"Billions of blistering barnacles!" A Review on The Adventures of Tintin;

Rating: 6/10 (8 February 2012)

ACTORS: Jamies Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Nick Frost, and Simon Pegg.
PLOT: Tintin (Jamie Bell), a reporter from Brussels gets tangled up in a mysterious adventure to find out a secret upon the purchase of a model of the Unicorn, a three-masted sailing ship. With the assistance of his faithful dog Snowy, Thompson and Thompson (Nick Frost and Simon Pegg), and the short fused Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis). They plan to thwart the plans of a vengeful villain, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine (Daniel Craig).
ACTING: The best voices come from Thompson and Thompson (Nick Frost and Simon Pegg) and Sakharine (Daniel Craig). Tintin (Jamie Bell) I found to be too irritatingly whiny and Captain Haddock (Andy Sekis) to be an overly obnoxious Scotsman.
Tone: A humorous, rather lighthearted, action adventure in the vain of Indiana Jones (so do expect some mature themes and content).
SCRIPT: Loosely based off three of Hergé's Tintin comic books, The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Secret of the Unicorn, and Red Rackham's Treasure.
PROS: Incredible CGI and 3-D visuals. Intriguing and enjoyably fun (for the most part).
CONS: Unlikeable voices for the two lead characters. Drags out in scenes. Plot loses itself at times with the stellar CGI and 3-D visuals. A few cheap gags.
VERDICT: If you liked this film, than watch the cartoon from the 1990's, I still found this film to be enjoyable but the cartoon is still more pleasant to watch. Spielberg and Jackson should have focused on one story instead of three. They portray Haddock a little over the top as an excessive drinker and I find they used him as a gag one too many times to earn some lousy laughs. They tried too hard with making an action packed adventure that they forgot the simplicity of the comics. Having said that I did find the film to be imaginative and nicely interwoven between stories, even though I did not see as necessary. Definitely preview before buying.