danybug Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 We are excited to go see the new TinTin movie this afternoon. It looks great and has good reviews in today's paper. My ds loves the comic books when he gets them from the library. And he bought season 1 of the tv show from Target last week. I got him some of the older comic books for Christmas. So, has anyone seen it yet or excited to see it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Haven't seen it yet, but I'm very excited to see it! I've read all the comics. I love Captain Haddock and Professor Tournesol- he's the little old guy with the ear horn. I've read them all in French and don't know how they translate his name. I know they call Milou Snowy, which seems funny to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulubelle Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 My dh read them all when he was a kid. I had never heard of it. My ds is way into it. We are looking forward to seeing as soon as we can. Maybe Christmas day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I'm glad to hear it is getting good reviews. My younger girls have read all the books and were really hoping that the movie would be worth seeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moniksca Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Both my dh and ds have read all the comics as well. Ds is very excited about seeing the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acurtis75 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 It looks good to me also but I hope some of you who go see it will post your impressions after you go. A few of the reviews I read said it was intense in parts and I'm wondering if it will be okay for younger children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Haven't seen it yet, but I'm very excited to see it! I've read all the comics. I love Captain Haddock and Professor Tournesol- he's the little old guy with the ear horn. I've read them all in French and don't know how they translate his name. I know they call Milou Snowy, which seems funny to me. He's Professor Cuthbert Calculus in English. What do Tournesol and Milou mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LG Gone Wild Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 TinTin the comic is funny, filled in politically incorrect images. The promos for the film make it look too serious. Of course we will be seeing it! (I am a little apprehensive, though.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 We are excited to go see the new TinTin movie this afternoon. It looks great and has good reviews in today's paper. My ds loves the comic books when he gets them from the library. And he bought season 1 of the tv show from Target last week. I got him some of the older comic books for Christmas. So, has anyone seen it yet or excited to see it? My older kids saw it last night and said it was very good. They said we should go and take our 10yr old. They know I'm not a big movie goer, so it must be pretty good for them to recommend I see it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 The story looks cute, but that style of animation makes me queasy for some reason. I can't handle the previews even. I assume it's the uncanny valley at work, just like in Mars Needs Moms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 We just went to see it (in 2-D;)) this afternoon. It was great fun! All three of us really enjoyed it. In no way too serious, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Haven't seen it yet, but I'm very excited to see it! I've read all the comics. I love Captain Haddock and Professor Tournesol- he's the little old guy with the ear horn. I've read them all in French and don't know how they translate his name. I know they call Milou Snowy, which seems funny to me. Capt. Haddock and Snowy are there, but no Professor Tournesol (at least not in this film...they left lots of room for a sequel;)). Casting Nick Frost and Simon Pegg as the policemen was a great move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Hoping to take my four guys to see it tomorrow afternoon. They love the books. Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 He's Professor Cuthbert Calculus in English. What do Tournesol and Milou mean? Tournesol means sunflower, but I don't know if Milou means anything. I think it's just a cute doggie name, like Sparky or Rover. Capt. Haddock and Snowy are there, but no Professor Tournesol (at least not in this film...they left lots of room for a sequel;)). Casting Nick Frost and Simon Pegg as the policemen was a great move. How could I forget about Dupond et Dupont! Are they called that in English? I love those guys, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 How could I forget about Dupond et Dupont! Are they called that in English? I love those guys, too! Thompson and Thompson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Karen, how was Captain Haddock? Did they faramir him, or does his film character match the books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I loved the opening credits - they animated the actual drawn comics - the motion capture animation was fine - I actually forgot the film was not "real" for most of it. SillyAutismMan loved it. Little kids in the theater loved it. Worth seeing. Amazon UK finally let me order some action figures (last week was still saying they could not ship them to the states). