The Adventures of Tintin (2011) promised to make a spectacle out of the old Belgium comics, Tintin. While it was a spectacle, it didn't evoke the same feelings as the comic did.
One of the major flaws is that Spielberg inserted a rather lengthy heavy-handed subplot about the ills of drinking. Captain Haddock, in the comics, is know for his drunkenness. It is oft represents as a character flaw. A character flaw is a personality trait that while sometimes might be helpful, is typically the cause of problems.
Spielberg treats Captain Haddock's drunkenness as a disease; something that needs to be cured to...er...progress the plot, apparently. Like Prohibition, he admonishes Captain Haddock's imbibing of any alcoholic beverages. Not only does this send the wrong message ("alcohol is evil" - because life is that simple?), not only is it rather inappropriate for a light-hearted family movie, not only does it upset the pacing of the movie, but it is also flies in the face of the spirit of the comics. As a drinker myself I found the anti-drinking propagandic attitudes highly offensive.
The CGI animation is wildly inconsistent. There is a constant fluctuation between cartoonish and realistic. You witness absurdly large noses right under highly realistic eyes. Tintin looks like a young man transformed into CGI and Snowy looks like a carpet. Is this a realistic film or a cartoon? Make up your mind!
Would I recommend this movie to anyone? No. Read the comics; they are a thousand times better.
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