Review: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
I had mixed feelings about a Tintin film, since I had seen photographs from a live-action version when I was a child and wasn't impressed with it. The characters looked like caricatures and not real people and that disappointed me. However, when Stephen Spielberg explained his motivation for making the film, and when I heard that Peter Jackson was involved and was a huge fan of Tintin, it piqued my interest. I've been a Tintin fan for over 30 years. One thing I enjoy about the stories they appeal to people of all ages. I find myself discovering new things every time I read them, especially since there were things that I didn't comprehend as well as a child. Among other things, Captain Haddock's exclamations became funnier and funnier as I got older. One thing that I enjoyed about the Tintin film was the way they depicted the friendship between Haddock and Tintin. They captured it very well. I'm not sure how those new to Tintin felt about that unli...