Colourless

Rating: 3/10 (6 November 2011)

Herge-Tintin-Snowy-Captain Haddock-The Thompson Twins - these are all much loved icons from the French films I was introduced to in my youth. I then began consuming the comic book versions. Film first, comic book second. I really will be surprised if children that age now, being introduced to Tintin from this modern English speaking version, will quite get the romance and desire to read the comics. I hated this film for its 'flatness'. The John Williams music is particularly dull and rubs the shine off a number of the action scenes. The animation too is not convincing enough - I found the characters' eye direction is quite often wrong giving well drawn figures a wooden feel. It felt like all the speech was in a monotone - the impression maybe got through that appalling music. I really don't want to waste any more time seeing this again to confirm or deny my assertion. I was bored. I expect children will be bored too.