Ambitious but kind of falls flat

Rating: 7/10 (8 January 2012)

I've never read the comic book or watched the nick cartoons of Tin Tin so I went into this movie without any type of expectations which is good. Most animated films that have so much money tossed into them with big name directors and voice over actors tend to get so busy and overblown that you forget what the heck it is you're watching. With Tin Tin, it is a mixture of Indiana Jones and Pirates of the Caribbean -a lot of action with some humor thrown in. The movie does give you lots of eye candy but the characters do seem to babble on especially Captain Haddock who comes across as an alcoholic schizophrenic - the movie may be nickelodeon backed but it's really hardly something for kids with all these references to alcoholism,mental breakdowns and violence. It wasn't rated PG with cutesy in mind. The plot revolving around a sunken treasure ship and those who will do anything to get it has some fun but in the end it falls flat due to too much going on and not enough fleshing out of the characters. For those like me who knew nothing of the stories beforehand that helps instead of filling up the screen with car chases and unbelievable escapes - entertaining but doesn't tell a good enough story. 7/10.