I actually found his drunk humor pretty hilarious (though actually, I guess its reverse: his sober humor was hilarious, because of his drunkness) except for the occasional more low-brow stuff (burping! Teehee!).
Totally agree. He was probably the funniest animated character of the year.
And I agree, the drunken/sober thing was perfect.
His humor just didn’t appeal to me at all. Which is weird because I would of guessed that most kids around my age would get a kick out of it.
I don’t think his humor is for kids at all, but quite the contrary.
Anyway, why don’t you watch the film first?
Because I usually watch the trailers for films before I go see them.
Well, I don’t say that you watch the film before the trailer, but before further discussing it, I mean.
I think a lot of people in this boards give a lot of importance to the trailers, that don’t say a lot about a film’s quality. Most of them aren’t even made by the actual filmmakers. Keep that in mind.
I thought Haddock’s drunkeness was done perfectly; not toned down to pander at kids and not overtly extreme to the point where it’s not funny. I’m disappointed that Andy Serkis didn’t get an Annie nomination for voice acting.
That was a crime.
After all his digital turns, he should be one of the best knows actors in the world, but he never gets recognition.
I do wonder whether he will pick up a Best Supporting Actor nod come Tuesday. Unlikely, but it’ll be marvellous.
Speaking of the Oscars, does Tintin stand a chance at anything other than Best Animated Feature? I think possibly Best Score and Best Sound Mixing, but if I had it my way I’d nominate it for Best Adapted Screenplay too, although chances of that are very, very slim,
It will probably get nominated for Best Animated Feature. I think Rango will probably win that. It was just very upbeat and a very creative film.
If animated films had a chance at Best Cinematography, it could be nominated (only nominated, there are better options on that one)
Of course Avatar not only was nominated in that category, but also won it, which was ridiculous, because it was almost as animated as Tintin.
Sorry, I was about to rant.
Oh, I could rant too 
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Oh Avatar, I really don’t know what to think of you…
I do know what to think of it. And the thoughts aren’t even that bad.
But I don’t know what to think about the Academy and others, who did certain things that the film didn’t deserve.
Snubbed. Biggest snub of the day. Even more than Tilda Swinton’s snub.
Obviously the reason was the motion capture technicality.
This one disappointed me so badly.
But Williams got nominated!
Very pleased with the Best Score nomination. I like it more each time I listen to it. I love Escape from the Karaboudjan and The Secret of the Scrolls
My favorite theme is the one they play during the duel with the powder.
It’s mainly featured in Red Rackham’s Curse and the Treasure and The Adventure Continues.
Tintin still has a chance of winning the BAFTA for Animated Feature
Here’s a nice behind-the-scenes clip of Tintin:
youtube.com/watch?v=JmdK4NdwYkY
To anyone who saw the movie…is the character who is knocked out by Haddock slamming the door in his face Sakharine? The clip seems to imply that a stunt double was used for some of Daniel Craig’s action.
There’s an interesting distinction for mo-cap films from CG-animated films there. In mo-cap, the principal cast (or their stunt doubles) wear mo-cap suits. This contrasts with the Happy Feet movies–dancers wore the suits for scenes with fancy footwork, but nothing suggests that the principal cast wore mo-cap suits to play penguins…most of the content is true CG animation. An interesting note is that the production of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within entailed primarily, if not all, stunt doubles performing the action, with “celebrity” voices looped in later. Even so, human actors were the source of character propulsion, the essence of motion capture.
youtube.com/watch?v=DVQ9MPjk5dI
At the beginning of the above clip is the filmmaker’s statement that mo-cap is a new kind of animation. It’s hard to see how anyone can look at the process as shown and say, “Yep, that’s animation.” It’s even more difficult to understand how Steven Spielberg could have accepted the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature in good conscience. Clearly he was a live-action director on a live-action set. Animators brought the final film to life much as they do for any visual-effects-heavy live-action film.
Anyway, it will be interesting to watch (soon) The Adventures of Tintin and see how it compares to the other all-mo-cap features…a personal ranking of the other six to date, favorite to least, goes like this:
- FF: The Spirits Within
- Mars Needs Moms!
- A Christmas Carol
- The Polar Express
- Monster House
- Beowulf
No, it isn’t Sakharine, but a sailor.