Surprisingly good

Rating: 8/10 (7 January 2013)

The Adventures of Tintin is an excellent apology for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Spielberg lives up all his serialized, globe trotting, treasure hunting, pirate chasing fantasies he flooded into The Goonies and The Last Crusade. As the property sat on the shelf for so many years, it's pretty easy to see very strong parallels particularly in Last Crusade, but this is a superior work.
Animation has come a long ways from Polar Express, but the characters still look as if their heads are too big. It's still not quite right but not too distracting.
I'm keeping this one short because you're better off not taking my word for this and just seeing it yourself. The last third lacks the intrigue and adventure of the earlier parts of the story. Either from budget reasons or deadlines, Tintin seems to settle into too many clichés toward the end to put a quick finish on the story rather than actually flesh out something more in line with the careful characterizations of what came before.
Minus one point for the big headed Daniel Craig character and minus two points for the flat and cliché finish.
7/10
Bring on the next one!