On the 23rd day of my 34 Days of Oscar, I saw the motion-capture animated film "The Adventures of Tintin". This movie has been nominated this year for Best Original Score (John Williams)."The Adventures of Tintin", directed by Steven Spielberg, is a motion-capture animated film based on a series of comic books published by Belgian artist Herge (Georges Remi) in the 1940's. Tintin, voiced by Jamie Bell, is a young reporter who has all sorts of adventures. He is aided in his quests by his faithful dog, Snowy. In this film, he is thrust into a race to find a secret treasure, the Unicorn, before Ivan Sakharine (Daniel Craig) does. Besides his dog Snowy, Tintin is aided on this hunt by Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis) and two not so smart detectives Thomson and Thompson (Nick Frost and Simon Pegg)
. In their quest to find the Unicorn the three companions, aided by the detectives, travel across the globe and discover that there is a secret additional agenda to Sakharine's plan - one that may cost the life of Captain Haddock.
. In their quest to find the Unicorn the three companions, aided by the detectives, travel across the globe and discover that there is a secret additional agenda to Sakharine's plan - one that may cost the life of Captain Haddock."The Adventures of Tintin" was both a good and a bad movie. The motion-capture animation was actually pretty good and not as creepy as it has been in the past. 
The voice casting was done well here and there were no weak spots that I could hear. I thought the movie looked pretty cool and had great cinematography for an animated film. It had the feel of an animated "Indiana Jones" film, which is what I'm sure Spielberg was aiming for although "Tintin" predates "Indiana Jones' by 40 years. John William's score has been nominated for Best Original Score at this years Academy Awards. The first 20 minutes of this score is absolutely awful. I was annoyed anytime I heard it and it took me right out of the movie. Later on, it improves and is much more tolerable but I am very surprised it was nominated for an Academy Award. I also didn't care at all for the main character - Tintin. I thought he was an
noying and at the beginning I wasn't surprised at all that he only had a dog for a friend. I think every single thing that comes out of his mouth in the first 20 minutes in this movie is a question and that drove me crazy. This is not the fault of the actor playing the roll, Jamie Bell, but of the script.
The voice casting was done well here and there were no weak spots that I could hear. I thought the movie looked pretty cool and had great cinematography for an animated film. It had the feel of an animated "Indiana Jones" film, which is what I'm sure Spielberg was aiming for although "Tintin" predates "Indiana Jones' by 40 years. John William's score has been nominated for Best Original Score at this years Academy Awards. The first 20 minutes of this score is absolutely awful. I was annoyed anytime I heard it and it took me right out of the movie. Later on, it improves and is much more tolerable but I am very surprised it was nominated for an Academy Award. I also didn't care at all for the main character - Tintin. I thought he was an
noying and at the beginning I wasn't surprised at all that he only had a dog for a friend. I think every single thing that comes out of his mouth in the first 20 minutes in this movie is a question and that drove me crazy. This is not the fault of the actor playing the roll, Jamie Bell, but of the script. Overall, I give "The Adventures of Tintin" 2.5 out of 5 stars. I thought for motion-capture, it looked pretty good and the overall adventure of the film was fun. I didn't care much for the score and I wish they had written the Tintin character differently. It was a fun animated film and if they were to improve the writing a little, I might actually look forward to the inevitable sequel in a few years or so.
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