Absolutely amazing, this Steven Spielberg version of the 1930's and 40's comic strip seems like you're watching a live action film because of how realistic the animation is. It's the type of animated films that young boys could talk about without embarrassment, but that the whole family could enjoy as well. Jamie Bell as the boyish looking journalist ends up in an adventure so thrilling that it truly does become the stuff that dreams are made of.
Combining the themes of pirate adventure, the Arabian Knights and Monty Python, this is consistently funny and action packed. Andy Serkis provides the voices in a terrific dual role, causing confusion everywhere either character goes, and Daniel Craig makes for a terrific pirate villain. The rest of the characters need to be discovered by the viewer for their own terrific eccentricities, and the focus of the animators to make odd looking noses for each of then is another creative piece of genius.
Snowy, the dog, is adorable and gets into all sorts of funny scrapes. Nick Frost and Simon Pegg as the two daffy detectives are like animated Keystone cops. Kim Stengel, as the vain but not very glamorous opera star Bianca Castafiore is another highlight. I felt that the film took me all over the world to all sorts of exotic places, with the scenery beautifully captured by the CGI. For once, I was not annoyed by it. Definitely a more comical variation of what Spielberg had done with Indiana Jones, and just as much of a modern classic.
Combining the themes of pirate adventure, the Arabian Knights and Monty Python, this is consistently funny and action packed. Andy Serkis provides the voices in a terrific dual role, causing confusion everywhere either character goes, and Daniel Craig makes for a terrific pirate villain. The rest of the characters need to be discovered by the viewer for their own terrific eccentricities, and the focus of the animators to make odd looking noses for each of then is another creative piece of genius.
Snowy, the dog, is adorable and gets into all sorts of funny scrapes. Nick Frost and Simon Pegg as the two daffy detectives are like animated Keystone cops. Kim Stengel, as the vain but not very glamorous opera star Bianca Castafiore is another highlight. I felt that the film took me all over the world to all sorts of exotic places, with the scenery beautifully captured by the CGI. For once, I was not annoyed by it. Definitely a more comical variation of what Spielberg had done with Indiana Jones, and just as much of a modern classic.