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RLNice Bigfoot Puncher from a computer Since: Sep, 2010
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#101: Dec 27th 2011 at 8:20:32 PM

I don't think anyone else's favorite scenes would deviate much from those already named.

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#102: Dec 27th 2011 at 11:01:39 PM

The one with Tintin losing hope even for a minute, followed by Haddock's motivational speech. Others may whine and grind about how that's "so not the books", but I applaud ANY attempt to make Tintin human without sacrificing much of his canon personality. Not to mention that it made Haddock look even more awesome.

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#103: Dec 28th 2011 at 2:33:01 AM

Th Oner shot in Bhaggar blew my mind. There is no way to achieve that in live-action film. 2D animation would have murdered the animators. CG is the only way to get it.

Outside of what was mentioned...

Paraphrasing here, but...

"We have one bullet."

"And the good news?"

"We have one bullet."

Followed by a cheeky shot of Tintin's hair while he was swimming to the plane (but thank you, movie makers, for not throwing in the Jaws theme to overkill it).

"A man's been shot on the doorstep." "Again?"

AirofMystery Since: Jan, 2001
#104: Dec 28th 2011 at 3:15:11 AM

I'd also like to mention that Tintin's voice was absolutely perfect. I mean, Jamie Bell doesn't really look like Tintin, but his voice was exactly what I imagined coming out of Tintin's mouth (baring in mind that Tintin is really Belgian, not English, but as it's a translation anyway...).

I'm also impressed how he managed to make the phrase "Great snakes!" sound not-silly.

RLNice Bigfoot Puncher from a computer Since: Sep, 2010
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#105: Dec 28th 2011 at 7:42:07 AM

Followed by a cheeky shot of Tintin's hair while he was swimming to the plane (but thank you, movie makers, for not throwing in the Jaws theme to overkill it).

Must have been very tempting, as Spielberg and Williams both worked on Jaws. This is also the second time Spielberg's referenced his own film (the first was 1941, and that time he did use the Jaws theme.

edited 28th Dec '11 7:45:53 AM by RLNice

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#106: Dec 28th 2011 at 11:00:13 AM

It looks like the film is starting to find an audience: it tied The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo on Tuesday (which had been beating Tintin handily since Wednesday).

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#107: Dec 28th 2011 at 2:50:58 PM

I've been doing my part to talk it up. I think it's a crying shame that the Chipmunks is beating it. I even try to tell people that Tintin is more family friendly due to a lack of language, potty humor, and bloody violence. Even the one on-screen shooting is pretty tame.

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#108: Dec 28th 2011 at 11:06:13 PM

This is basically an argument why Chipmunks should get attention more than Tintin.

Am I the only one who gets tired of this?

edited 28th Dec '11 11:06:38 PM by ladycoffee

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#109: Dec 28th 2011 at 11:23:49 PM

Meh. Morons are entitled to have their moronic opinions. [[/moronic opinion]]

[up] It's a fact of life that there's always someone who will defend something. It's what makes humanity what it is. And thank god for it, I wouldn't want to live on a planet filled with everyone thinking like I do.

Just means one needs to learn to shrug when reading something such as this.

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#110: Dec 28th 2011 at 11:27:23 PM

There's a different opinion, and there's an obvious bash-fest thinly disguised in intelligent-sounding discourse. I have no problem with the former; it's the latter that I have a problem with.

Back on topic: We still have Latin America, so any talk about the latest box-office isn't final.

edited 29th Dec '11 2:44:16 AM by ladycoffee

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AirofMystery Since: Jan, 2001
#111: Dec 29th 2011 at 1:11:47 AM

It's made about one and a half times its budget back, which is a good start. Most American critics at least like it. Sequels are looking likelier and likelier.

Kerrah Since: Jan, 2001
#112: Dec 29th 2011 at 1:45:47 AM

That article says Tintin uses rapid-fire editing.

> Huge oner during the desert city action scene.

Is this guy high?

As above, I have no problem with different opinions, but I will call out bullshit arguments in support of said opinions.

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#113: Dec 29th 2011 at 6:14:12 AM

[up] To be fair, the escape scene from the ship (from Tintin being found in the radio room till they fall off the boat) has some fast editing, especially as he's running to rejoin haddock. But that's about the only one really.

terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
#114: Dec 29th 2011 at 10:35:34 AM

The one thing I didn't like was the whole "villain-upgrade" for Sakharine,when he had practically no presence in the comics.

