movies

[cpebbles]

Okay, I'm taking in a movie tomorrow afternoon. Tintin or Sherlock Holmes?

[slide_into_first]

In War Horse the cinematography and score were good, the story predictable, the message a little cliche (even in desperate times enough people will do the right thing), the human violence was tolerable, but I can't stand to see animals suffer. C+

[Freed Roger]

City of God. What a movie.

[Maclowery]

Okay, I'm taking in a movie tomorrow afternoon. Tintin or Sherlock Holmes?

I would say that TinTin will either be really, really fun for you, or kind of drab (if you dont like the comics or just cant get into the animation). Whereas Sherlock is pretty much guaranteed to be a hoh-hum, probably worth it bit of popcorn faire.

I thoroughly enjoyed Tintin, but I love 3D spectacles, and I grew up loving Herge's comics, so I was already a lock. But, if I can be a total homer, Spielberg basically made the best Indy movie in 20 years, only it's animated and starring an ageless man-boy and his dog.

[cpebbles]

I decided it for myself by forgetting to check showtimes until all but the evening showing of Tintin had passed. I can't think of another movie that succeeds so entirely because of the charm of its lead actor. The plot is substantially more patched-together and dropped on the audience than in the first one (Once you accept that these aren't mysteries, they're buddy cop movies, this isn't a deal-breaker), one of the big action scenes is so poorly-lit that I could not make out what was happening the majority of the time, and I seriously think that Noomi Rapace's character was shoehorned into the movie because Guy Ritchie watched the Millennium movies and was trying to maneuver his way into sleeping with her.

Worth a rental entirely because of Downey and the amusing interactions with Jude Law.

[Radbird]

Thought our movie buffs (which I am not) would enjoy this.

Can you name the 2011 movies which fit the good and bad critiques given for each ?

0/10 (I'll betcha even Leroy gets 1)

[Maclowery]

9/10

Missed the last one

[SHOW]

stupid Bieber.

[AdmiralKird]

2/10. I hadn't even heard of about half those movies, less be interested in seeing them.

[slide_into_first]

City of God. What a movie.

The Brazilian one or Indian?

[Cronos]

I thoroughly enjoyed Tintin, but I love 3D spectacles, and I grew up loving Herge's comics, so I was already a lock. But, if I can be a total homer, Spielberg basically made the best Indy movie in 20 years, only it's animated and starring an ageless man-boy and his dog.

For me, Tintin was good, but disappointing. I collected and read all of the American-released stories as a kid, and when I heard Spielberg and Peter Jackson of all people were going to do a Tintin movie, I was a little geeked out and looked forward to it for years. Maybe that was why I was ultimately disappointed by the final product.

It was okay. Rather miscast. Jamie Bell?? Who the F is Jamie Bell?? You already had your perfect Tintin (Simon Pegg) and you decided to make him one of the freaking Thompson Detectives instead??! WTF?? Also, Andy Serkis as Haddock was a good call, but either he or the production crew wrecked his accent. Completely. Daniel Craig was brilliant as Sakharine, but unrecognizable from the voice-work alone.

I liked all of the subtle references to the previous stories probably most of all. Hopefully it will do well enough in the box office to bring more light to Herge's work. Other than the fact that he was rather racist, he was a brilliant novelist.