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[Gui_PT]

Can you answer them? I can't really remember some details of the movie.

Yeah I should've answered instead of just saying what I did, sorry.

Scullibundo delivered the goods already though.

 

[Platy]

Some friends watched ... and they remembered of a very important thing :

Or i watch dubbed and loose most of the acting or I watch with subtitles and... get a small convultion everytime they mention Milou by name =|

 

[Card Boy]

Just saw the movie today, amazing movie, then again I'm a Tintin fanboy.

Did the original comic have Professor Calculus in it? I might be thinking of the one with Shark Submarine.

 

[Quick]

Spoiler

3. I believe it was the backside of the dam.

Correction on 3: He shot the mechanism keeping the water sealed in the dam.

Footage from the trailer. No spoilers.

 

[Solo]

Absolutely loved it. I'm inclined to declare it my favorite Spielberg film since Minority Report right off the bat. I think the film showed him at a creative level he hasn't been at in years.

I have to comment on the visuals straight away. Goddamn. I think Avatar has been surpassed. The performance capture coupled with the brilliant work of the animators was off the fucking chain. The lighting and details were impeccable. All of that is the technical side of things, but the movie is just as impressive from the artistic side too. The movie is downright gorgeous and I thought it had some of the most impressive and cohesive art direction I have seen in ages. Some of the shots that didn't involve the stylized characters could have passed for real life. And the character models were spectacular. Smartly stylized as to avoid the uncanny valley, they were downright charming. Haddock especially blew me away. From the sweat on his brow to his nose hair, the details were all there.

I thought Spielberg did a wonderful job setting the tone here too. It's light and brisk and funny but also had just the right amount of suspense and ominous overtones. And his direction, oh lordy. Some of the action setpieces in this film can stand toe to toe with the very best stuff he has ever done. The pirate ship fight and especially the motorcycle/jeep chase come to mind. Some absolutely incredible shots in both of those that I'll look forward to seeing many times again on Bluray. He also did a wonderful job with all the visual gags in the movie.

The cast and the dynamics between them was also a source of great enjoyment for me. Andy Serkis made for a pitch perfect Haddock and I felt him and Jamie Bell's Tintin played off eachother wonderfully and made all my memories of reading the books as a child come to life. Daniel Craig was suitably sinister as Rackham. Like he always does though, it was truly Serkis stealing the show here. I don't know how anyone could watch this movie and not love Captain Haddock.

I'm not sure where exactly it fits, but The Adventures Of Tintin definitely makes my Top 10 of 2011 list.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Great to hear, Solo! We can be bros again after all my nagging. You see, Ghaleon? The motherfucker doesn't even like animated films and still loved it. Time to step up your game.

 

[Solo]

Also forgot to mention I saw it in 2D. Waited so long to see it that my theatre had pulled the 3D theatre and only the 2D remained.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Also forgot to mention I saw it in 2D.

Good man

 

[Max Armstrong]

The 3D was amazing in this one, shame you missed it.

 

[Diprosalic]

you didn't miss much since the 3D was beyond terrible.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Also forgot to mention I saw it in 2D. Waited so long to see it that my theatre had pulled the 3D theatre and only the 2D remained.

Oh, man. That sucks. The 3D was great in the film.

BTW: Now you can watch this behind the scenes video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmdK4NdwYkY&feature=related

 

[Solo]

Good man

Nah. I like to see movies how they are made to be seen. If a movie is shot for 3D, I like to see it in 3D. Now, if its post-converted 3D, then I go 2D. But if its part of the fibre of the movie, then I prefer to see it that way.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

The 3D really was very, very good. I mean it is Spielberg working in 3D damn you. Nobody moves through space like him and so he was obviously very mindful of how to incorporate the 3D.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Usually I'm down with the "see the film the creators wanted it to be seen" viewpoint, but I'm become more and more disenchanted with 3d for years now. There was Avatar, and then not much else. I can do without the extra "depth" is that means I don't have to put with 3d glasses for 2 hours, frankly.

edit: No, wait, Hugo had the one good use of 3d this year. And even then, it hasn't swayed my opinion one way or another.

 

[Stallion Free]

Hugo's 3d was fantastic, but I thought Spielberg made even better use of it in Tintin.

 

[Solo]

I could imagine that the chase scene made some glorious usage of 3D.

 

[Stallion Free]

That segment was mindblowing.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Hugo's 3d was fantastic, but I thought Spielberg made even better use of it in Tintin.

Can't agree with that. Tintin's 3D was fantastic, but HUGO is unrivaled when it comes to 3D. Absolutely beautiful.

 

[Solo]

I'm still blown away by the detail. Tintin's cowlick hairstyle - you could see individual hairs moving in the wind.