Nor I did I like that "inspirational speech",which felt Out of Character and kinda Tastes Like Diabetes

Everything was pure gold. Especially the pickpocket scene,made even funnier if you recognize the voice. I also couldn't help but clap at the genius plan of having Castafiore break the glass to steal the third ship

Have to admit I always pictured Haddock to sound like John Rhys-Davies,but Serkis really changed that,I don't think I can unhear it anymore.

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#115: Dec 29th 2011 at 8:27:13 PM

[up]Hmm....Maybe I only liked the "inspirational speech" bit because I've been exposed to way too much Tastes Like Dirt media that I'm forced to watch these past days.

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Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
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#116: Dec 30th 2011 at 2:32:42 PM

Just saw it (on IMAX). This is a very worthy successor to the Indiana Jones films. And Snowy is one cute little sidekick.

And yes, this movie would have never worked in live-action. Especially with all of the things that Snowy does in the film.

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Sporkaganza I'm glasses. Since: May, 2009
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#117: Dec 31st 2011 at 4:07:07 PM

I just saw it. And hell if it wasn't some of the most fun I've ever had in a movie theater. I don't know anything about the comics, but it was just a really good rollicking adventure film. At first I was a bit skeptical about the mo-cap, but I got so into the movie that I forgot about it. The 3D I'm not so sure really added all that much to it, but at least it didn't make my eyes water or give me a headache, so the technology has improved that much, at least. Oh, and John Williams did a good job with the score, even though it did kinda feel like he was phoning it in.

So, yeah. Nothing more than a lot of fun, but that's damn well all it needed to be. International mystery and improbable action set-pieces ahoy! Oh, and pirates. Every good adventure story needs some pirates.

edited 31st Dec '11 4:07:37 PM by Sporkaganza

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Wackd Since: May, 2009
#118: Dec 31st 2011 at 4:08:06 PM

In reference to the Alvin>Tintin bit above my real sticking points were #9 (building a world from the ground up takes less effort than superimposing CG characters into the real world convincingly?), #5 (character demographics are major indicators of quality?) #4 (so apparently anything cartoony is inherently inferior to shooting "realistically"), and #1 (MO-CAP IS CRAP WE GET IT.) Besides that is seems to mostly just be differences in opinion.

Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.
Sporkaganza I'm glasses. Since: May, 2009
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#119: Dec 31st 2011 at 4:10:27 PM

Yeah, there's no damn way the Chipmunks movie is better than what I just saw.

As for the film not doing too fantastically well in the US, I don't think that's really about Americans having no taste or anything, but just that most people in the US just don't really know much or care much about Tintin. This film is aimed at European audiences anyhow, and it's the success or failure over there that makes or breaks the movie/series/whatever. So yeah, I hope the next one comes out soon.

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#120: Dec 31st 2011 at 4:31:59 PM

I read that they want to release a sequel either in 2014 or 2015. They haven't decided which story to adapt yet, but they're looking at The Calculus Affair.

Here's an article about it.

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RLNice Bigfoot Puncher from a computer Since: Sep, 2010
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#121: Dec 31st 2011 at 4:53:16 PM

I heard they were doing The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun (it's a two-parter, like The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure).

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DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#122: Dec 31st 2011 at 7:01:43 PM

According to the article, Prisoners of the Sun "isn’t under discussion anymore". Shame, really. The Calculus Affair does seem like a good choice to base a movie on, though if that's the case, I must wonder how they plan on tying the film with the cliffhanger at the end of the first movie.

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#123: Dec 31st 2011 at 10:41:15 PM

the cliffhanger at the end of the first movie.

Okay, officially leaving the thread until I've seen the film.

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#124: Jan 1st 2012 at 1:59:17 AM

Interesting essay on Cartoon Brew.

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ladycoffee Shotamouse reporting. from your pocket Since: Sep, 2009
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#125: Jan 1st 2012 at 2:23:54 AM

As for the film not doing too fantastically well in the US, I don't think that's really about Americans having no taste or anything, but just that most people in the US just don't really know much or care much about Tintin. This film is aimed at European audiences anyhow, and it's the success or failure over there that makes or breaks the movie/series/whatever.

If it's aimed solely for the European audiences, I doubt that certain modifications in the film would be made. Like that inspirational speech, for example. It's very much American.

It's not about Americans having no taste, but they're not caring much about Tintin. That's exactly why I said that they're having an insular attitude, the same attitude that they have for soccer.

edited 1st Jan '12 2:24:54 AM by ladycoffee

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