Good solid CG work

Rating: 7/10 (14 September 2013)

If you're familiar with the great TinTin comic adventure books, then this grand sweeping adventure story is exactly what you'd expect from this franchise. Steven Spielberg uses a real CG motion capture technique. It looks pretty good. The facial expressions are head and shoulders better than Polar Express 7 years before. The eyes are getting better. The haunted blank face is no longer there. However it's still odd to try to pass a cartoon for real people.
There is too much POV camera movements in long sweeping scenes. It's tiring for the eyes. And we've seen it before. There's no need to dwell on it. It's as if Spielberg wants to show off. It adds nothing to the storytelling. As for the story, I did find Captain Haddock annoying when drunk. I think it's supposed to be funny, but it's not funny. I really didn't find any jokes funny.