Movie Of The Year

Rating: 10/10 (30 December 2011)

Steven Spielberg, you have done it again. This is his latest movie (and his first animated one at that) based on the classic Tintin comics created by Herge. Despite the fact that this is his first animated film, Spielberg does not disappoint and actually delivers a fantastic movie. Now, where did the idea for the making of this film start? Mr. Spielberg of course. What's interesting is that he wanted to make it a live action film. So he contacted Peter Jackson of Weta Digital to produce a "CGI" Snowy (Tintin's dog). Jackson's reply? That live action wouldn't do it justice. So, the outcome was a motion capture film. Real actors, really acting; covered in a layer of the most realistic animation out there. From Morocco's streets to Captain Haddock's nose hair, the detail is so great that it makes you think: "Why would they want to make it animated if they bothered with the little things? Why not get real actors?". Why? Ill tell you why. Because when using animation, you get the real look of the characters without murdering them, without complaints from people that this actor would have been better, or looked more like this character and all that. Now, the movie's plot is taken from three of the original comics. "The Secret of the Unicorn", "The Crab with the Golden Claws", and Red Rackham's Treasure". The story is fantastic. The cast as well. Now, I'm sure Andy Serkis is going to be in every motion-capture film till the end of his days. Let's see the accomplishment: King Kong- did the real screaming and growling for King Kong; Lord of the Rings-people insisted Serkis be nominated as best actor even though the role was done with motion-capture; Rise of the Planet of the Apes; fantastic job as Caesar; Captain Haddock-full of life, extravagant, one of a kind character. I'm a big fan. Now, people are saying that the movie didn't do the comics justice. I for one, think it did. Sure they weren't "COMPLETELY" faithful to the comics in a sense that they merged different comics and all that. But you see, that's the problem with people! They are huge fans of lets say, a comic book. And when they watch the movie, they get angry because they didn't follow every tiny detail. The director and his crew need their artistic freedom! Keeping only the essential and key elements. That's what they did here, and it worked.
Directing: Steven Spielberg is great when filming live action. He's much better when it comes to animated films! The way he interpreted the scenes and especially the scene where ******* ******* makes a transition between himself and *** ******* *******. It is fantastic, well played and i cant praise it enough.
Effects: Take the most realistic animation you have ever seen while staying just short of the border between animation and reality and multiply that by a million. The result? "The Adventures of Tintin"
Acting: Superb. No exaggeration here. It was great. Especially...wait for it... Andy Serkis.
Over-all: This may be a bold statement. To me, this is the movie of the year. Nothing i say can express my feelings for this movie. It's a big ball of freaking' awesomeness, and you need to see it. "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn" is the definition of a great movie.