Boring and too much Spielberg

Rating: Null/10 (2 November 2011)

I'm afraid for most of this film I was positively bored and just waiting for the end. Cons - 'charmless' motion capture that does not work (sorry, no I'm not, Andy Serkis, this development in cinema should be stopped now), 3D (what a con because it adds nothing to the film and they charge £2 extra at my kino), far too reminiscent of Indiana Jones (Tintin can stand on its own), too long Spielberg sequences (the crane and the pirate fight episodes were interminable), and the referential visuals (even got in 'War of the Worlds!'). So, no, not a good experience. It bounces along in familiar Herge vein at times, but the cartoons were as good if not better. The voices were not bad, but Tintin and Captain Haddock are too nice and schmaltzy American-like, witness the dear old Captain battling drink and alcoholism towards Spielbergian redemption - oh dear, oh dear! And my final rant - Brussels (for US audiences, I suppose) is made up of cockneys and English people! Please, Steven, don't insult Europeans even if you spend a lot of your time insulting Americans!!!!