Review: "The Adventures of Tin Tin" (2011)

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           From the famous comic series to the animated movie, ‘The Adventure of Tin Tin (The Secret of the Unicorn)’ leads the audiences to the world of adventure and mysterious. This film is one of precious works from Steven Spielberg, wizard of the Hollywood.

           With realistic style plot, this comic’s logics are acceptable. Almost everything in the story is related to each others, one can be a clue that leads to another steps.  And when it was turned into the film, these facts effect the storyline to be not too speeded or like it was cut any part of the original plot. Therefore, when watching the film, everything is smoothly played.

           Starts with the intro before the story begin, there is a short comic-style that show some part of the previous story in the Tin Tin’s series, which make a feeling like watching a short film.

           In contrast, it is surely hard (or causing confusion) for the audiences who never experience the comic version before to understand the before-the-film-was situations. The film shows no clue for the basic information of the original story, The Adventures of Tin Tin, like it was build for the audience group that already knows who Tin Tin is.

Tin Tin in realistic version is a good looking guy, right?

           However, the film follows most of the actions that took place on the original cartoon book. Sound effects and soundtracks are well added in perfect timing. Everything in the film is almost like the real one. In the first part of the movie, I think I am watching real people acting in the movie! The texture details, even cloth’s fabric, are perfectly done.

           For the other main characters, we cannot overlook the appearance of Snowy and Caption Haddock who make this film more attractive and pleasant. Snowy is so smart, cute, and a lot resemble to the original in the comic’s (the only difference is that we do not know what this little guy thinks). This is funny when sometimes it seems like Snowy is the protagonist, not Tin Tin. Captain Haddock, too, is the one who steal Tin Tin’s thunder in film version.

The last fight of Haddock (left) and Sakharine (right).

           Some points in this film make me feeling funny: the antagonist, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine, no matter what he was treated (rolled, or dropped in the sea) his glasses is still on his face. This is an animation, after all.

           For all those reason, I would like to rate this film almost full scores, with 4½ out of 5. Recommended to watch, especially for the one who loves the adventure genre films.  Even if this is an animation, it is fully filed with amusement.