[Hawkeye_a]

Finally found the time to go and see this movie and i thought it was a great adaptation from the books.'The secret of the unicorn' was a Tintin book I had read when I was maybe twelve (I barely remember it).

I really like the way all the characters have been transformed into 3D. The character modeling, animation and effects on screen are in a league above anything else I have seen in any CG movie (and surprisingly that includes Pixar movies as well).

The musical score complimented the movie well, and the script was well written. The action was well paced and the humor was good too. The only thing that seemed..... out of place was the accents of the characters, but thats a very minor issue.

It's directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson. Even if you have never heard of Tintin, you will enjoy this movie. I highly recommend it, especially if you enjoy fully animated movies.

The Adventures of Tintin : The Secret of the Unicorn (Youtube)

I cannot wait for the other books to be adapted into this format.

Cheers

[angelmb]

Thanks. I might get the Blu-ray version.

Why isn't it nominated to the Oscars as best animation film.?

[Hawkeye_a]

Don't know why, but i heard somewhere that most/all the character animation was all done using motion-capture?

Also, there isn't some underlying moral to the story, its more of an action flick. (albeit one I thoroughly enjoyed)

[ghporter]

Quite frequently, the "best" of something doesn't get nominated for odd reasons. In 1969 ""2001: A Space Odyssey" did not get nominated for Best Cinematography, despite the huge number of ground-breaking techniques and processes employed. Instead, "Romeo and Juliet" won for cinematography. Beautiful film, yes, but the award went to the "pretty" film instead of the "amazing" film.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Uhmmmm....yeahhhhh...I'm gonna have to go ahead and disagree with you there.

The story was very disjointed - in fact if I remember correctly it was basically a mashup of several different books. It definitely had a random feel to me. And the script didn't translate well in my mind - the books/graphic novels were all about wordplay and it just didn't come across the same. There were a couple of highlights, but after a while I started feeling like they were just trying to one-up the action from the last scene a la True Lies (unfortunately there was no wrestling on a flying jet plane next to a skyscraper...spoiler).

I dunno. I would never see it again. But there were some kids a couple rows behind me and they seemed to be laughing their heads off - maybe I just wasn't a target market. Given the number of animated films that appeal to both children and adults, though, I must say I was hoping to enjoy myself a little more.