Billions of blue blistering barnacles, Ten thousand thundering typhoons — for a whole generation these were the epitome of cuss words thanks to Captain Haddock.
Being an hardcore Tintin loyalist the excitement to see the boy sleuth of screen was certainly brewing high. But the movie left me wanting more. It left a mixed reaction in me and here I come one by one at different levels. Story Level — Hollywood have adapted many novels for big screen and most of the times it has failed to recreate the finesse of the original work. Spielberg's rendition of Tintin somehow managed a mixed reaction in terms of story.
Firstly selecting "The Crab with the Golden Claws" make sense as that shows the boy sleuth meeting the gold hearted Captain Haddock for the first time and in the first encounter Tintin comes face to face with the perennial drinking habit of Captain.
Personally I felt that the two stories have been woven wisely with liberty taken in creating an ancestral fight between Captain Francis Haddock and Pirate Red Rackham. Somehow the cocktail was well crafted with the story oscillating between two original books. But the second half was outright outlandish as Spielberg merges his own imagination in creating a full fledged action film which took away the essence of Tintin. The subtlety, intelligence were missing as the director chose to make a 80s Bollywoodish action climax which had no connection to the original one.
Moreover the movie ended in the way the comic book "Red Rackham's Treasure" ends yet Spielberg hinted a sequel which is related to Red Rackham's treasure. That shows the sequel will be a total new story by Spielberg or Peter Jackson with touches of original. It will be strictly for those who have no idea of what actual Tintin is all about. I mean Spilberg could have named it anything Tom Dick and Harry if not Tintin specially for the second half.
Character Level — Spielberg is almost perfect in designing the characters. The look and the way the screen Tintin reacts brings in nostalgia of childhood days when we imagined and discussed amongst friends how Tintin would have behaved if made on screen.
The attire to expression was all nicely done. Same goes for Snowy, the cute loyal dog of Tintin who can fight with the goons to save his beloved master. In fact children will fall in love with Snowy after watching this film. In one of the scene when Tintin gets kidnapped Snowy follows the car of the goons to the ship were Tintin was deported. The scene indeed brings out the pathos and concern inside Snowy for his master.
Coming to Captain Haddock the characterization isn't as perfect as the comic book. The laziness and craziness in the first half were apt but then Captain fighting in the second half is too hard to digest. The detective duo Thompson and Thomson is appropriate and so is famous nightingale singer Bianca Castaphiore. But Spielberg should have included the verbal fights between Castaphiore and Haddock though he hinted Haddock and Snowy's disgust for Castaphiore's opera.
Coming to the villains I am not convinced of Sachcharin as the main villain. The original had Bird Brothers as the villain duo which was more convincing than the screen one. In fact if they wanted to include a dreaded notorious villain then Rastapopulous the evergreen big nosed enemy of Tintin would have been the right choice. Even malicious Captain Allan has been relegated to side kick of Sachcharin. Captain Francis Haddock and Red Rackham's characters were true to the original book and it worked well.
Technical Level :- Frankly speaking the 3D effects were disappointing though the animation was top notch. The shadows and the structures created the by gone era with utmost precision.
The fight sequence between Captain Francis Haddock and Red Rackham was one of the best sequences in the film. In theory at least, Tintin lives in Belgium — the whole franchise started as a Belgian comic strip in But the books are deliberately vague on that subject. Western Europe. Again, deliberately fudged, since the comics came out over the course of almost 50 years.
If you know something about cars, you can probably date the movie that way. Who invented Tintin? There are a lot of theories floating around that Remi was secretly an evil person: one of the early books, Tintin in the Congo, is pretty racist, and Remi got labeled a collaborator for publishing Tintin in a Belgian newspaper while the country was still occupied by the Nazis.
Does Tintin — how can I put this — love the ladies? That is not known. He is efficient and responsible, does not smoke and rarely drinks, and is athletic he is seen doing yoga various times throughout the series, and does stretches and warm-ups in Prisoners of the Sun.
He is a skilled driver of almost any vehicle, including tanks, motorcycles, cars, helicopters, and speedboats. The final unfinished adventure, Tintin and Alph-Art , saw Tintin being led out of his cell to be killed, although it is very unlikely that he dies at the end of the story.
Assouline described the character as "obviously celibate, excessively virtuous, chivalrous, brave, a defender of the weak and oppressed, never looks for trouble but always finds it; he is resourceful, takes chances, is discreet, and is a nonsmoker. Michael Farr deemed Tintin to be an intrepid young man of high moral standing, with whom his audience can identify. His rather neutral personality permits a balanced reflection of the evil, folly, and foolhardiness that surrounds him, allowing the reader to assume Tintin's position within the story rather than merely following the adventures of a strong protagonist.
To the other characters, Tintin is honest, decent, compassionate, and kind. The reporter does have vices, becoming too tipsy before facing the firing squad in The Broken Ear or too angry when informing Captain Haddock that he nearly cost them their lives in Explorers on the Moon.
However, as Michael Farr observed, Tintin has "tremendous spirit" and, in Tintin in Tibet , was appropriately given the name Great Heart. By turns, Tintin is innocent, politically crusading, escapist, and finally cynical. Tintin is shown as a well-rounded yet open-ended character, noting that his rather neutral personality, odd given the evil, folly and foolhardiness which he encounters.
Tintin has a tendency to tie and gag people, is often shown enjoying doing this. Unlike other characters such as Captain Haddock or Professor Calculus, Tintin has no discernible backstory. His companions encounter old friends such as Captain Chester or Hercules Tarragon , yet Tintin only meets friends or enemies whom he met in previous adventures.
At the end of Tintin and Alph-Art he is to be turned into a Cesar. This is evident in "Tintin in Tibet" where the adventure started because of a nightmare where he saw his friend,Chang calling for help. He seemed to never learn to give up. However the movie presents a more mature Tintin whose adventure is purely professional. When Sakharine asks him "Goodness me! Why so many questions?
The movie Tintin is not younger than 22 years old. At one time he also gives up and confirms that he is realistic. Bianca Castafiore is in 30s too. It is evident when she has affection towards Captain Haddock and the Professor shows affection to her The Castafiore Emerald. While I always enjoyed the fact that we never knew how old Tintin was, I do like to think that he matures a little through the course of the series.
One day in high school, my sister and I diagrammed the books and this is what we decided sounded about right. In my opinion Tintin: 15 at the beginning. Snowy: 3 in dog years. Haddock: mid 40's-early 50's Thom p sons: mid 30's-early 40's.
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