Pedestrian adventure film, but at least it has Tintin

Rating: 7/10 (25 November 2011)

Some have described this movie as "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" with Tintin, but to me it doesn't really have the charm of something like the Indiana Jones movies. I don't know precisely what it is, maybe I just need my explosions to be in live action for them to work. The animation techniques used in this film are absolutely excellent, but when your writing is this mediocre the whole motion capture thing seems like nothing more than a gimmick. Speaking of useless gimmicks, what is up with the 3D-effects in this movie? Or rather, where are they? When you're forcing yourself to pay extra and watch an entire movie wearing those glasses nobody likes, you at least demand that there will be some things flying into your face. Forget it, unless you count subtitles. It's not all bad though. The actors for instance are very good, particularly Andy Serkis as Haddock. The movie also manages to strike the exact tone the comic books had, it's pretty faithful to the original and you can tell the makers love the source material. Furthermore, it can also be very witty sometimes, which is something you may not expect. Overall it's pretty entertaining and I had fun, "Tintin" is a decent popcorn flick without being anything special.