THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN |OT| (dir. Steven Spielberg) MIND YOUR SPOILERS EUROPE!

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Although I've only seen the movie once, it felt too much like going from set peice to set peice, rather than having those small moments where you slow down the pace and reveal something interesting about the personalities of the character. The humor felt really forced to me, where as they could've done so much more...

In that manner, it felt like a big-budget version of the tin tin cartoon (set peice after set peice to not let the kids get bored) rather than a film adaptation.
 
Ah, not to me. I thought they had good quiet moments with the characters when
they were in the desert and when Haddock was telling his story in Morocco.

And yeah, they were going from place to place rather quickly. Something which I loved the hell out of. Humor hit perfectly for me every time. A lot of it coming from the visual gags, rather than from the characters themselves. I was laughing a lot throughout this film.
 
DevelopmentArrested said:
So Imax 3D or just 2D?>
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3D all the way. Spielberg playing in 3D for the first time is too enticing to pass up the experience. I can get the 2D at home when the blu ray comes out.


DeathNote said:
What the hell is Rave Motion Pictures + IMAX?
http://ravemotionpictures.com/imax_locations.aspx
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The Manchester, CT theater is right behind my apartments, and it is a LieMAX. Some of those might be real IMAX theaters, but mine is a LieMAX and lame. Two of their regular auditoriums there are larger screens than their IMAX screen. The took their second smallest auditorium and made it a LieMAX. I discovered this when I went to see Dark Knight opening night. I was so excited about having an IMAX near our new home, and once I got in the room and saw how tiny the screen was I was pissed off almost the entire showing.

Only other time I went was Avatar because I could reserve the seat and it was $1 more than their RealD showing.
 
PhoncipleBone said:
3D all the way. Spielberg playing in 3D for the first time is too enticing to pass up the experience. I can get the 2D at home when the blu ray comes out.




The Manchester, CT theater is right behind my apartments, and it is a LieMAX. Some of those might be real IMAX theaters, but mine is a LieMAX and lame. Two of their regular auditoriums there are larger screens than their IMAX screen. The took their second smallest auditorium and made it a LieMAX. I discovered this when I went to see Dark Knight opening night. I was so excited about having an IMAX near our new home, and once I got in the room and saw how tiny the screen was I was pissed off almost the entire showing.

Only other time I went was Avatar because I could reserve the seat and it was $1 more than their RealD showing.
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The last time I went to my local Rave it only had RealD. I actually have real IMAX, but it mostly shows educational films and a theatrical film here and there. Right now it's showing Born To be Wild, Tornado Alley, Polar Express, and Happy Feet 2. I think Avatar was finally shown months after release. I called and they were like "we have no plans to show Avatar at this time."

Anyways, I guess this new Imax addition to my Rave theater is obviously a LieMAX.

But since my real IMAX is stupid, is LieMAX better than RealD?
 
dmshaposv said:
Although I've only seen the movie once, it felt too much like going from set peice to set peice, rather than having those small moments where you slow down the pace and reveal something interesting about the personalities of the character. The humor felt really forced to me, where as they could've done so much more...

In that manner, it felt like a big-budget version of the tin tin cartoon (set peice after set peice to not let the kids get bored) rather than a film adaptation.
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Yep. It was too much of a theme park ride. A good one. But not a good film.
 
Saw this on reddit:

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Mercurial said:
Yep. It was too much of a theme park ride. A good one. But not a good film.
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It is a well directed film and Spielberg made it a fun romp. You can definitely call it a good film.

However, a month later, I barely remember it. To me it was quite forgettable, which is dissapointing since this was my most hyped "event" movie of the year.
 
Ugh why is it so hard to find a showing of this movie that isn't in fucking 3D.

This is why I never go to movie theaters.
 
Saw Dragon Tattoo last night and debating on whether or not I should watch this movie tonight. I've been anticipating it like crazy but debating between seeing this on a later day this week or tonight.
 
jett said:
Is it worth watching this movie in 3D? Two years after avatar I think I'm getting off this train.
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The 3D in the film is pretty subtle for the most part. I do think it adds to the film, but not as much as it does to something like Avatar. There is a great use of it in a scene with Tintin's torch light. I reckon you should see any film in 3D made by one of the masters.

Be it Cameron, Spielberg, Scorsese, Scott or Jackson.
 
