The Adventures of Tintin, Lost in Adaptation ~ The Dom

Did Steven Spielberg's adaptation of The Adventures of Tintin live up to Hergé's comic series?

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[captaintaco]

Honestly when it comes to the hyper realistic style of animation Tin Tin is honestly the best of the bunch.

[CrimsonFox]

"Bad news; we've only got one bullet"
"Whats the good news?"
"We've got one bullet"

[BarnabusBarbarossa]

The Dom, I don't know if this will alleviate your offense to the British warship thing any, but in the original French language script and in other translations, the Unicorn isn't a British ship. Sir Francis Haddock is explicitly in the French navy serving under Louis XIV in the original comic. The translators must've changed it (and the ship's flag) knowing that you Brits would have dire allergic reactions to the idea of a heroic French navy man.

[ZealotZeke]

13:11 I just realized... They had a *perfect* way of doing that, but also having an out: The man would *try* to show Tintin his badge, but when he reaches for it, realizes it's not there and that the pick-pocket likely got to him. Would've made that plot hole disappear... Or at least be less of one.

[Xerxes]

This movie really shows that Spielberg had a great admiration and deep respect for Hergé (Georges Rémi -> G.R. -> R.G. -> Hergé, for those who didn't know). Not only are there several references to other albums in the movie and in the opening credits, not only the artstyle is similar to books, but he also put Hergé himself in the movie! He's the street artist that draws Tintin's portrait at the beginning of the movie.

I hope they will make another movie. There were rumours that the next one would be "The Calculus Affair." My bet is that they will mix it with "Red Rakham's Treasure." In the end of the movie, Tintin and Haddock want to find the wreckage of the Unicorn. It's in Red Rakham's Treasure that we are introduced to Professor Cuthbert Calculus.

[the-NightStar]

My best friend is a really big Tintin fan. I, however, knew absolutely nothing about any of the comics at all or anything, before I watched this movie. So we watched it together and I asked him what he thought of it, and he basically told me "Well, it picks and chooses a lot of things from 3 different stories and puts them together, but I like it. It's a good movie for people that see this as their first Tintin thing ever, so I like it."

So now I get to see The Dom basically lay down the specific details of what my friend meant by that, so that's fun.

Also, For what it's worth, I actually liked the look of this film and it's motion capture. I think it perfectly avoids the uncanny valley by literally designing everyone to look like a literal cartoon character so it comes off to me as a good looking 3D movie of which I can barely tell the difference between it and a Pixar film visually. I wish motion capture would be revived, because if it all looked like this, I think it works.

[bainbonic]

2:25 Don't worry, The Dom. After the Harry Potteration, none of us think you'll give _anything_ special treatment just because you're a fan.

[thedatabase]

My brothers and I thought Tintin was a lot of fun, but we were waiting to see if they would go with the staggering amount of times he gets knocked out in the comics. Needless to say, we cheered when he did get knocked out.

[helios]

YOU FORGOT A COUPLE OF THINGS
1. The main villains of the Unicorn one: The Bird Brothers
2. A little reference to Herge at the beginning by making him the street artist
3. That it was a better idea to build up Titin & Haddock's relationship by introducing him in this movie rather than crow-baring in a forced history between the two

[lenore]

I always felt the biggest problem with the adaptation of Tintin was that they didn't make a sequel, so we didn't get introduced to Professor Calculus.

[imketys]

I really love how as good as al the scenes "at home" are actual locations in Belgium, for instance the crane fight takes place in the port of Antwerp, wich is of course accurate since Tintin himself is a Belgian. They even went trough the trouble of giving the cars Belgian licence plates and to me as a Belgian that just adds to the nostalgia of it all.

[dark_knight_-tbqd]

Fun fact: one of the writers of the screenplay was Doctor Who's Steven Moffat. Not that I'm blaming him for the loss in loyalty, but when you think about the story as a whole, it has a lot of his tropes attached to it.

[littlemissmello]

I think what's so great about Tintin, the comic books (and the cartoon serial), is that it takes its readers so seriously. Everything had an international feel to it, everything was grand scale, far off countries, exploration, human trafficking, drug trade, terrorism, civil wars, gang wars; the world's problems condensed to a comic for kids to read. Was great stuff!

[zachanikwano]

17:00
"Tintin and his friends have been kidnapped more times than Princess Peach."
It hurts how true that is. This comic series is where I learned what chloroformed was. ;)

[SRHunt]

I saw this movie on my 14th birthday with no knowledge of Tintin prior to going in. After leaving the theater, I began reading the comics, and bought the entire 1991 animated series on DVD. So, even if this film doesn’t please all the Tintin fans, you can at least give it credit for introducing the series to a new audience. I’m still waiting on the follow up to the movie. It’s suppose to be based on the Prisoners of the Sun arc.

[Katy]

Thank you so much for fulfilling my Patreon request! I'm a huge fan of Tintin, and I really enjoyed your video of the film and books. It was thoughtful, and I can tell you did your research on the film and books' history. :D

[williamhartman]

Chronicles of Narnia... please. We need to tear apart The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

[batshineman]

Actually Dom the FBI agent you are referring to was an Interpol agent FBI agents actually have no jurisdiction outside of the United States.

[X-SPONGED]

The flat scene with all the newspaper clippings gives me such a nostalgia orgasm. After seeing just some headlines, all the stories I read from my childhood suddenly came back, and it was amazing

[BugsyFoga]

Now this is a movie that needs a sequel !!!