Dr. Gonzo said:
Change animation once and for all?
Motion capture certainly did do wonders for the animation industry when it debuted, but it's all about light field imaging technology these days. How it's eventually implemented in animation remains to be seen.
Moedred said:
It's a bit depressing that in North America, Chipmunks (a guy screwing around with a tape recorder!) is at $100M and Tintin is at $50M. I reckon Spielberg spent the past month wishing he could say "Yes! Tintin's the dog! It's a talking *&#% dog. And don't forget the talking horse movie."
It's just
crept up to $76-million after a two-month theatrical run. I'm surprised it wasn't yanked out of theatres after a month. Fortunately it wasn't. And they finally got my $15.50 today.
Mille sabords!
Saw it. Thought it was a fantastic mash-up of
Red Rackham's Treasure,
The Secret of the Unicorn, and
The Crab with the Golden Claws. The cameo by Hergé at the beginning was inspired. The film noir elements that Spielberg was aiming for blended together quite nicely with the traditional action-adventure aspect.
If there's one thing I would have liked more of, it's more time in exotic locales. Specifically, Bagghar. Despite the absolutely thrilling motorcycle chase that takes place through its streets a lot more could have been done with the locale a la Hergé.
It's not quite
Indiana Jones and The Secret of the Unicorn, but it's close. While I no longer subscribe to the auteur theory, there is a lot of heart and joy on display during the movie and I suspect that at least some of that stems from Spielberg's belief/faith/enjoyment of the material.
Now I'm looking forward to see which of the 21 other books they mine for material, and what Peter Jackson can do with it. If
Entertainment Weekly is to be believed, we won't have to wait long.
Entertainment Weekly said:
Jackson?s spokesperson confirmed to EW that he will direct the next Tintin film, swapping roles with Steven Spielberg, who will produce (Jackson produced the installment that came out last year; Spielberg directed). Much of the behind the scenes prep work, including building the digital sets, characters, and locations will happen while The Hobbit is shooting, he said.
Total Film:
Spielberg Talks Tintin 2.
Steven Spielberg said:
"Peter, of course, is going to do it right after he finishes photography on The Hobbit. He?ll go right into the?performance capture.?
Good thing it hauled in three-hundred million plus in Europe and Elsewhere.
If you haven't had the chance to take in
The Adventures of Tintin yet, I invite you to do so now. I expect it'll be gone soon since the video release date was just announced.
The Adventures debuts on video on March 13th in two Blu-ray editions -- a Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD/UltraViolet Digital Copy combo pack designed to more closely replicate Tintin's original theatrical exhibition and a standard Blu-ray/DVD/UltraViolet Digital Copy combo pack.
Both editions present the film in its 2.39:1 original aspect ratio with 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio tracks alongside the following bonus supplements:
Eleven behind-the-scenes featurettes:
- Toasting Tintin: Part 1
- The Journey of Tintin
- The World of Tintin
- The Who's Who of Tintin
- Tintin: Conceptual Design
- Tintin: In the Volume
- Snowy: From Beginning to End
- Animating Tintin
- Tintin: The Score
- Collecting Tintin
- Toasting Tintin: Part 2