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The Adventures of Tintin (2011) 7.4
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Metascore: 68/100
Reviews: 407 user | 414 critic | 40 from Metacritic.com Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor. Director:Steven Spielberg |
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Cast
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Tintin
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| Andy Serkis | ... |
Captain Haddock /
Sir Francis Haddock
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| Daniel Craig | ... |
Sakharine /
Red Rackham
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| Nick Frost | ... |
Thomson
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| Simon Pegg | ... |
Thompson
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| Daniel Mays | ... |
Allan /
Pirate Flunky #1
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| Gad Elmaleh | ... |
Ben Salaad
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| Toby Jones | ... |
Silk
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| Joe Starr | ... |
Barnaby
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| Enn Reitel | ... |
Nestor /
Mr. Crabtree
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| Mackenzie Crook | ... |
Tom /
Pirate Flunky #2
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| Tony Curran | ... |
Lieutenant Delcourt
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| Sonje Fortag | ... |
Mrs. Finch
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| Cary Elwes | ... |
Pilot
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Co-Pilot /
French Medic
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Having bought a model ship, the Unicorn, for a pound off a market stall Tintin is initially puzzled that the sinister Mr. Sakharine should be so eager to buy it from him, resorting to murder and kidnapping Tintin - accompanied by his marvellous dog Snowy - to join him and his gang as they sail to Morocco on an old cargo ship. Sakharine has bribed the crew to revolt against the ship's master, drunken Captain Haddock, but Tintin, Snowy and Haddock escape, arriving in Morocco at the court of a sheikh, who also has a model of the Unicorn. Haddock tells Tintin that over three hundred years earlier his ancestor Sir Francis Haddock was forced to scuttle the original Unicorn when attacked by a piratical forebear of Sakharine but he managed to save his treasure and provide clues to its location in three separate scrolls, all of which were secreted in models of the Unicorn. Tintin and Sakharine have one each and the villain intends to use the glass-shattering top Cs of operatic soprano the ... Written by don @ minifie-1
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This year, discover how far adventure will take you.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG for adventure action violence, some drunkenness and brief smoking | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
21 December 2011 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn See more »Filming Locations:
Wellington, New ZealandBox Office
Budget:
$130,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$9,705,000 (USA) (23 December 2011)Gross:
$77,564,037 (USA) (16 March 2012)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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[Sakharine winces]
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Did You Know?
Trivia
This film combines the Tintin tales 'The Crab with the Golden Claws' (Tintin befriends Captain Haddock whose ship has been hijacked by smugglers) and the two-parter 'The Secret of the Unicorn' and 'Red Rackham's Treasure' (Tintin and Haddock search for pirate treasure). See more »Goofs
Tintin's living room has net curtains in the windows when viewed from inside, but from outside they are not there, allowing somebody to spy on the Unicorn with binoculars. See more »Quotes
Bianca Castafiore: I am most grateful to Professor Sweetie Pie, for bringing me here to Bagghar![Sakharine winces]
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I went to see this film in a free screening and took my nephew and niece with me, seeing as it was a family film to try and get different reactions to the film.
Let me start off with my view of the film, I've been a fan of Tintin since I first saw the cartoon back in the early 90's, though never read the comics. When I saw the credits of who wrote, produced and directed the film, you think to yourself this film is going to be awesome, there is no way with all that talent they can't possible f**k this up (and they didn't). You have Spielberg directing, Peter Jackson as a producer. Also the writing team great with Steven Moffat, known for Sherlock, Dr who, Coupling and another of my child hood favs, Press Gang. Finally you have Edgar Wright, who wrote and directed Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
The version of the film i saw was 3d, as it was a preview and i didn't have a choice. Normally i watch all my showing in 2d as i think its personally a fad and a rip off and the films i have seen excluding Avatar, i didn't think the 3d aspect improved the film going enjoyment one bit. This again is my option while the 3d is nice, and the shots going through glass and water was really good, there was nothing else that would have me pulling out another £2 a ticket. I would have been happy with a basic 2d version.
On to the film story, TinTin (voice by Billy Elliott's Jamie Bell) buys a handmade ship in market. As soon as he buys it he gets a number of offers of people willing to buy it from him, which TinTtn rejects. When he gets home Snowy, Tintin dog, breaks the ship and a hidden clue rolls out, which begins Tintin trying to work out what it means. Tintin then gets kidnapped by the evil Ivanovich Sakharine (Daniel Craig), who is after the clue. This where Tintin mets up with Captain Haddock as they set of trying to work out the meaning of Tintin clue.
The film is a really mixture of action and adventure. We see the heroes on board ships, rowing boats, fly airplanes, riding camels, having car\bike chases and crane fights. The time flew past for me and not once did i feel bored, this was probably down to the amount going with the film, the quick pace of the action and the different locations of the characters were always in. It reminded me of the Indiana Jones films a lot, where he is on the hunt for treasure, and he only has half of the clues, and the bad guys have the others half and both sides are trying to get the other half for the themselves. He then needs to go around the globe via different transportation to get the info he needs to find the treasure.
There is also a large amount of humour in the film, seeing as Moffat, who wrote coupling helped write it, this is no big surprise. While i got the jokes neither my nephew (3) nor niece (8) did. So I am assuming that these were aim at the adults watching.
The characters the film makers can't chance much from the original Hergé comics, but Tintin I did find too goody goody, the captain is great character, who is drunk loser, but has a kind heart and wants to do the right thing. The bad guy, Sakharine, is perfect, scary enough to make you believe that he is ruthless killer who is a greedy and after revenge, but on the other had not going over board to make the kids feel scared or afraid of him when he was on screen. There is also the two comic relief characters of inspector Thomson, who are on screen just enough to make you smile at the pratfalls and their stupidness, but not too long for the jokes to wear thin so you're sick of seeing them.
My rating of the film would be 4 out of 5.
On to the kids view of the film. 1st my nephew who is 3 years old (4 in November). He told me he liked the film a lot especially the pirate bits, but he didn't understand why the pirates were bad. He also said he liked the motorcycle chase because the bikes were cool. As i was sitting next to him i could tell the film was slightly too long for him as he started to fidgit a bit in the last 15 mins.
My niece who is 8 (9 in December), i didn't get a lot of information from her, when i asked if she liked all her answer was yes it was good, and when i asked what her favourite bit was, she told me all of it.
As a reference for taking children during the half term break, i would say 4 and under while enjoy the film like my nephew did, but they won't fully understand the plot of the film or why certain things are happening, but for 5 years old and up this film and adults included this is a must see.