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Offline Biollante

The Adventures of Tin Tin Directed by Steven Spielberg
« on: January 08, 2012, 01:12:17 AM »
Saw this today.  I have to say I was quite surprised by this film.  It was just awesome, and I'm not easy to please.  In fact, I would say this is Steven Spielberg's comeback movie.  I've thought his output has been crap since Jurassic Park 2, but this film was just wonderfully constructed, a joy to watch, and just plain exciting.  In fact, I think this film tops Raiders of the Lost Ark imo.  It just seemed like the people that made this were hungry to make a great film.  The passion shows. 

Frankly, I never read Tin Tin, so my views are unbiased by that, but I liked pretty much everything, including the plot, characters, comedy, and on screen action.  It definitely has that comic book come to life feel, and the animation and 3D were surprising well done.  The film is also very fast paced, but I loved that.  I think if you heard any negative reviews, you should take them with a grain salt.  A lot of film critics are aging dinosaurs who may have been annoyed by something that isn't slowed down for them.

The person I saw it with liked it a lot too, and she doesn't usually like these kinds of films, so I would definitely recommend it to anyone.  The film also has done remarkably well so far, bringing in $317,522,000.  The biggest chunk of that is from international audiences.  I have to be grateful for international audiences, they usually give good movies that are ignored in America the attention they deserve.  I definitely see sequels coming.  I think Peter Jackson is going to direct the next one with Spielberg producing, which is the opposite of how the first film was made.
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Offline aamrun

Re: The Adventures of Tin Tin Directed by Steven Spielberg
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2012, 11:17:16 AM »
Quote from: Ghidra on January 08, 2012, 01:12:17 AM
Saw this today.  I have to say I was quite surprised by this film.  It was just awesome, and I'm not easy to please.  In fact, I would say this is Steven Spielberg's comeback movie.  I've thought his output has been crap since Jurassic Park 2, but this film was just wonderfully constructed, a joy to watch, and just plain exciting.  In fact, I think this film tops Raiders of the Lost Ark imo.  It just seemed like the people that made this were hungry to make a great film.  The passion shows. 

Frankly, I never read Tin Tin, so my views are unbiased by that, but I liked pretty much everything, including the plot, characters, comedy, and on screen action.  It definitely has that comic book come to life feel, and the animation and 3D were surprising well done.  The film is also very fast paced, but I loved that.  I think if you heard any negative reviews, you should take them with a grain salt.  A lot of film critics are aging dinosaurs who may have been annoyed by something that isn't slowed down for them.

The person I saw it with liked it a lot too, and she doesn't usually like these kinds of films, so I would definitely recommend it to anyone.  The film also has done remarkably well so far, bringing in $317,522,000.  The biggest chunk of that is from international audiences.  I have to be grateful for international audiences, they usually give good movies that are ignored in America the attention they deserve.  I definitely see sequels coming.  I think Peter Jackson is going to direct the next one with Spielberg producing, which is the opposite of how the first film was made.

The reason it's from international audiences is that Tintin is a household name in Europe and Asia unlike the US. Herge learnt pretty late in his life that he had a huge fan base in India.
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Offline HarryLuceyFan

Re: The Adventures of Tin Tin Directed by Steven Spielberg
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2012, 04:14:23 PM »
The only thing stopping me from seeing this movie is the animation. I detest animated movies that strive to be ultra-realistic (like the Polar Express, Mars Needs Moms, Beowulf, etc...). I find them both creepy and unnecessary.

It's too bad, because I was looking forward to Tin Tin before I saw what it looked like :(
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Offline Biollante

Re: The Adventures of Tin Tin Directed by Steven Spielberg
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2012, 04:41:50 PM »
Quote from: HarryLuceyFan on January 08, 2012, 04:14:23 PM
The only thing stopping me from seeing this movie is the animation. I detest animated movies that strive to be ultra-realistic (like the Polar Express, Mars Needs Moms, Beowulf, etc...). I find them both creepy and unnecessary.

It's too bad, because I was looking forward to Tin Tin before I saw what it looked like :(

I generally agree with you, but with this one it works.  The character designs don't look like the comic, but in general, it's extremely comic bookeaque and cartoony.  I didn't have any problem with it at all.  It doesn't look like that piece of crap Polar Express movie.
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Offline Banshee

Re: The Adventures of Tin Tin Directed by Steven Spielberg
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2012, 06:42:28 PM »
Maybe I see it sometime? :)
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Offline aamrun

Happy Birthday Tintin !
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2012, 01:33:19 AM »


Happy Birthday Tintin !
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Offline Oldiesmann

Re: The Adventures of Tin Tin Directed by Steven Spielberg
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2012, 09:40:27 AM »
I honestly don't understand why some people are giving this movie poor reviews. Despite not being familiar with the series, I saw it opening weekend and even paid extra to see it in IMAX 3D (which probably added about $5 to the price of the ticket). I thought it was a great movie. The extra-realistic animation just added to it in my opinion, and I particularly liked how they didn't waste any time leading up to the main story like most movies do - there was action and adventure pretty much from the start.
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Re: Happy Birthday Tintin !
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2012, 11:43:08 AM »
Quote from: aamrun on January 10, 2012, 01:33:19 AM


Happy Birthday Tintin !

Today is Tintin's birthday?

Happy Birthday, Tintin!   :D   :)
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Offline aamrun

The Adventures of Tin Tin Directed by Steven Spielberg : No Oscar
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2012, 02:07:10 PM »
I ran out of characters for the subject.

