Has The Adventures of Tintin Aged Well?

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[mcurran]

10 years later and still waiting for the sequel.

[gabrielledebourg]

I’m a European who grew up on Tintin and I loved Spielberg’s version. He captured the spirit of adventure in the comics. I really liked the animation in it, because it captured the characters design. Spielberg also made great use of animation, like the one take scroll chase.

[tipsycat]

I fell in love with that movie upon its release, but it was odd because it seemed to create no impact on anyone else. It was a flop in the USA and hardly made a dent here in Europe, either. Even fellow Tintin fans refused to see it because they thought it had been 'ruined'. I didn't understand it at all. It was ahead of its time, I think. People were so soured by all the previous MoCap animations of the last few years that they rolled their eyes at this one, and it's such a shame because I truly feel that MoCap really LENDED itself to the style of Tintin.

[dan-mbne]

Fun fact: the first person seen onscreen at the very beginning (the guy drawing a portrait of tintin) is Hergé himself.

About Hergé's style, it's interesting to note that for him these characters are not cartoon characters, they are real people. That is why Hergé always favored live-action adaptations of Tintin over animated ones, despite the movie adaptations from the 60s being... not so great. So in a way, adapting Tintin with photorealistic motion-capture animation makes perfect sense.

[MicahBuzanANIMATION]

The camera is always spinning around in this movie, yet I never felt dizzy. The pacing and editing of action sequences is frenetic, yet I never felt confused about what I was seeing. The CGI characters were just about in the uncanny valley, yet never felt creepy.

I think Tin Tin has aged very well, as someone who just saw it for the first time 10 years after its release.

[BugsyFoga]

Still hoping for that sequel to happen.

[yoman]

I disagree with the film not having enough character depth.
If you look at the first 2 episodes from the '91 tv series or the comics, you'll notice that not only does Captain Haddock have more emotions here but also Tintin is extremely natural in his emotions and decisions. This was never the case with the original source material, only later do you see these things more fleshed out, the movie enhanced everything to a point where you could say it's definitely something of an underrated masterpiece.

[isaywhateveriwantandyougot]

I think we take criticism too far sometimes. This point that he makes about the pacing being too fast and having too much action is a very valid point, something I already noticed as a kid, but here's the thing: it It does not generalize the movie's entire strengths and weaknesses, it's only one singular weakness. You don't have to pin point every tiny mistake in a film and pretend like it ruins the entire experience

[erfaniom]

i am a massive tintin fan and i think if you read it first and then watch the movie the movie becomes less "weightless" as you put it, because you know all the characters

[chumuheha]

This movie definitely felt very close to the spirit of the original comics. All of the ridiculous stunts are taken straight from the pages.

[Narfu]

This film is CRIMINALLY underrated, so glad to see more people talking about it! Thanks for this video mate

[joaocmj]

I am actually really sad modern cinema moved away from motion-capture movies, I was a major fan of the technology/art form, and I was impressed by all of these films when they came out. Beowulf stands as my favorite Epic narrative film of all time, and both Zemeckis films and Tintin are for me incredible pieces of art that pushed the edges of what is possible in the art of moving pictures. As a major animation lover and a live-action lover, I think there is space for all times of art, and I really hope someone in Hollywood comes with another one of these movies sometime in the near future.

[TheJayman]

Jeez, that Ratatouille disclaimer... If I find out somebody used simulations for fluids or crowds or whatever on that film I'm gonna be PISSED. How DARE they not animate everything by hand!? /s

[unsuccessfullyjari]

I do not agree with you that it's not an underrated forgotten masterpiece.

[justafidemyself]

I still think this is one of Spielberg's best movies, period. Everything just works from the music to the characters and the animation is stellar, even ten years later. As a Belgian, it's very rare to feel proud. We don't have too much to be proud of as a small country, unless our football team wins something big, we, as a country rarely connect as a whole. That being said, I vividly remember when this movie came out, everyone felt so proud that this came from our little country. To get acknowledgment from some of the best movie makers in the world (I mean, Spielberg, Jackson and John Williams etc) was just so special. He captured the spirit of the books so well and the changes he made to the stories also meant that we got to experience the story in a new way, since the books are so well known here, there wouldn't be any big surprises left.
It saddens me that we still haven't gotten a sequel, there is so many potential here.

[snarkus]

It all depends on the final result. Tintin truly was the best of this short-lived trend of filmmaking, and it still holds up today.

[TwinTales]

The tv series The Adventures of Tintin did a great job capturing the style and tone of the comic books.

[filmtoppings]

For both Tintin and Tenet, the style IS the substance. The emotion, characters and story are told through the visual energy

[mrrd]

Tintin is one of the most underrated films of its time. It's a true adventure tale, and I still wish there were more of it.