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jackThe new Tintin film was fairly good.
The animation was amazing. The characters are animated but very human. I feel we're overdue for a scifi or fantasy film that really takes advantage of the possibility for human and alien characters to be created realistically but on equal footing.
The tone is about right: exciting and dangerous, without being dark or grim.
The plot is feel a bit wandering though: there were some good moments, exciting and funny, but the rest of the film didn't feel quite equal to them, though if you're not too critical, it's pretty enjoyable.
It unashamedly adopts a non-ironic classic "pirates and hidden treasure maps" story straight from the books, which I quite like. But the details don't actually make any sense: if the complicated clues lead back to his own house, why wouldn't someone looking for the treasure just search his house for something heavy that goes "clank" when you shake it, rather than solving the clues?
It unsurprisingly bombs out of the Bechdel test: I think there was female character, who was only on screen briefly and didn't really speak to anyone. But to be fair, you couldn't really pass the Bechdel test without making at least two of Tintin, Haddock, the villain or the thugs female, and I think that would have been quite cool, but it would also have been controversial.
The animation was amazing. The characters are animated but very human. I feel we're overdue for a scifi or fantasy film that really takes advantage of the possibility for human and alien characters to be created realistically but on equal footing.
The tone is about right: exciting and dangerous, without being dark or grim.
The plot is feel a bit wandering though: there were some good moments, exciting and funny, but the rest of the film didn't feel quite equal to them, though if you're not too critical, it's pretty enjoyable.
It unashamedly adopts a non-ironic classic "pirates and hidden treasure maps" story straight from the books, which I quite like. But the details don't actually make any sense: if the complicated clues lead back to his own house, why wouldn't someone looking for the treasure just search his house for something heavy that goes "clank" when you shake it, rather than solving the clues?
It unsurprisingly bombs out of the Bechdel test: I think there was female character, who was only on screen briefly and didn't really speak to anyone. But to be fair, you couldn't really pass the Bechdel test without making at least two of Tintin, Haddock, the villain or the thugs female, and I think that would have been quite cool, but it would also have been controversial.