First Tintin Pictures
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Oh, don't get me wrong, I think Jones would be great as Calculus (that and I want to be reassured that Calculus is indeed in the film) but the lack of information in regards to Calculus has worried me for awhile.
As for the age debate, I always imagined Tintin in his early 20's.
It's all motion captured though, isn't it? So does it matter what he looks like? (I'm not sure if you're being facetious or not...)
I don't understand why people think this will flop in the US because the character isn't too well known. It's made by Spielberg and Peter Jackson, FFS. Lots of movies based on completely new characters perform well, movies based on beloved books flop. Why does the character need to be well known for the movie to appeal to casual movie goers who want to see a family movie made by two hugely popular directors?
Well, in my case, it's not necessarily what I believe, but it's the feeling I'm getting from everywhere else. As mentioned earlier, some sites which are based in North America have the attitude of wondering why they even bother if the it's not a popular North American franchise. I think that most of the marketing budget will be spent in Europe, making people excited about a movie in a franchise that they're familiar with. It makes sense that way. In North America, it might very well be under the radar for most people.
I remember the last big European comic book character that had a movie made, which was also very popular character in Canada: Asterix. However, it never got released in North America and I'm willing to bet most people don't even know it exists.
I've no interest in this character or anything, what I saw of it in the past didn't interest me. I'm not sure how well this movie will do in the states because I'm not sure how many people out there are into the property. It seems very, very niche to me.
For me it has nothing to do with it being foreign but I think it'll flop simply because the property isn't that popular here.
For me it has nothing to do with it being foreign but I think it'll flop simply because the property isn't that popular here.
Maybe if there's a scene where Tintin shouts, " The Internet IS serious business!"
But like I say, why does it need to be popular before the movie is a hit? Lots of people who hadn't read Lord of the Rings saw the movies, people who hadn't heard of Iron Man saw the movie, the Bourne movies were way more successful than the books (lots of viewers probably still don't know they were based on books), Mission: Impossible wasn't just seen by fans of the tv show, War of the Worlds didn't just appeal to HG Wells fans, etc, etc.
You don't think 'a film by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson' will outweigh any Belgian obscurity issues?!
I guess it all depends on how it gets marketed and "sold" to the American people. I mean, why were the movies "Speed Racer" and "Astro Boy" such bombs? They were very niche properties that couldn't pull in enough people to watch it, not to mention they were made poorly and were crap.
If this Tintin is to be good then the creative staff behind it need to overcome its obscurity which, granted, Spielberg and Jackson might be able to do. (As of later the latter more than the former.)
If this Tintin is to be good then the creative staff behind it need to overcome its obscurity which, granted, Spielberg and Jackson might be able to do. (As of later the latter more than the former.)
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