SketchTheArtist said:
I know but me and my friends, as well as other people who went to see it last week thought it was better since we grew up with the French version. We preferred to hear the names and expressions staying true to the comic rather than lip-synch being off a bit.
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But this movie was made in English, right?
 
dmshaposv said:
Although I've only seen the movie once, it felt too much like going from set peice to set peice, rather than having those small moments where you slow down the pace and reveal something interesting about the personalities of the character. The humor felt really forced to me, where as they could've done so much more...

In that manner, it felt like a big-budget version of the tin tin cartoon (set peice after set peice to not let the kids get bored) rather than a film adaptation.
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This man is entirely correct. I was all hyped up, especially after reading Scullibundo's review, only to find myself nearly falling asleep halfway through. Kids will love it I'm sure, but as for anyone else...

Again, dmshaposv has it right. Set piece after set piece with no respite, no insights into the character's interiors, no real connections to any of them. They're all one-note. Tin Tin is a journalist and he likes to find the truth about things. Well, why? What motivates him? Guys, I'm not looking for a deep psychological profile here, but it would be nice to have a sliver of something to go on.

And the Captain, oh, the Captain. The fact that they somehow tried to stretch the Captain's predilection for booze into the same joke at every turn was quite pathetic. I've seen this character done a million times before, and usually better. It would be hard to get much worse.

The humor in general was incredibly simple, incredibly stupid. Stuff like the dog hitting upon cow's udders or the two bumbling Interpol agents. We get it, the guys are dumb, but guess what, there's no sophistication at all to these jokes! They truly are for kids, for the lowest common denominator.

Yes, the script was a mess. And that comes from somebody who loves Moffat. I wonder how much his draft was altered, because this is exactly the opposite of what I expect from him. The man is pretty much a genius and knows how to attack genre fare - I would think this would be right up his alley. I'm guessing his vision was distorted at some point in the film-making process, either by the other writers or by Spielberg.

As for Spielberg, he does a competent job. The visuals are pretty neat, but again, without any quiet moments, without any genuine character interactions, they all blend together and lose their intensity. Tin Tin makes the epic boring; it's tragic.

Really, really disappointed in this.
 
tyguy20204 said:
This man is entirely correct. I was all hyped up, especially after reading Scullibundo's review, only to find myself nearly falling asleep halfway through. Kids will love it I'm sure, but as for anyone else...

Again, dmshaposv has it right. Set piece after set piece with no respite, no insights into the character's interiors, no real connections to any of them. They're all one-note. Tin Tin is a journalist and he likes to find the truth about things. Well, why? What motivates him? Guys, I'm not looking for a deep psychological profile here, but it would be nice to have a sliver of something to go on.

And the Captain, oh, the Captain. The fact that they somehow tried to stretch the Captain's predilection for booze into the same joke at every turn was quite pathetic. I've seen this character done a million times before, and usually better. It would be hard to get much worse.

The humor in general was incredibly simple, incredibly stupid. Stuff like the dog hitting upon cow's udders or the two bumbling Interpol agents. We get it, the guys are dumb, but guess what, there's no sophistication at all to these jokes! They truly are for kids, for the lowest common denominator.

Yes, the script was a mess. And that comes from somebody who loves Moffat. I wonder how much his draft was altered, because this is exactly the opposite of what I expect from him. The man is pretty much a genius and knows how to attack genre fare - I would think this would be right up his alley. I'm guessing his vision was distorted at some point in the film-making process, either by the other writers or by Spielberg.

As for Spielberg, he does a competent job. The visuals are pretty neat, but again, without any quiet moments, without any genuine character interactions, they all blend together and lose their intensity. Tin Tin makes the epic boring; it's tragic.

Really, really disappointed in this.
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Hype deflated. Glad I read this before seeing it :D
 
Scullibundo said:
I think he mis-spoke. I'm pretty sure he's saying that he doesn't mind the lip-synch being off in the French version if it means he can hear the character's names as they originally were in French.
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Yup yup, especially hearing Haddock scream out ''Tonnerre de Brest!'' or Mille sabords!'' is so awesome! :P

Again, can't stress out how much fun I had watching this. Really well-done adventure movie that are really rare lately.
 
Was fun. The 3rd act was a bit boring but I suppose thats to be expected after that amazing tracking animation sorta shot sequence.
 
The film really does seem to be divisive! This was easily my MOTY. I just had a ridiculous amount of fun with it and it channeled everything I love about Spielberg outside of his dramatic fair.
 
The matinee I went to had five other people. Anecdotal of course, but I wouldn't be surprised to see the movie bomb.

I'm not trying to be a buzz-kill by the way, I'm glad others enjoyed it. I just didn't, for the reasons I described.
 
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