Turns out that Tintin is on the biggest comic books in Europe, I had never heard of it until one of the challenges on the Amazing Race had to do with this Tintin comic book. When I saw that preview I was very intrigued to see the movie. Plus you know that if Spielberg is doing an animated film it is going to be well done. It did not let down.
Although I am not a fan of this 3-D movement, I have tried to see a 3-D movie and it gives me a headache. I find the glasses distracting, and hard to pay attention. After saying that I notice that some movies are made for the 3-D experience and this is one of them, however I did not see it in 3-D. I still was able to enjoy the movie though.
The Adventures of Tintin is about this successful newspaper reporter Tintin who stumbles upon a model ship while walking through the market. As soon as he purchases the ship he has two different people come up to him to try and buy the ship. The action then begins. The adventure takes us to a drunken ship captain who is the last descendant of the captain of the original ship. Tintin and the Captain then team up to protect hidden treasure. It has a National Treasure like ending.
I try to find movies that have more than just entertainment, but have a message in them that I can walk away with. For the most of this movie I was purely entertained. Then there came a point in the adventure where it seems like Tintin was not going to be able to solve the mystery. Tintin had never really failed, and had always been an optimist.Tintin was not handling this realization very well. The captain had overcome his own demons throughout the adventure because of Tintin's optimism. Then came this point where it seemed like their roles had changed. The captain gave this speech to Tintin that changed my outlook on more than just the movie. Here is their conversation.
Captain Haddock: I thought you were an optimist
Tintin: You were wrong, weren't you? I'm a realist.
Captain Haddock: Ah, its just another name for a quitter.
Tintin: You can tell me what you like. Don't you get it? We failed.
Captain Haddock: Failed. There are plenty of others willing to call you a failure. A fool. A loser. A hopeless souse. Don't you ever say it of yourself. You send out the wrong signal, that is what people pick up. Don't you understand? You care about something, you fight for it. You hit a wall, you push through it. There's something you need to know about failure, Tintin. You can never let it defeat you.
As we have learned from previous reviews, I am in a position in life where I am deciding what to do with life, where I am going, and what I am supposed to do. I have faced failure, and I am sure I will again. But Captain Haddock was on to something. We cannot let failure get the best of us. Although I have had six or more job interviews in the last two months, and did not get any of the jobs, I can't stop going into that next job interview. I can't let them think I am a failure. They are going to see what I show them. All those other jobs in a sense called me a failure (now that sounds extreme, and I sure they don't think I am failure, but they don't see me as the guy they want working for them), but I can't show the next job that. I have hit a wall, but I am pushing through it.
A kid movie yes, but it was more than just entertainment in the end. I thought that the animation was top notch, the story was intriguing, and the voices were very well done. It was overall an entertaining film, and one that could have several more to come.
Trailer for Adventures of Tintin
