Best animated movie of 2011

Rating: 9/10 (21 February 2012)

We got a lot of good animated movies in 2011, Kung Fu Panda 2, Rio, Rango, and Whinnie the Pooh, but Steven Spielberg's, The Adventures of Tintin was my favorite. Maybe it is just because I'm a Spielberg fanboy and like anything he does. Not true, sure I haven't hated anything he has done so far, but I never saw 1941, and I wasn't a big fan of Catch me if you Can. Also, while I did enjoy them I was never the biggest fan of the Indiana Jones movies, they're fun, and I own them, but they didn't blow me away.
Tintin is Spielberg's first animated film, and man was it a lot of fun. The action scenes are so well choreographed, and they are able to get angles that they can't get in live action. The films highlight is a motorcycle chase through Morocco, which is a three minute chase scene all in one shot, not one cut, and it was amazing.
The acting is great, Andy Serkis plays Haddack and he is absolutely hilarious. But the one who steals the show for me was Snowy, he was funny as hell, and just so cute. And Thompson and Thompson have quite a few funny moments as well, although they aren't in the movie that long.
But that's all well and good, but what about the animation. I have actually only seen two motion capture animated film before, The Polar Express, and Monster House, both of which I really liked. However this animation is done by the same studio that did Avatar, and it looks great. While I was pretty much always aware that I was watching a cartoon, the animation is so well detailed that I can totally see people being fooled by it.
Tintin is one of Spielberg's best films, in terms of my personal favorites I would actually put this in front of Schindler's List. And there are supposed to be two more Tintin movies, the next one to be directed by Peter Jackson and produced by Spielberg, and the third to be co-directed by both of them, and I can't wait.