Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Cling To The Mast

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (2011)

The Adventures of Tintin is a majestic sweeping spectacle. Steven Spielberg is a sorcerer of cinema and he decided to save this trick for about 30 years. Spielberg wanted to make Tintin after he made E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982), but you know how those can pan out sometimes. He finally unleashes it on to the screen in collaboration with Peter Jackson and it's clear that Spielberg was always the man to film Tintin. He changes the comics, hastens the adventure, expands the universe of Tintin for it to fit cinematically. The movie begins as if we are entering a world that was already pulsating and throbbing with ebullient life. It is a roller-coaster ride on celluloid.