 

[slider]

Finally have convinced my gf and a few friends to go watch this. It's been a struggle. None of them had heard of Tintin before.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

I'm still blown away by the detail. Tintin's cowlick hairstyle - you could see individual hairs moving in the wind.

Especially when he's unconscious and millimeters away from the spinning propeller.

 

[Max Armstrong]

Hugo's 3d was fantastic, but I thought Spielberg made even better use of it in Tintin.

Yup, I was a total 3D hater before seeing those two. But there's only a handful of directors I would trust with 3D... and then there's the rest.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

My mom didn't like that. She thought it had an uncanny valley effect, too lifelike features on imitations of life.

 

[Solo]

Was this all WETA?

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Yup, I was a total 3D hater before seeing those two. But there's only a handful of directors I would trust with 3D... and then there's the rest.

That's about to increase.

This year we've got Ridley Scott and Peter Jackson both working in 3D. Both have gone to great lengths to design their films around shooting in 3D. We're going to see something very special.

Was this all WETA?

I'm pretty sure.

 

[MidnightCowboy]

Tintin is great fun. It's just a joy to watch. The CGI is insane, definitely the second best I've ever seen. There's no creepy doll like faces and everything is so detailed. The chase scene is definitely the highlight of the movie.

 

[Solo]

Damn. I know that both are absolutely top flight studios, but after Avatar and now The Adventures Of Tintin, I can help but feel that WETA is the best effects house in the world while ILM is a close second.

 

[Demon Lizardman]

Funny, the WETA group who did the effects of this film are going to do the Evangalion film.
http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/...neon_genesis_evangelion_concept_art_from_weta

 

[Stallion Free]

Damn. I know that both are absolutely top flight studios, but after Avatar and now The Adventures Of Tintin, I can help but feel that WETA is the best effects house in the world while ILM is a close second.

Weta has been getting significantly better projects of late, so it's not really fair to compare. Especially with the New Zealand taxbreaks that make them an even more appealing option.

I mean this year one is working on Avengers and the other is working on The Hobbit.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Damn. I know that both are absolutely top flight studios, but after Avatar and now The Adventures Of Tintin, I can help but feel that WETA is the best effects house in the world while ILM is a close second.

I put them on par as to me they both out-do each other in different areas. I think for performance capture or character work in general, WETA is unrivaled. But ILM usually tops WETA when it comes to everything outside of character work. Environments and ships for example are usually ILM's strong suit.

 

[Solo]

Cameron/WETA are totally going to melt my mind with Avatar 2 in 2015/2016, aren't they?

 

[Stallion Free]

Is he using both companies again like he ended up doing with Avatar 1? Or is it gonna be 100% Weta?

 

[MidnightCowboy]

I put them on par as to me they both out-do each other in different areas. I think for performance capture or character work in general, WETA is unrivaled. But ILM usually tops WETA when it comes to everything outside of character work. Environments and ships for example are usually ILM's strong suit.

That's the reason to me Rango is still tops.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Cameron/WETA are totally going to melt my mind with Avatar 2 in 2015/2016, isn't he?

You know, from the way Worthington has been talking - and this is only a very slight hunch, I'm getting the feeling that Cameron may have abandoned the idea of shooting two films at once and might be working toward just making one big fuckoff sequel - which is what I would prefer.

And yes, if you thought people were having post-Pandora withdrawals and depression after the first film, wait till they see the second film in 60fps.

 

[Solo]

Is he using both companies again like he ended up doing with Avatar 1? Or is it gonna be 100% Weta?

I'm just speculating, but with the uber long post-production cycle he is going to have, WETA should be able to do all of it.

But then again, shooting at potentially 60fps and all that rendering muscle required my necessitate the use of both studios again.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

I'm just speculating, but with the uber long post-production cycle he is going to have, WETA should be able to do all of it.

But then again, shooting at potentially 60fps and all that rendering muscle required my necessitate the use of both studios again.

I highly doubt WETA will be the sole VFX studio working on the sequel. There were about 4 VFX houses who ended up doing work for the first film. WETA and ILM were just the well-known ones.

 

[Good Job Bob]

Solo pretty much hit the nail on the head in regards to how I feel about this film.

Can't wait to see the next one, even if I am a bit disappointed Spielberg isn't returning.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Solo pretty much hit the nail on the head in regards to how I feel about this film.

Can't wait to see the next one, even if I am a bit disappointed Spielberg isn't returning.

Spielberg recently expressed his hopes to direct the third film. Plus, it seemed like on this film that Peter Jackson and Spielberg established a very collaborative director-producer relationship. I imagine Spielberg will be much more involved in the production of the sequel than he would be with almost every other film with his name attached as producer. I forsee him being present for most of the capture stage shooting.

 

[Stallion Free]

Can't wait to see the next one, even if I am a bit disappointed Spielberg isn't returning.

He expressed great interest in doing the third.

