Normally Not my kind Of Thing, But A Good Premise And I Enjoyed It

Rating: 7/10 (22 August 2012)

on a whole i'm not all that enthusiastic about CGI photography, especially in animated movies. i think that the emphasis on reality and live action squeezes the spontaneity out of the characterizations and backgrounds. i happen to like the painted, impressionist quality of the backgrounds in traditional hand drawn animation. however i did like this movie and found it involving. it was very similar to 'Polar Express' for me, liked the film but didn't warm to the process.
personally i think Disney and the amazing Pixar do this better. Disney and Pixar give their CGI animated films a true characterized and stylized look that hand drawn animated films embody. 'Polar' and 'Tin Tin' lack the animated expressionism that say a 'Cars' or the incredible ' The Incredibles' has.
i did like 'Tin Tin' surprisingly despite it's short comings as a animated feature. i've read the 'Tin Tin' comics and would have to say this is a more than adequate adaptation. it also had a lot of charm and well done action adventure. the main character of Tin Tin and his doggie Snowy were also well conceived with Tin Tin himself being very adventurous and intriguing. the overall story was fairly involving as well.
all in all, not a great film and not as arresting a ground breaker in photography as you would think, but it was a good kid's flick and had a lot to offer in terms of conception and storyline.
for me CGI doesn't quite cut it over traditional hand drawing, so on the whole, i still prefer sticking to what's tried and true to the form, Disney's 'Dumbo' or 'Fantasia'.