First things first, this is not a review of the movie as I am not in capacity of giving expert opinions on such masterpieces. This is more like sharing the experience of the movie.
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Now having read after borrowing the books from kind friends and lovely neighbors I was really looking forward to the movie, especially since Spielberg and Jackman were coming together. As expected the movie has a mix of different stories but the spectator (yeah it was like watching an adrenaline pumping game) never ever misses the track as the story is very well woven. The 3D motion capture used in this movie has given it an amazing sense of reality even with the animated snowy doing a brilliant job. This is the best adaption of Tintin that I have seen on screen.
The adventure starts off with Tintin buying a replica of the Unicorn ship and being accosted by mysterious looking men. What follows is a roller coaster ride of thrill and adventure as Tintin follows the clues looking for a story on the same. Daniel Craig as Ivan Sakharine stumps us with the evil performance. But the movie particularly belongs to captain haddock and Snowy. Other characters from the book also come alive in this movie with Bianca Castaffiore also getting a place. The bike chase scene is one which will go down in the history of this genre of filmmaking as an epic scene ( I have later come to know that it was a continuous take!). I feel even if someone who has never read or heard about Tintin (Is there someone?) they too would like the movie.
All in all a very well spent time and when I say the movie ended pretty fast I mean the time flew like seconds while the movie was on. It gives a hunger to see more and more of the adventure and that is what already makes the sequels worth waiting for. Personally I missed ‘thundering typoons’ from haddock although there was a healthy dose of”Blistering Barnicles”.
Great Snakes this is going to be a great Series!!
