point out a few flaws

Rating: 3/10 (2 January 2012)

Having been a big Tintin fan since I was 11 years old, I am a bit disappointed by this one, even though it is a Spielberg. The picture and the 3D aren't too fancy. Actually, for both TVs and films adaptations, I have found nothing able to convey the subtlety and 'gentleman like leisure' in Herge's cartoon. I mean, in the cartoon even when Tintin, Haddock or Professor Calculus was in danger, they would always walk out with ease like gentlemen. That's Herge's humor. But in the film all is lost. Let me just point out a few things: 1. In the cartoon even Haddock was often drunk, alcohol almost never got in his way of anything. 2. Nester, servant at Marlinspike hall, never talks that much ! 3. The fight in Morroco, with the plane, motors and tanks reminded me of 'raiders of the lost arc', while Tintin's glide down the hilly town reminded me of Rio de Janeiro as in 'Rio'. Come on, show us something new please!