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PSA: The 2011 Tintin movie by Spielberg is actually phenomenal. Some people were put off by the animation, but I didn't find it to fall into the uncanny valley

PSA: The 2011 Tintin movie by Spielberg is actually phenomenal. Some people were put off by the animation, but I didn't find it to fall into the uncanny valley at all. It's silly and cartoony in the right ways, and some of the action sequences are up there with the best of Indiana Jones. Would highly recommend, though with the caveat that you'll wish they made a sequel. Unfortunately, Peter Jackson was supposed to take over for the second one, and he's not so reliable theses days.

vasac 2y ago
I don't particularly like Tintin, but I was watching it with a kid and was pleasantly surprised. In the end, it was a better adventure movie than the last Indiana Jones film. The chase scene in Moroccan streets was somehow much better than the similar Tuk Tuk scene in "The Dial of Destiny" - I guess seeing CGI in a cartoon doesn't look out of place, while it didn't look close to natural in DoD.
- throw4847285 2y ago
  There's this one part of the chase where Spielberg does this absurd minutes long one shot take including a 360 pan that would be impossible with live action. It's proof that we aren't awe-inspired by verisimilitude, but by audacity. Here's a video of some of Spielberg's best one shot takes from the Every Frame a Painting channel: https://vimeo.com/94684923 https://vimeo.com/94684923
  - xrd 2y ago
    I took your word for it. Wow, that's an amazing sequence!
  - mattpallissard 2y ago
    Agreed. I describe that movie to people as "Spielberg, but not constrained by reality"
arresin 2y ago
Wholeheartedly agree. It bothers me how overlooked it is. Completely insane how well they captured the unique spirit and voice of the comics (read all repeatedly when young).
- philistine 2y ago
  I have to disagree. That movie, which is a smorgasbord of incomprehensible action scenes, does not feel at all like a Tintin story. It's Indiana Jones with the numbers filed off.

vasac 2y ago

I don't particularly like Tintin, but I was watching it with a kid and was pleasantly surprised. In the end, it was a better adventure movie than the last Indiana Jones film. The chase scene in Moroccan streets was somehow much better than the similar Tuk Tuk scene in "The Dial of Destiny" - I guess seeing CGI in a cartoon doesn't look out of place, while it didn't look close to natural in DoD.

throw4847285 2y ago
There's this one part of the chase where Spielberg does this absurd minutes long one shot take including a 360 pan that would be impossible with live action. It's proof that we aren't awe-inspired by verisimilitude, but by audacity. Here's a video of some of Spielberg's best one shot takes from the Every Frame a Painting channel: https://vimeo.com/94684923 https://vimeo.com/94684923
- xrd 2y ago
  I took your word for it. Wow, that's an amazing sequence!
- mattpallissard 2y ago
  Agreed. I describe that movie to people as "Spielberg, but not constrained by reality"

arresin 2y ago

Wholeheartedly agree. It bothers me how overlooked it is. Completely insane how well they captured the unique spirit and voice of the comics (read all repeatedly when young).

philistine 2y ago
I have to disagree. That movie, which is a smorgasbord of incomprehensible action scenes, does not feel at all like a Tintin story. It's Indiana Jones with the numbers filed off.