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Karen, how was Captain Haddock? Did they faramir him, or does his film character match the books? I have to admit that, while I've read a few of the books, I'm not familiar enough to say. My daughter says that she thinks he was very much like the books, if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hathersage Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Tournesol means sunflower, but I don't know if Milou means anything. I think it's just a cute doggie name, like Sparky or Rover. I thought Milou was a combination of marie-lousie? I found it in the baby naming meanings... http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Milou.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 We are excited! We fell in love with TinTin when we lived in Belgium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Thompson and Thompson.Well almost--just like Dupond and Dupont, they are Thomson and Thompson. (Thus the 80's band named The Thompson Twins!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 We just went to see it this afternoon. It was very, very fun. The animation took a bit of getting used to, but the effect is good, different from but still true to the books. The thompsons were a little disappointing, but Haddock and Tintin were perfect. Snowy was cool, the opera singer makes a small but influential appearance, the villain was suitably villainous, and the special effects were really awesome. This was my first 3D movie, and while I would not choose it, it wasn't bad. Overall, a really fun movie--I give it an A. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Well almost--just like Dupond and Dupont, they are Thomson and Thompson. (Thus the 80's band named The Thompson Twins!) Ah, now, see, if it had subtitles I would have caught that.:) I'm so spoiled to having subtitled or captioned movies at home, even those in English. It's been many years since I read any of the books. Even then, I only read one or two so the details are very blurry---not much beyond the fact that it was originally in French and involved a boy and a dog, I'm afraid:). I don't think they explicitly said that there was a difference in spelling in the movie (if they did, I missed it), though there was a bit of byplay later that I now can see alluded to it (no spoilers :)). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 We are excited to go see the new TinTin movie this afternoon...So, has anyone seen it yet or excited to see it? Here! I've been a TinTin fan since...well, since I was young, so a good long while now.;) My guys enjoy TinTin, too, although they're far more into Asterix (as am I). Given that most of my boys have rarely stepped foot in a movie theater, though, I'm sure if I offer to take them they'll be on board.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danybug Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 We just went to see it this afternoon. It was very, very fun. The animation took a bit of getting used to, but the effect is good, different from but still true to the books. The thompsons were a little disappointing, but Haddock and Tintin were perfect. Snowy was cool, the opera singer makes a small but influential appearance, the villain was suitably villainous, and the special effects were really awesome. This was my first 3D movie, and while I would not choose it, it wasn't bad. Overall, a really fun movie--I give it an A. :D Thanks for updating us! An A is good. We didn't end up going, because I want to see it regular (whatever that is called?) and not 3D so there was only one showing which we missed. 3D just makes me feel motion sick or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammie Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 We saw it when it opened here in India (Tin Tin is HUGE in India - who knew?) We saw it in 2D and it was very good. The kids really enjoyed it - we thought it stayed pretty true to the books. Don't think I would need to see it multiple times but we were glad we did see it in the theatre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kertie Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 We just went to see it this afternoon. It was very, very fun. The animation took a bit of getting used to, but the effect is good, different from but still true to the books. The thompsons were a little disappointing, but Haddock and Tintin were perfect. Snowy was cool, the opera singer makes a small but influential appearance, the villain was suitably villainous, and the special effects were really awesome. This was my first 3D movie, and while I would not choose it, it wasn't bad. Overall, a really fun movie--I give it an A. :D Thanks for the review:). We're planning on seeing it tomorrow--although I think we'll do 2D for the sake of the youngest (and me :D). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 We just went to see it this afternoon. It was very, very fun. The animation took a bit of getting used to, but the effect is good, different from but still true to the books. The thompsons were a little disappointing, but Haddock and Tintin were perfect. Snowy was cool, the opera singer makes a small but influential appearance, the villain was suitably villainous, and the special effects were really awesome. This was my first 3D movie, and while I would not choose it, it wasn't bad. Overall, a really fun movie--I give it an A. :D I just asked my sister if she thought La Castafiore would be in it, and she said no. Can't wait to tell her she makes an appearance. My sister is writing her doctoral dissertation on the fantastique in Belgian Lit and Magic Realism in South American Lit, so she's just as big a TinTin geek as I am! