Herge's Adventures Of Tintin
Nov. 3rd, 2011 12:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
craigoxbrow... was something I never really read as a kid, I went the Asterix route instead, as I could never really handle the mix of realistic-ish artwork and plotting with cartoony faces. On reflection, I should, as pulp adventure comics are rather my field of interest these days.
So I was largely ignorant as we went to see the movie, my interest piqued by Steven Spielberg directing, Peter Jackson producing, and Steven Moffat, Joe Cornish and Edgar Wright writing.
It moves at the pace of an Indy movie (and is about as hazardous to life and limb for bystanders - apparently the comics are as action-y as this shows). Most of the character comedy comes from Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock, and much of the slapstick from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and Thomson and Thompson (or possibly the other way round) although a fair number of folk including Jamie Bell's Tintin and even Snowy the highly capable dog get knocked out in assorted funny ways.
Some great crazy only-possible-in-CG stuff, some heightened-reality cartoony stuff, the odd look-it's-3D gesturing with weapons at the screen. And ironically, the mix of realistic-ish artwork and cartoony faces is retained - there are medium and long shots where it looks like live-action with people wearing Tintin character masks.
Prolly watchable enough in 2D, although there are some fun playing-with-perspective bits, especially in an imposible-to-film-for-real one-shot chase through an entire city.
Trailers: we missed all the ads and 2D trailers (darn) apart from The Muppets (yay!) who also do the new Orange ad (yay!) so just the 3D ones - The Phantom Menace with a curious lack of Jar-Jar being visible for some reason... Arthur Christmas, Puss In Boots, and Hugo, which is a 3D children's film from Martin Scorsese starring Sascha Baron Cohen, Jude Law and HitGirl. Yes, you read that correctly.
So I was largely ignorant as we went to see the movie, my interest piqued by Steven Spielberg directing, Peter Jackson producing, and Steven Moffat, Joe Cornish and Edgar Wright writing.
It moves at the pace of an Indy movie (and is about as hazardous to life and limb for bystanders - apparently the comics are as action-y as this shows). Most of the character comedy comes from Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock, and much of the slapstick from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and Thomson and Thompson (or possibly the other way round) although a fair number of folk including Jamie Bell's Tintin and even Snowy the highly capable dog get knocked out in assorted funny ways.
Some great crazy only-possible-in-CG stuff, some heightened-reality cartoony stuff, the odd look-it's-3D gesturing with weapons at the screen. And ironically, the mix of realistic-ish artwork and cartoony faces is retained - there are medium and long shots where it looks like live-action with people wearing Tintin character masks.
Prolly watchable enough in 2D, although there are some fun playing-with-perspective bits, especially in an imposible-to-film-for-real one-shot chase through an entire city.
Trailers: we missed all the ads and 2D trailers (darn) apart from The Muppets (yay!) who also do the new Orange ad (yay!) so just the 3D ones - The Phantom Menace with a curious lack of Jar-Jar being visible for some reason... Arthur Christmas, Puss In Boots, and Hugo, which is a 3D children's film from Martin Scorsese starring Sascha Baron Cohen, Jude Law and HitGirl. Yes, you read that correctly.
