suddenly so interested in finding the treasure. Since when is he interrested in money. Why has the film become like `Batman returns', or `Pirates of the Carribean.' or `National Treasure?'
* Interesting recycling of incidental music from Indy 3.
* The ending is just an ad for the next movie. I would have preferred an ending where Tintin just returns to normal life.
* IT just goes TOO LONG and there is too much. I was reminded of Dark Night... total overload. Batman begins was more restrained and better for me.

Plusses:
* The 3d effects were sublime.
* Thomson and Thompson are so funny... the funniest bits of the movie!
Yes it was so funny.
* I LOVED IT!
* Lots of typical Speilberg effects, including `camera work' which I liked.

[overlord (Charles)]

Originally Posted by Omaroo

Yep, I agree. Whilst Asterix adventures were fun, Tintin's were rip-roaring.

That's interesting. I found the Tintin comics intensely boring, and the Asterix comics a masterpiece of hilarity. But was I ever a fan of the Tintin cartoon! eeeeeeeeeeeeehar!

[Manav (Yugant)]

Having watched this on friday I would agree with Chucky especially the complete overload which resulted in a hurried storyline much like the Dark Knight. To anyone who hasn't seen the TV series I would highly recommend it IMDB link here.

Nothing beats the original comics though

[Gem (Grant)]

Saw it yesterday as a family. The boys (12, 7, 4) have watched all the cartoons on DVD and have read alot of the comics. The 12 and 7 year old really loved it, but the 4 year old prefers the cartoons (which is understandable - he is still getting used to cinemas too).
My wife and I enjoyed it too. Rare to get a movie that caters for all age groups so well!

[Gem (Grant)]

Originally Posted by stephenb

We had two groups throughout most of my school days - Tintin and Asterix readers, and the allegiances to both was quite strong. I actually sat on the fence and read both, but Asterix didn't quite capture my imagination as much as our world famous reporter.

I liked Asterix more than Tin Tin at school, but I have never seen a decent version of Asterix other than the original comics. Tin Tin on the other hand has been made into a decent cartoon series and (now) movie. Asterix has never made the cross over successfully IMO.

[trek1701 (Mark)]

Even though I never had read the Tin Tin books as a child I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.
I was partially impressed with the sharpness with the graphics. I regularly see movies on Tuesday nights at Know complex here in Melbourne and they usually appear soft. However on this occasion I saw this at the recently refurbished Forrest Hill cinema.
Maybe they have sharper lenses, who knows but I was impressed to the level of detail they went to.

Cheers Mark