History YMMV / TheAdventuresOfTintin2011

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: While the mainline home console and computer versions were a textbook example of the trope, the Creator/{{Gameloft}}-developed mobile phone releases averted this as reviewers praised it for making good use of smartphones' capabilities.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The human characters and most of the textures look almost live-action. The CGI fur for Snowy is much less convincing, making him stick out like a sore thumb.

** From the soundtrack itself, there are many -- the soundtrack emphasizes themes and motifs that run throughout the entire score, making the whole thing even more awesome when listened to as a set. Individually, there's "Sir Francis and the Unicorn", "Red Rackham's Curse and the Treasure" and "The Pursuit of the Falcon."

* HilariousInHindsight: During the final battle with Sakharine and Haddock using ''cranes'', Sakharine swings the load on his crane to hit Haddock's control station from below. Fans of ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' [[GroinAttack will get this one.]]

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: As an ''American'' adaptation of a European comic book, the film can be interpreted as a case of this, since most of the film's gross came from overseas. The movie was also very popular in ''one'' North American region - Quebec, due to FrancoBelgianComics being a big part of its culture - where it was the highest-grossing movie of the year, even outgrossing ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Part 2''.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: There were some people who honestly thought this movie was live action. Let that sink in for a moment, '''there were people who honestly to god thought this movie was live action'''. To see that the movie could not only avoid the problem with the Uncanny Valley but SURPASS it and make the characters THAT convincing speaks volumes as to how awesome the animation quality is.

* SpiritualSuccessor: With French/Belgian movie reviewers seeing a lot in common between Franchise/IndianaJones and Tintin since its release, and with ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' and ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny Dial of Destiny]]'' turning out to be pretty divisive entries, many like to view it coming to full circle and spiritually consider ''The Adventures of Tintin'' the true additional Indiana Jones movie from Creator/StevenSpielberg.

* SpiritualSuccessor: With French/Belgian movie reviewers seeing a lot in common between Franchise/IndianaJones and Tintin since its release, and with ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' and ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny Dial of Destiny]]'' turning out to be pretty divisive entries, many like to view it coming to full circle and spiritually consider ''The Adventures of Tintin'' the true final Indiana Jones movie from Creator/StevenSpielberg.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The human characters look almost live-action. The CG for Snowy is much less convincing, making him stick out like a sore thumb.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Tintin a morally upstanding young man who is out to stop a villain from taking what isn't his or is he a SociopathicHero who only took up the cause because [[ItAmusedMe he was curious?]] And are he and Haddock FireForgedFriends or does he just see Haddock as TheLoad, treating him nicely when he's useful, and disparaging him and disregarding his feelings whenever Haddock's behavior irritates him?

* ToughActToFollow: Music/JohnWilliams' orchestral score, while excellent, gets flak from fans of older works, particularly the Ellipse/Nelvana series -- whose [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb-9TIr31i0 main theme]] is particularly iconic. Also overlaps with TheyChangedItNowItSucks.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Tintin isn't a very familiar character to American audiences, so this film ended up being many Americans' first and only introduction to Tintin.

** From the trailers, there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm3PAabZLiE&feature=BFa&list=HL1309539756&index=5 Sands of Time]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J99XvRQyho Sword of Omens]] by Audiomachine.
** From the soundtrack itself, there are many -- the soundtrack emphasizes themes and motifs that run throughout the entire score, making the whole thing even more awesome when listened to as a set. Individually, there's "Sir Francis and the Unicorn", "Red Rackham's Curse and the Treasure" and "The Pursuit of the Falcon".

* AdaptationDisplacement: Tintin isn't a very familiar character to most Americans, so this film ended up being their first introduction to Tintin.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Despite being based on the comics written by Creator/{{Herge}}, the film is rated PG by the MPAA, itself very mature and violent. The film contains cases of cursing, drunkenness, smoking, gun violence and death on-screen. The animation can fall into the UncannyValley due to the almost realistic faces of Tintin and Sakharine in contrast to the other characters who retain their cartoonish faces from the comics, some kids would find to ''The Adventures of Tintin'' as entertaining and creepy.

* WhatAnIdiot: Thomson and Thompson don't realize that Aristides Silk is the pickpocket, even when they're inside his apartment surrounded by his wallet collection, many of which have their names.