The Adventures of Tintin Review

The Adventures of Tintin


Release Date: 26th December 2011 - Australia


Production Companies
Columbia Pictures (presents)
Paramount Pictures (presents)
Amblin Entertainment
WingNut Films
The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Hemisphere Media Capital
Nickelodeon Movies

Distribution
Paramount Pictures Australia


Genre: Animation

Rating: PG

Runtime: 107 minutes


Budget: $130,000,000

Box Office Gross: $347,730,000
(Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Based on the internationally
beloved and irrepressible
characters created by Herge,
the story follows the
unquenchably curious young
reporter Tintin and his fiercely
loyal dog Snowy as they
discover a model ship
carrying an explosive secret.

Drawn into a centuries-old
mystery, Tintin finds himself
in the sight-lines of Ivan
Ivanovitch Sakharine, a
diabolical villain who believes
Tintin has stolen a priceless
treasure tied to dastardly pirate
named Red Rackham. But

with the help of his 

dog  Snowy, the salty, 

cantankerous Captain 

Haddock and the bumbling 

detectives Thomson and 

Thompson, Tintin will travel 

half the world, outwitting and 

outrunning his enemies in
a breathless chase to find
the final resting place of The
Unicorn, a shipwreck that
may hold the key to vast
fortune... and a ancient curse.


Cast
Jamie Bell - Tintin
Andy Serkis - Captain
Haddock/Sir Francis
Haddock
Daniel Craig - Ivan Ivanovitch
Sakharine/Red Rackham
Nick Frost - Thomson
Simon Pegg - Thompson
Daniel Mays - Allan/Pirate Flunky #1
Gad Elmaleh - Ben Salaad
Toby Jones - Silk
Joe Starr - Barnaby
Enn Reitel - Nestor/Mr. Crabtree
Mackenzie Crook - Tom/Pirate Flunky #2
Tony Curran - Lt. Delcourt
Sonje Fortag - Mrs. Finch
Cary Elwes - Pilot
Kim Stengel - Bianca Castafiore

Crew
Producer/Director - Steven Spielberg
Based on "The Adventures of Tintin" - Herge
Screenplay - Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright
& Joe Cornish
Executive Producers - Ken Kamins,
Nick Rodwell & Stephane Sperry
Producers - Peter Jackson & Kathleen Kennedy
Co-Producers - Carolynne Cunningham &
Jason D. McGatlin
Senior Conceptual Designer: Weta Workshop -
Chris Guise
Design Supervisor: Weta Workshop - Richard Taylor
VFX Costume Designer - Leslie Burkes-Harding
Stunt Coordinator - Garrett Warren
Stunt Coordinator/Choreographer/Motion Capture Performer/
Movement Coach - Terry Notary
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor - Joe Letteri
Visual Effects Supervisors: Weta Digital - Matt
Aitken, Matthias Menz & Keith Miller
Visual Effects Supervisors - Scott E. Anderson
& Lance Wilhoite
Motion Capture Supervisor - Dejan Momcilovic
Animation Supervisors: Weta Digital - Jamie Beard &
Paul Story
Compositing Supervisor - Paul Conway
Head of Layout: Weta Digital - Shawn Dunn 
Virtual Production Technology Consultant - Glenn Derry
Film Editor - Michael Kahn
Sound Consultant - Gary Rydstrom
Music - John Williams


Review
The movie 'THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN' is based on the classic comic book stories of a young journalist and a resourceful dog. This film is fantastic in 3D, but brilliant in motion-capture animation that is done by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson who have collaborated to adapt the series of Tintin into a movie franchise. Andy Serkis did a good job of performing Captain Haddock, but I couldn't tell that the villain was played by Daniel Craig. There are some scenes that might frighten young children and a big fight scene which is not with guns nor with dueling swords, you'll have to watch the movie to see what it really is.

The film is absolutely hilarious and really terrific for anyone who has read the books of Tintin or enjoys a good mystery movie. Either party should watch this feature adaptation by Spielberg and Jackson.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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