Tintin has not been nominated for the Best Animated film. The reason is the 'technicality' that Tintin is a motion-capture film where the Oscars only consider 'frame-by-frame' stuff.

It's a sad day for the Oscars.
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Offline Oldiesmann

Re: The Adventures of Tin Tin Directed by Steven Spielberg
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2012, 01:10:58 AM »
Quote from: aamrun on January 27, 2012, 02:07:10 PM
I ran out of characters for the subject.

Tintin has not been nominated for the Best Animated film. The reason is the 'technicality' that Tintin is a motion-capture film where the Oscars only consider 'frame-by-frame' stuff.

It's a sad day for the Oscars.

Yes it is. What's even sadder is that an "animated" film can qualify for that category simply be being released to theaters in LA County. That's how two foreign films ended up getting nominated.

I honestly don't understand the choices. Rango was good, but certainly not what I would consider "Best Animated Film". I'm not really surprised that Puss In Boots got nominated, though I never got around to seeing that. I didn't think Cars 2 was all that bad, and Rio was better than Rango in my opinion.
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Offline Biollante

Re: The Adventures of Tin Tin Directed by Steven Spielberg
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2012, 05:23:29 AM »
Quote from: Oldiesmann on January 28, 2012, 01:10:58 AM
Quote from: aamrun on January 27, 2012, 02:07:10 PM
I ran out of characters for the subject.

Tintin has not been nominated for the Best Animated film. The reason is the 'technicality' that Tintin is a motion-capture film where the Oscars only consider 'frame-by-frame' stuff.

It's a sad day for the Oscars.

Yes it is. What's even sadder is that an "animated" film can qualify for that category simply be being released to theaters in LA County. That's how two foreign films ended up getting nominated.

I honestly don't understand the choices. Rango was good, but certainly not what I would consider "Best Animated Film". I'm not really surprised that Puss In Boots got nominated, though I never got around to seeing that. I didn't think Cars 2 was all that bad, and Rio was better than Rango in my opinion.

The Oscars is a sham.  I don't think it's been for real since the 70's or something.  It's all about politics now and a bunch of aging dinosaurs pretending to be relevant.  After that shaky cam movie, the Hurt Locker, won I think it officially reached the level of non-importance as the Grammies.
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Re: The Adventures of Tin Tin Directed by Steven Spielberg
« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2012, 04:02:55 PM »
The sheer number of awards it's been nominated for shows that the Oscars are clearly out of touch with society, especially since it came in 2nd place for the "Best Animated Feature" award from the LA Film Critics Association.

So far, it has won the following awards:
"Best Animated Feature", Toronto Film Critics Association
"Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media", Satellite Awards
"Best Animated Feature Film", Golden Globes
"Best Animated Feature", Florida Film Critics Circle
"Animated Feature Film", Producers Guild of America
"Best Animated Feature", New York Film Critics Online
"Best Animated Feature", Hollywood Foreign Press Association

It's also been nominated for 2 BAFTAs and 5 Annies, so at least other people are taking the movie seriously.
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Offline Biollante

Re: The Adventures of Tin Tin Directed by Steven Spielberg
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2012, 06:45:24 PM »
Seriously, like I said before it's probably due to the senior citizens that run the awards being annoyed by Tin Tin's fast pace.

I could also see the "motion capture" bias.  That's idiotic though.  One of the biggest flaws of non-motion capture CGI is that the characters just don't convey realistic looking facial expressions.  So that technology was actually developed as a way to fix that.

Anyways, it never surprises me when a toy commercial starring Larry the Cable Guy gets nominated over an actual great piece of film making directed by Miyazaki or something.  It's all a bunch of corporate politics.  Hek, the fact it's based on a European comic unfamiliar to them may have had something to do with it.  On the other hand, if Disney releases a CGI movie it will be nominated by default.  In the end, it has nothing to do with what the "best" picture actually was.
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Offline John Asperger

Re: The Adventures of Tin Tin Directed by Steven Spielberg
« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2012, 07:19:22 PM »
...It is interesting me to see this line , I saw the film a couple weeks back when it opened USA-side :D , but I think I was on one my extended vacations from this site :'( , and did not post about it :o >:( .
  Tintin is less famous in America than he is practically everywhere else , and they did open the film here after practically EVERYWHERE else :laugh:!!!!!!!!!!!
  I haven't read the whole line yet..... :idiot2:
  However , I will point out that there were no Disney or Pixar films nominated in Best Animated Feature at the Oscars this year there were two Dreamworks Animations IIRC .
  The only two films I've yet seen this year that were nodded upon were both Animated and Music-connected , RIO received a nomination ( in Song ) , too !
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Offline John Asperger

Re: The Adventures of Tin Tin Directed by Steven Spielberg
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2012, 07:27:27 PM »
...Why was every major character made to be British Isles-accented , however ??? Considering that Tintin is supposed to b a French Belgian , I believe...........!!!
  He is shown living in a French street signs/newspapers world , too...
  The image of the MC Tintin made me think of teenage actor-period Ron Howard ( American Graffiti/Happy Days ) , actually !!!!!!!
  When we see his apartment , it seems to have a 1980s/90s low-end stereo system and what are either 45 RPM records or floppy discs , however...And this is supposed to be a 1930s-type world...
  Also , we hear the phrase " Third World " - Um , wasn't that term by definition an invention of the post-WWII Cold War ?
  For a British touch , the Captain , when disgruntled at Tintin , however , calls him a " ginger " - and " po-faced " !!!!!!!!!!!
  Spoiler Question:
  Does Tintin turn out to be from the same line as the Captain ?????
 
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