This movie was fantastic!

Rating: 9/10 (13 December 2011)

This is the first review I have ever written, and I am writing it purely because I love this film.
1) The 3D aspect in this film was brilliant! It was subtle and compelling, without being unrealistic and in-you-face. While I was in the movie, I removed my glasses for a few seconds to check that it was actually in 3D, and I could see the faint blur around characters. What I found fantastic about the 3D aspect of this film was that it was so believable, that you actually forgot that what you were viewing was entirely computer-generated. Some films abuse 3D technology so much that you feel that you're floating in out-of-space, but Tin Tin was done to perfection.
2)The storyline was compelling and fun. I've read some ridiculous reviews so far about how Spielberg 'ruined' the storyline by making it boring, and mixing characters and elements from different Tin Tin comics. SO WHAT? Spielberg never said the film was going to be called "Tin Tin: The Crab With The Golden Claws". In that case, if he mixed several comics, then people should have a right to be annoyed. But this film was about Tin Tin in general, and it gave people an overall sense of adventures and characters from a whole span of comics. Isn't it better for Spielberg to include references from several Tin Tin comic books, than to just go off on a completely different tangent without no reference to the comics at all? If that were the case, many of the die-hard fans would say that the movie had nothing to do with the soul and character of the original comics. Some people are just so damn fickle... On a more positive note: the storyline is beautiful and engaging, whether you are a age-old Tin Tin fan or just a movie lover.
I work in the film and animation industry, and as such I should be predisposed to picking apart any film that arrives in the cinema. However, I can say with utmost confidence, that Tin Tin is the greatest film from 2011.
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P.S. To the person who claims to be a Tin Tin 'expert' and says that Spielberg has it all wrong because Tin Tin actually has BLONDE hair - you're an idiot.