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 we saw it last weekend and in French ;-) Ok, so we saw a translation, but there was no way I was going to see a Tintin movie in English, with the English names. :tongue_smilie: (oh btw, it should be 'Tintin' and not 'TinTin'.) We all loved it, lots of real laughs from the crowd. Tintin himself is not entirely perfectly animated, it was to forget it was fake, but Haddock and Saccharine were spot on. Especially Saccharine. There are shots when I could swear it was a real human being I was seeing. Milou is also the cutest of them all, and still quite intelligent, for a dog. He gets a decent amount of screen time too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShutterBug Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 We're going to go see it next week in IMAX 3D....I'm less excited about the movie itself and more excited to see the trailer for "The Hobbit" in IMAX 3D!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I loved the opening credits. :iagree: I loved the opening sequence! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iucounu Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I'm excited to see it with DS6, though the animation looks like the same sort of plastic-faced junk they used in "Polar Express". We're big Tintin fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 We saw it when it opened here in India (Tin Tin is HUGE in India - who knew?) We saw it in 2D and it was very good. The kids really enjoyed it - we thought it stayed pretty true to the books. Don't think I would need to see it multiple times but we were glad we did see it in the theatre. I was introduced to Tintin by a friend who grew up in India! Funny thing, he first read them in German translations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kertie Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 It looks good to me also but I hope some of you who go see it will post your impressions after you go. A few of the reviews I read said it was intense in parts and I'm wondering if it will be okay for younger children. We saw it today! LOVED it. My oldest is 7 today, and I knew he'd be fine. I'm still a little horrified I took my 3.75 year old to a PG movie:D, but we took the younger two based on the fact that all the potential issues had been previously addressed via the books. Even the youngest has spent many a quiet time looking at the pictures and laughing at the antics of Thompson and Thomson. So the guns, swords, and Haddock's drunkenness have all been discussed multiple times, so I didn't feel like I'd feel the need to be whispering in their ears about what a poor decision Haddock was making:lol:. The part I was most concerned about was when a man is shot and uses his own bloodied fingerprint to "stamp" letters on a newspaper to leave a clue. Other than that, there's not any gore--gun and sword fights, but no blood flying about or anything like that. The only part my younger two got scared during? That'd be when they were afraid something was going to happen to Snowy. :lol: There are other scenes that are suspenseful--chases, and such--but with the Snowy one, I just reminded them that it was a pretend movie with a happy ending and they were fine. The gun and sword battles are still cartoonish, despite the animation being weirdly real. It's been a LONG time since I saw a animated movie, I guess--the first "person" when it opens had me going...um...I thought this was animated?? :lol: Then I was worried that my youngest would think these were REAL people. BUT, all the main characters were so well done that all the kids recognized them right away--obviously they don't look EXACTLY like the original drawings, but you get the idea. It's hard to know what will be OK for the youngest ones...if there's any Tintin nightmares tonight, I'll report back. But they all really enjoyed it and clapped enthusiastically at the end. For myself, I was really impressed and would go see it again if I wasn't so cheap:tongue_smilie:. Oh, we did see the 2D version--I thought the 3D would be way too much for the youngest. I'm glad we went with the 2D--it's fast-paced! Hope there was something helpful in my blabbing:D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Dh took the kiddos this afternoon (I stayed home and watched the last three hours of the Middlemarch miniseries in peace and quiet. :D Love that man!) My 9 yo LOVED it. He said it was non-stop action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttichen Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 A French friend told me she always thought Milou was a play on "half-wolf" =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 A French friend told me she always thought Milou was a play on "half-wolf" =) Ah! I did the same as a child, but then I just got used to the noun and the half wolf disappeared (mi-loup) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 A French friend told me she always thought Milou was a play on "half-wolf" =) never thought of it that way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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