The Adventures of Tintin: Movie Review

While reading a book you love, it is inevitable that you think about how the characters will look on the big screen. An image is created in your mind and you wonder whether that is really how they will be portrayed. (You probably do this kind of subconsciously though, since it’s unlikely that you spend too much time thinking about something as trivial. Our lives have many more important things happening in them.) However, when some rich producer half-way across the world decides that he wants to make his image of the character the most well-known, and that too in the form of a performance capture motion film, path breaking movies like (The Adventures of) Tintin are made.
When Tintin buys an old beautiful model of the war ship ‘The Unicorn’, he doesn’t realise, that it is actually a path to a bigger mystery -- the secret of the hidden treasure. But finding the hidden treasure calls for decoding a few lost symbols. That's where Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis) of disputed ancestry steps in and helps Tintin find the gold believed to be buried in the oceans. But only after he fights his swashbuckling ghost from the past, Ivan Sakharine, who wants it all, by hook or by crook. A due fight between the two which seeks to resolve all ancestral family feuds leads Tintin, his supremely intelligent white Wire Fox Terrier, Snowy and the foolish inept detectives Thomson and Thompson for a wild chase on the high seas through terrible thunderstorms to the shining desert country of Morocco. With phenomenal cinematography and commendable directing by globally acclaimed director Steven Spielberg, the entire journey will keep you on the edge of your seat.
This visually astounding, engaging and funny film based on the beloved comic books created by Belgian artist Herge, is one of the best movies of the year. Coincidentally, most of the year’s best movies release near the end of it. It’s unfair really, the way they keep us waiting for so long. But in the end, it’s definitely worth the wait. With its winding plot and fascinating array of beloved characters, Tintin didn’t fail to delight its legion of fans in India.
Whether it’s forty year old people who have grown up reading Tintin or a 5 year old kid who’s just learning how to read, Tintin is alluring and fun for everyone. And honestly, I’m not just saying this because it’s convention to put this at the end of every movie review, but it really is a must watch.