Lol slow.

Anyways, I can't wait to have 3 Tintin films sitting next to each other.

 

[Solo]

You know, from the way Worthington has been talking - and this is only a very slight hunch, I'm getting the feeling that Cameron may have abandoned the idea of shooting two films at once and might be working toward just making one big fuckoff sequel - which is what I would prefer.

I would be fine with this. This whole "everything has to be a trilogy" mentality that Hollywood has had the past decade is ludicrous. If there were only to be two films, and the second was the mother of all action movies, I would be more than satisfied.

 

[Solo]

I think I'm going to have that epic one shot in my mind for days. Goddamn. Best action sequence in several years. And the pirate ship/desert scene is only a hair behind it.

Also, of the film's many visual gags, the one that had me rolling for whatever reason was when Haddock has Tintin enter the crew's quarters on the ship the get the keys. First, you see all the the sailors flopping all over the place due to the motion of the ocean (yet none of them wake up), then you have Tintin using Snowy as an arm extension to reach the keys (although Snowy is more interested in a sandwich), and then it all ends with Tintin's hard work being rewarded with......more booze for Haddock :lol

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

I think I'm going to have that epic one shot in my mind for days. Goddamn. Best action sequence in several years. And the pirate ship/desert scene is only a hair behind it.

Also, of the film's many visual gags, the one that had me rolling for whatever reason was when Haddock has Tintin enter the crew's quarters on the ship the get the keys. First, you see all the the sailors flopping all over the place due to the motion of the ocean (yet none of them wake up), then you have Tintin using Snowy as an arm extension to reach the keys (although Snowy is more interested in a sandwich), and then it all ends with Tintin's hard work being rewarded with......more booze for Haddock :lol

Yeah. As I said in my initial review of the film, much of the film's humor comes from the visual gags which are really great. That scene was very funny - with the men up against the back wall sliding from back to bunk with the ship's tilt.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

Can't wait to rewatch atleast the pirate sequence again. What a phenomenally well told short story to just drop in the middle of the film. It was perfect.

 

[besada]

I saw this in 3D. I am not a big fan of the new 3D. This didn't completely change my mind, but man was it light years better than the other 3D films I've seen. Incredibly smooth and mostly subtle.

The CGI in the film was just astonishingly beautiful. My only complaint about the whole thing (beyond having to wear glasses over my glasses) is the long wait for another one. I saw it with a friend and his 10 year old son, and the boy fucking loved it. He went in thinking he'd be bored because no one had super powers or chainsaw guns, and came out a fanatic. He's insisted on getting the comics because he wants more.

Good job Spielberg and crew.

 

[Krev]

I think I'm going to have that epic one shot in my mind for days. Goddamn. Best action sequence in several years. And the pirate ship/desert scene is only a hair behind it.

Also, of the film's many visual gags, the one that had me rolling for whatever reason was when Haddock has Tintin enter the crew's quarters on the ship the get the keys. First, you see all the the sailors flopping all over the place due to the motion of the ocean (yet none of them wake up), then you have Tintin using Snowy as an arm extension to reach the keys (although Snowy is more interested in a sandwich), and then it all ends with Tintin's hard work being rewarded with......more booze for Haddock :lol

Yeah, that's a highlight.
And the pirate sequence, god damn. Perfect.

Spielberg seems to care about his material so much more here than in War Horse.

 

[Good Job Bob]

Spielberg recently expressed his hopes to direct the third film. Plus, it seemed like on this film that Peter Jackson and Spielberg established a very collaborative director-producer relationship. I imagine Spielberg will be much more involved in the production of the sequel than he would be with almost every other film with his name attached as producer. I forsee him being present for most of the capture stage shooting.

I'm just not the biggest fan of PJ; and my favorite parts of this movie just scream Spielberg at his best, so I'm not sure how PJ's version is gonna turn out..but if Spielberg is as strongly involved as you think he is than it could still be good.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

I'm just not the biggest fan of PJ; and my favorite parts of this movie just scream Spielberg at his best, so I'm not sure how PJ's version is gonna turn out..but if Spielberg is as strongly involved as you think he is than it could still be good.

Like I said in my first review, I think the sequel will be a much different film. I think it will be more adventurous, but I don't think the humor will measure up to this one.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Tintin just won best animated feature at the Producer's Guild Awards.

Spielberg also picked up the David O. Selznick Achievement Award In Theatrical Motion Pictures.

 

[Solo]

Red Rackham was a boss. I mean, his cape was on fire for fucks sake!

 

[Jintor]

Can't wait to rewatch atleast the pirate sequence again. What a phenomenally well told short story to just drop in the middle of the film. It was perfect.

I absolutely loved the way it interplayed between Francis Haddock and Captain Haddock re-created the situation.

Was the outpost and the english dudes in it from the Crab book?