Tintin comes alive

Rating: Null/10 (30 October 2011)

Well, I'm not going to tell a lot from the movie itself since I don't want to spoil other people's fun who come to see the movie. However I can say that Spielberg and Jackson did a mighty good job on bringing Belgiums favourite character Tintin to life.
Visually the movie was just stunning, Tintin, Snowy, Haddock and the other characters and their surroundings we're just so lifelike, it took me several minutes to become aware of the fact that this is a animationfilm just like Beowulf. With the main difference... Tintin's clearly on the highest sport of the ladder. I don't think it's technically possible to make a character so realistic as Spielberg did. If this technique is expanded, Hollywood shiver and quake, cause real actors won't be necessary anymore. Throughout the entire movie you will keep asking yourself the question whether these characters and environments are real or fake. Personally, this film lands just below Avatar in case of visuals and effects.
Now, I do have a remark and I don't want to spoil the Tintin-fans their fun, but after seeing this movie I genually believe that you shouldn't do 3 comics in a movie which lasts for almost 2 hours. There are lot of elements of the original story in it, but I just couldn't help myself saying in mind that this isn't right. This isn't how the original story goes... However, if you're not a Tintin-fan, or you don't have read any of these stories you will find this movie quite entertaining and it will keep you on the edge of your seat throughout some very exciting scenes.
Overall, a really good movie that is definitely a must see for every movie-fan and I do smell an Oscar in this movie somewehere... Don't know exactly which one, but there is. If you doubt on deciding which movie to see... choose this one, you get a lot for your money in return.
(ps: excuse me for some grammatical mistakes in this review)