It is a well done motion picture, even if it isn't fully made justice.

Rating: 7/10 (10 April 2015)

I'm a fan of the Belgian Tintin comic books, so because of this imagine how I felt when I first learned that Tintin was made into a film and was coming to cinemas soon. When I first learned about this, I directly had a crescent-shaped smile forming on my face. I saw from the trailer that it was a half animated, half reality movie, which I thought perfectly represented Herge, Tintin's creator's world, rather than as a reality film. I felt excited to go and see this film, and to see how the comic book would turn out as a movie. I was excited to see the final result. But of course, whenever you go to see a movie, whether it is a half reality, half animation film or reality film, you're unsure whether the movie will be good or bad and you just keep your fingers crossed that the film will be good. Well, I felt confident that the movie would be good, because I realized that it was directed by Steven Spielberg, which surprised me, because I knew that Spielberg never ever made a computer-animated motion picture before in his longtime directorial career, and I was curious to see what he could do with a computer-animated motion picture adapted from a comic book for the first time in his life. I also felt confident that the movie would be good, because I knew that Spielberg was a talented director who made many successful films in his directorial career, and since the only distinction between The Adventures of Tintin and any of the movies that Spielberg directed is its thorough use of computer-generated imagery, I thought that this film would therefore be 'easy pie' for him to direct and make into a good film. Now, let's talk about my opinion on the film. What I thought was good about the movie is that it is incredibly well shot, has many truly admirable scene pieces, a good dose of healthy humor for both children and adults, an intriguing story (in its own right), nice tonal shifts, exciting action sequences and smart transitions. I liked Captain Haddock, and thought that he was an interesting character, because he is spirited and funny and he cheered me up with the things he said and did. Snowy also was a sympathetic character, and so was Tintin and the Thompson detectives. I thought that The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rhackam's Treasure comic books combined into a perfect and suitable hole for The Secret of the Unicorn film chapter. I liked the voices from the entire cast, and I thought that it was perfect and that it suited the characters they were playing. The quality of the computer-generated animation is arguably astounding. However, I thought that the flooding of the town of Bhaggar, the ship getting accidentally attached to the other ship, and getting itself pulled over it from the big waves, and the cranes battle scene were all a little too far-fetched-out and a little too American in style. Something else I would criticize in this film is Tintin and/or Haddock's lack of a character development. Nevertheless, I still think that The Adventures of Tintin is a fun and interesting film. My rating: 7.4/10