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My problem with this movie is that it's extremely inside the uncanny valley, and - worse - that I can't see any reason why this should be completely CG. The characters are not like Gollum or the Na'vi. It could be real actors with prostetics and make up and it would look a thousand times better in my opinion, because it wouldn't be uncanny anymore.
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Trailer for this movie looks lame, and kind of creepy to be honest.
It is written by Steven Moffat, but his writing quality has been lackluster of late IMO (The last Who season, but then again this was written before that).
Moffat did however turn down an oppurtunity to write possible sequels to do Doctor Who.
Oodly, the only tie-in merchandise I've seen so far has been dog food with Tintin's dog on it.
Moffat did however turn down an oppurtunity to write possible sequels to do Doctor Who.
Oodly, the only tie-in merchandise I've seen so far has been dog food with Tintin's dog on it.
Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish also worked on the screenplay.
Thank you!
There's a new trailer that actually features a few more shots of characters talking: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/theadventuresoftintin/
This is the first one that actually looks pretty good imho, even though Tintin himself still looks kind of creepy. Capt. Haddock looks great, though!
This is the first one that actually looks pretty good imho, even though Tintin himself still looks kind of creepy. Capt. Haddock looks great, though!
I saw that new trailer when it came out a week ago. I will say it is slightly better than the others. I'll agree completely with AvBaur to say that Tintin looks creepy but Haddock looks good. However, you never get more than two syllables of a someone talking while showing them in screen. The humor seems so unsure if itself. The gag with the dog and the cheese was something that was done well enough in that film "The Mask."
I don't why people a buying into this mo-cap emotions. Avatar used it fairly well, but as Plinkett pointed out, the world of the Navi felt almost unreal when compared with the human world. This technology is not better than putting an actual human in the scene, while, at the same time, it's more expensive than doing that.
Ironically, perhaps Gollum aside, I think the best, and certainly most appropriate use of this odd technique is Proyas' "I, Robot." That "creepiness" exemplified by the fake emotions and expressions of the mo-cap process actually worked to enhance the very story points Proyas was trying for.
I don't why people a buying into this mo-cap emotions. Avatar used it fairly well, but as Plinkett pointed out, the world of the Navi felt almost unreal when compared with the human world. This technology is not better than putting an actual human in the scene, while, at the same time, it's more expensive than doing that.
Ironically, perhaps Gollum aside, I think the best, and certainly most appropriate use of this odd technique is Proyas' "I, Robot." That "creepiness" exemplified by the fake emotions and expressions of the mo-cap process actually worked to enhance the very story points Proyas was trying for.
The movie is out in Germany now, and I went to see it on friday.
As a big fan of the comics I could think of quite a few ways in which this could have been better, but for the most part, I quite enjoyed the movie. It's very true to the comics, and packed with exciting action setpieces. There is a flashback sequence of a crazy sea battle that is positively jawdropping. I didn't love the last setpiece involving cranes, though, and I don't understand why they left out the underwater treasure hunt from the comic--I thought the film could have used another interesting location.
Visually, it was a bit of a mixed bag, although it certainly looks much better than any of the Zemeckis mo-cap films. Some of it looked really stunning and some of the characters (well, Haddock) were fairly cartoony and worked really well, but others were too realistic, and looked a bit stiff and artificial (Tintin himself, Snowy, and the villain). All in all, I think a less realistic, more consistent approach would have probably worked better. A few more exotic, visually interesting locales wouldn't have hurt, either.
Still, I hope the movie makes some money and Peter Jackson gets to make a second one. Despite my reservations, they did get a lot of things right and I would like to see them adapt some of the other great Tintin books. Maybe they'll even find something interesting to do for some of the characters from the comics that made brief appearances in this one without contributing much at all.
As a big fan of the comics I could think of quite a few ways in which this could have been better, but for the most part, I quite enjoyed the movie. It's very true to the comics, and packed with exciting action setpieces. There is a flashback sequence of a crazy sea battle that is positively jawdropping. I didn't love the last setpiece involving cranes, though, and I don't understand why they left out the underwater treasure hunt from the comic--I thought the film could have used another interesting location.
Visually, it was a bit of a mixed bag, although it certainly looks much better than any of the Zemeckis mo-cap films. Some of it looked really stunning and some of the characters (well, Haddock) were fairly cartoony and worked really well, but others were too realistic, and looked a bit stiff and artificial (Tintin himself, Snowy, and the villain). All in all, I think a less realistic, more consistent approach would have probably worked better. A few more exotic, visually interesting locales wouldn't have hurt, either.
Still, I hope the movie makes some money and Peter Jackson gets to make a second one. Despite my reservations, they did get a lot of things right and I would like to see them adapt some of the other great Tintin books. Maybe they'll even find something interesting to do for some of the characters from the comics that made brief appearances in this one without contributing much at all.
From The Hollywood Reporter:
Tintin was #1 again at the international box office this weekend. It made $40.8 million in 45 territories. It has now grossed a total of $125.3 million.
I do hope it does well in North America. I plan on seeing it when it comes out here.
Would that be Rin Tin Tin?
I wondered why there was no thread on this yet, according to IMDB its not out in American till December 21, yet it came out here in the UK on October 26. Odd.
Anyway I saw it last Thursday. Ha to be honest I thought it was crap. It started off ok and I thought it could be pretty good, but wow about midway (once they escape from the ship) it sank so low and became incredibly dull, and the movie never recovered from it.
It just got to a point where I really had zero interest in what was happening or what would happen. What was even the plot? They were off to find some treasure I think? Oh very exciting.
Tintin as a character was non-existent, one of the most lifeless leads in a movie I've ever seen. Captain Haddock was amusing for about a minute then just got annoying for the rest of it, yeah he likes a drink, I get it, is it necessary to repeat same said shtick over and over again. I did like Snowy, but that's probably just because I'm a dog lover
It was four days ago and I honestly can't even remember what happened at the end really.
I also heard some soundbite from Simon Pegg about it being the "best use of 3D in a movie ever." Erm... fairly the opposite I would say. I took my glasses off for some off it and the screen wasn't any different, most of it's not even in 3D!
From the poster I saw it seems to be getting rave reviews, god knows why, so I might be a lone wolf here. But I see it keeps getting compared to Indiana Jones. Do not make me laugh is all I can say.
As leads, Indy compared to Tintin? I'd rather take Mutt Williams
Anyway I saw it last Thursday. Ha to be honest I thought it was crap. It started off ok and I thought it could be pretty good, but wow about midway (once they escape from the ship) it sank so low and became incredibly dull, and the movie never recovered from it.
It just got to a point where I really had zero interest in what was happening or what would happen. What was even the plot? They were off to find some treasure I think? Oh very exciting.
Tintin as a character was non-existent, one of the most lifeless leads in a movie I've ever seen. Captain Haddock was amusing for about a minute then just got annoying for the rest of it, yeah he likes a drink, I get it, is it necessary to repeat same said shtick over and over again. I did like Snowy, but that's probably just because I'm a dog lover
It was four days ago and I honestly can't even remember what happened at the end really.
I think they arrested the bad guy and that was it, I was mostly just relieved to be able to leave.
From the poster I saw it seems to be getting rave reviews, god knows why, so I might be a lone wolf here. But I see it keeps getting compared to Indiana Jones. Do not make me laugh is all I can say.
As leads, Indy compared to Tintin? I'd rather take Mutt Williams
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