Forever Tintin

I have to give a round of applause to Tintin the Movie: Secret of the Unicorn, It is absolutely fabulous; animation-wise and I just love the classic 50s feel to it. Tintin is an old comic, and believe me—I have almost the entire comic collection at home. So missing out on this movie is totally criminal, and of course, I can’t condone that. J

I didn’t do any research on Tintin before catching the movie. So I had no clue at all; how the animation was like. I only caught a glimpse of the poster, and from there, I couldn’t tell much about the animation style. I guess I love to be surprised.

And the animation just blew me away. I think Tintin is the first animation to adopt such a realistic-style approach, making the characters look life-like and human-like; the gestures, the expressions and everything else. There are live action movies out there which have employed motion capture; such as Beowulf. But Tintin is probably the first cartoon that uses motion capture. OK, suddenly I remember another animation that uses motion capture; Christmas Carol by Disney starring the likeness of Jim Carrey.

But animation style used in Tintin is so special that I think this will stay on in my memory as long as forever (I mean, I love those Tintin comics!).

I wouldn’t want to elucidate on the movie details because giving away the whole story may not be fun at all if you haven’t watched the movie.

I think that they did a great job with portraying Tintin in motion capture. And Thomson and Thomson. And even Captain Haddock! They really pulled it off. Props to those animation team. Seriously great. I had a great laugh or two at the classic humor of Tintin; laced with contemporary feel.

I’m rating this movie 10/10 because I absolutely adore this movie.

Go, Tintin. I can’t wait for the sequel!!!!!!!!!