The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

[Mofo Rising]

I haven't seen this as yet ~ I'm a Tintin fanboy and I read that three of the books have been combined to make this (i.e. The Crab With The Golden Claws, The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure) while a minor character in the Unicorn book has now been made the villain. 

I would really like to see it but I don't know if I should or not. 

Yes, yes you should.

The story of the Tintin movie is almost entirely the story of "The Secret of the Unicorn." The comic story comes to fruition in "Red Rackham's Treasure." The movie jettisons that. "The Crab With the Golden Claws" is only mentioned because it sets up a later part of the movie in an unnamed Middle-East country.

Sadly, there is no Cuthbert Calculus.

However, the Tintin movie is so good, and it so very true to the original comics. I was worried that they would play down the character of Captain Haddock, who is an unrepentant old drunk, but they don't. If you are a Tintin fanboy, you should see this movie. In fact, if you know the Tintin comics, you will be rewarded in ways those who aren't familiar with the comics in many unexpected ways.

The movie is a love affair to Herge's original comics, and also the best action movie I've seen this year. If you like Tintin, you need to see this movie.

[dean]

Yet Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 is beating it in box office.  #sadworldweliveinwhenchipmunksmoviesmakemorethanactualgoodmovies

[Jim H]

Yeah, I feel I should have mentioned Haddock's drunkenness..  It was incredibly refreshing to see a drunk comic relief character played straight, and not watered down at all.  Very pleasant surprise. 

Spielberg is still old-fashioned in some of the best ways.

[ulthar]

There is no way on this earth that Chipmunks is a BETTER movie than TINTIN, and time will tell that no matter what the box office says.

That said, Chipmunks 3 had its moments, and I especially liked the references (and fun they had with them) to CAST AWAY.

I paid for tickets at both...for different reasons, and I got something different from each.

I guess my point is that as we all know, box office is no measure of quality at all.

[dean]

There is no way on this earth that Chipmunks is a BETTER movie than TINTIN, and time will tell that no matter what the box office says.

That said, Chipmunks 3 had its moments, and I especially liked the references (and fun they had with them) to CAST AWAY.

I paid for tickets at both...for different reasons, and I got something different from each.

I guess my point is that as we all know, box office is no measure of quality at all.

I can't imagine a world where 'Chipwrecked' is better than the excellent Tintin, and worldwide box office figures will HOPEFULLY right this grievous wrong in the long term.

That being said, the makers of Chipwrecked should be commended for the perfect timing of their release: school holidays in a season that seems to be lacking in reasonable choice for kids movies [there's not alot in the way of kids films that spring immediately to mind this current season]

[Damien Valley]

I really liked it.  Does anyone here remember the cartoon tv show from the early 90s?  I think it aired on HBO and Nickelodeon.  I have asked a lot of people and not too many remember it. 

I was very surprised to find out they made a movie about a story that would be considered pretty obscure in the United States.  That was until I found out that Steven Spielberg has owned the rights to make it since 1982.  He was reading reviews about Raiders of the Lost Arc and saw someone compare it to the Adventures of Tintin.