Sunday, November 13, 2011

Tintin - When my dream came true

This is not a proper review of the movie. Just a few words about how the Tintin fan boy in me felt after watching it :)

I heard that famous comic series from HergĂ© was being adapted into a movie a couple of years back and was all excited since then. With Spielberg and Peter Jackson being involved, the wait just made me more impatient. The day was finally here and I got to watch my childhood hero in live action in the big screen! I was all excited like a little kid.


I loved the movie. It was engaging, funny, interesting and satisfied the fan in me. I was a touch disappointed because the story had been changed from what it was in the books. They had taken multiple events and plots from the three books [The Crab with the Golden claws, The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure] and sort of created a parallel story. That's where a major part of story from 'Red Rackham's Treasure' goes missing along with Calculus. But in the hindsight i guess it was all necessary as recreating a such an old panel based comic book into a story for the present day viewers would need some changes. And whatever they had adapted and stuck to, was really good. The action sequences were amazing. The BG score was intriguing. The motion capture was top class. It was a dream come true to watch all the characters live and kicking. In many instances I forgot that it was motion capture and it was like watching live people in action.
I bet every fan would have missed Professor Calculus. I guess the creators didn't want to introduce too many characters in a single movie. I believe that sequels are planned, and we will get to see more of the remaining characters too.

Thank you Spielberg for making this fan happy :)

P.S. Eagerly waiting for one of my most favorite stories from the Tintin series, Destination/Explorers on the moon to be adapted into a movie very soon

News about the sequels:
Depending on the film's success, two more Tintin movies could be produced. The first of these already has a writer in Anthony Horowitz and should be based on both The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun. Peter Jackson also confirmed he will direct it once he has finished The Hobbit. The second would be co-directed by Jackson and Spielberg. However, regarding those rumours Spielberg stated they had not talked about that.