Steineded How sad is this?

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

JohnHowardReid Although available on a DVD of excellent quality, one cannot say the same about the movie itself. Although the storyline is easy enough to follow, its rather jumbled account of underwater larceny in a remote Swiss chalet fails to hold the interest. The characters remain stubbornly one-dimensional from first to last, and the "surprise", sudden introduction of a "comic" villain from a previous Tintin adventure does not help either. In fact, the script is way overloaded with slapstick episodes. The players vary from the overly enthusiastic (the chief villain) to the conspicuously bland (Tintin himself). True, despite everything — including its animation techniques that vary from agreeably watchable to save money elementary — the movie is often reasonably engaging, even though the promise of its earlier scenes (the plane perched on the edge of a cliff) fails to materialize.

whobahstank Echoing most of the reviews here, if you are a fan of tintin you will find everything wrong with this film. Haddock's voice is quite grating and makes any scene with him irritating. The animation can go from decent to "what the shrek am i watching" in a short time span. The man issue with the animation is the clash of Herge's character style mixing with the studio's rendition of people. Some parts just do not look like it relates to tintin. What annoyed me a lot was Professor Calculus and the magical hearing aid, he is supposed to be deaf. It doesn't stay true much at all to the comics, despite this particular adventure. It's like someone skimmed a volume, defecated on all the character's special quirks, resealed the package and presented this garbage as a movie. I give it 2 stars instead of 1 just because some parts were hysterically bad that i forgave it. Most scenes with the Thompsons were funny, so not all the characters were butchered. But if you are a huge fan of the cartoon and comics, don't take this film seriously.

mariavibarra I agree with most posters, true fans will notice everything that is so wrong with this film. I was excited at having found this DVD as it is one of the only ones i haven't seen. seen and i am so disappointed.. i have it playing right now and it has failed to capture and keep my attention. Every time i do look up there is something awful.. the voices are all wrong, especially tin tin and haddock. there was one scene where tintin is wearing a tank top singlet) and he has all these muscles.. I don't know the whole image of him is just wrong. The series was so much better, i think i may just watch a few of those to compensate! I would not recommend this to anyone but maybe very young kids that may appreciate the bright colors. If this is your first introduction to tintin and it turns you off, don't despair, watch some of the series first to make up your mind. Herge was a legend and when i first saw 'greg' i thought it was a nickname for Herge, but as they have not paid any respect to Herge with this film it obviously didn't have anything to do with him.

ThrowntoReality PLEASE NOTE THAT I'VE ONLY SEEN THE Swedish DUB OF THIS MOVIE.My mom watched and read Tintin stories all the time when she was a child, and this was her favorite of all the movies. However, when I look back to the good movie that she showed me when I was little, it just doesn't hold up too well anymore.The whole film is drawn in the true style of Hergé (the creator of Tintin), which is, colorful and detailed, but at the same time simple. This is one of the two only things that I still love about this movie, since it gives you that good ol' Tintin feeling, unlike some of the newer movies that doesn't have the same characteristic style as this one.The other thing I like about this film, and I know that I'm not alone, is Captain Haddock. He always makes me laugh, and his voice is just one of the best to ever make it to the cinema. In Swedish he doesn't sound at all like Popeye, but rather like a more classic gruff and hoarse captain.The sound effects are really awkward, especially the sounds of the explosions, but that just adds a little more to the comedic values of the film.So basically, in order to like this film you have to like Tintin. It is certainly not the best movie out there, and not a good way to start your future interest to the films and comics. But most importantly: Don't take it seriously. It wasn't made for that reason.But if you like Tintin and has grown up with it you will probably like this film, if you can come over some of the cheesy jokes (one of which is literally cheesy!) and the fact that this movie is almost 40 years old.