Thanks, SoA! There was a report of Daniel Craig feeling uncomfortable in his mo-cap suit, especially when visiting dignitaries like Clint Eastwood were on the set. Wonder if Craig will want to put on the mo-cap suit again if any of the planned Tintin sequels are made?
About your question:
Sakharine is a character that doesn’t appears in any more adventures, so Craig wouldn’t need to be back.
Finally saw and enjoyed this movie today. It all hung together pretty well–good moments of story and character amidst the rapid-fire plot, a few surprises here and there, and overall a nice-looking movie for its color palette and lighting. There are several nifty scene transitions that almost make the movie, and the central continuous-shot chase scene is worth the price of admission if not quite as smooth or effective as the classic benchmark in Touch of Evil. There is a fair amount of understandable (and welcome) circular reference to Indiana Jones movies.
Except for Aki Ross in FF:The Spirits Within, the mo-cap is easily the least creepy of the seven all-mo-cap films to date. Sakharine is especially good; Aki remains the gold standard, though. The character design of the Tintin film is inconsistent, both internally and with Herge’s original work. This might have been addressed if all the characters’ eyes looked more like those of Snowy or even the “Thom(p)son Twins.” Curiously, this point is emphasized in the final scene as the camera irises out on Snowy’s natural brown-hued eye–otherwise, his eyes appear uniformly black. The eyes are usually a giveaway for mo-cap creepiness, and plain black ovals for all characters’ eyes would have been an effective way to bring Herge’s character designs to life, to move away from the uncanny valley, and to make the cinematic characters more clearly members of the same world. It would be interesting to learn whether the filmmakers ever considered this approach, which seems like an obvious solution to multiple problems.
Also, there’s enough photorealism in odd places to distract the viewer. In particular, it’s unclear why several facial close-ups reveal crows-feet wrinkles, modeling details that clearly required extra steps. The Moroccan bazaar also has more than a few scenes that seem to simulate live action (like a woman working the handle of a water pump). On the other hand, a fair amount of weightlessness, especially with props and animals (notably Snowy), is a giveaway that we’re in the not-so-lifelike CG realm. And the airplane hijinks and pratfalls are far more cartoony than the the bulk of the film’s scenes. These elements create some confusion or inconsistency relevant to the use of the mo-cap tool. Perhaps Spielberg wasn’t ready to completely embrace the animation component and instead maintained a kind of artistic loyalty to the cinematic conventions with which he’s most famililar and comfortable. Whatever the cause, the result is a somewhat distracting sense of split identity.
All told, it’s a film worth watching, enjoying, and recommending to friends. Here’s hoping Peter Jackson comes up with a Tintin sequel that improves upon the series starter.
Personal ranking: #2 of the seven all-mo-cap movies made to date, considering enjoyability and artistry.
So, yeah…because I’m such a nerd, I actually wrote a Tintin fanfic, called The Braille Upon Her Skin. Its basically Tintin looking over his life in a personal memoir. Its long, much much longer than I expected it to be, but ya know how it works…
I really loved this movie!
It was quite good! 
It improved my view of motion capture as well.
Same here. Other than Polar Express, this is the only entirely mo-cap movie I like at all. 
And of course, being 8 years later, this had much better graphics.
I didn’t like Polar. 
I don’t really know anyone who did. It was…ehh…
But Tintin is obviously so much better. I am pissed that it didn’t get nominated for Best Animated Feature but FOR THE MUSIC?? The music is great but still…
I can’t wait to get this when the Blu Ray comes out Tuesday.
I didn’t get that.
I’m also bothered by the fact it wasn’t nominated for Best Animated Film, but what wrong with being nominated for Original Score?
I want the DVD. I might be able to get it.
Me too. I want to see this despite my hatrid of mo-cap.
It’s so good, you won’t even notice.
I read on a blog that a Tin Tin sequel will come out in 2014 or so.
I heard 2013 or 2014, something like that.
No way for 2013. I even think 2014 is too early, but much more probable.
Remember Jackson is still filming The Hobbit.
That sounds awesome!!