‘Tintin’ for the win

By Claire Saiki,

Yet another kid’s adventure has come to theatres.  “The Adventures of Tintin,” however fits the bill for all ages including and especially avid readers of the “The Adventures of Tintin” series.

The movie was heavily based off of the series written by Hergé.  Directed by Stephen Spielberg, and with posh animations, this movie came out shining.

“The Adventures of Tintin” throws the viewer into a French market where Tintin (Jamie Bell), and his dog Snowy buy a rare model ship.  Tintin is soon confronted by a man who wants to buy this mysterious ship from him, and tells Tintin it will bring him grave danger.

Tintin, a journalist, is intrigued by his purchase and decides to find out more about it.  This ship quickly throws Tintin and his faithful pal into a series of adventures and treasure hunts.

You can’t help but get a little flustered by all the action and events, but the witty mind of Tintin and his comrade Captain Haddok (Andy Serkis) ensure the viewer all will be well.

Captain Haddok has everything to do with the mystery. While this drunkard may not always be quite on his feet, the humorous ere brings just the amount of laughs to keep anyone entertained.

Even with impending danger and cunning villains always around the corner, Tintin seems to always wiggle his way out of trouble and find himself thousands of miles away from where he previously was.

Everything about this movie proved to be very witty–even the side plots and characters, both of which always seemed to inch their parts back into the main plot to bring more laughter.

Another astounding aspect of “The Adventures of Tintin” was the animation, which made the characters look somewhat real, but at the same time have an animated quality to their appearance.  Also, the background and scenery detail suggest that the movie took ages to complete.

Overall “The Adventures of Tintin” was a fantastic movie that stayed true to the original comic book.  Somehow including all the characters, the witty screenplay was well written.  Tintin is worth seeing and will leave the viewer with even more mystery.