One of this year's most satisfying movie experiences

Rating: 8/10 (13 November 2011)

What happens when 2 Gods of movie making decide to come together. What happens when both decide to try a relatively unexplored style of film making (and move out of their Oscar winning comfort zones). What was going in their minds when they decided to drop the idea of making Tintin in live action and adopt "Motion Capture"....
Simple...the question that Peter "LOTR" Jakson & Steven "needs no introduction" Spielberg asked each other "what can we achieve here, that's impossible in Live action". Brilliant camera work and imaginative visuals. The camera moves in angles, frames and spots that are physically impossible to reach in normal movie making. e.g. Tintin and Snowy's escape from on-coming cars in the middle of a busy street. Haddock's brilliant flashback sequence, and finally one of the most exhilarating chase sequence filmed in a imaginary Arab Port town of "Baggarh". These scenes leave you gasping for more.
But...all this fancy visuals, graphics and pathbreaking animation would have failed if Steven Spielberg didn't have a wonderful script, thanks to Herge's unforgettable characters, and hadn't stuck to the soul of these characters. The Thomson twins are funny, Andy Serkis plays a perfect Haddock and the script gives Snowy lots of chances to prove that he is a very smart pup.
Spielberg doesn't go overboard with the animation and presents us with a perfect blend of Great story with wonderful visuals merged with apt background score by John Williams.
Do not mistake this for a cartoon. It's one of this year's most satisfying movie experiences. DON't MISS IT.