The Best animated movie of the year!

Rating: 9/10 (4 April 2012)

Does Steven Spielberg ever sleep? I mean, the man vanished for three years, and in the course of four days released two films, The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse. The later received a Best Picture nomination. I have yet to see it, but I have just seen TAOT and it's pretty safe to say that Spielberg is back in his comfort zone.
His last film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was one of the highest grossing films of 2008. But a lot seemed disappointed by it. I personally liked it. Sure some parts were a little hokey and the final twist was a little out of this world(haha get it?) but other than that I thought it was good, old fashioned, Spielberg-ian fun. And it's safe to say that The Adventures of Tintin is the same way.
Spielberg's film is his first animated film, and it's based on a European cartoon by Herge. Tintin(voiced by Jamie Bell) is a journalist, who, with the help of his dog Snowy and a drunken captain named Braddock(voiced perfectly by Andy Serkis, who hsould have won an Oscar by now) to find a treasure.
The film is very similar to that of one of Spielberg's Indiana Jones films. It has the wild adventure, atmosphere, and dry humor of those films, which makes this a film that Spielberg was born to direct. The Adventures of Tintin reminds us of why we go to the movies, and why Steven Spielberg is one of the most famous directors of all time.
This is the best animated film of 2011. Yes, it's even better than Rango, which I really liked. It's so much fun. It's too much fun, to be honest. It's good to have one of Hollywood's finest directors back on the big screen. And just because of that, I can't wait to see War Horse, even though it's 3 hours long.
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