![]() ![]() Good on them for getting a high-paying gig on a Spielberg project, but this is one of those cases where the up-and-coming employees could apparently teach the big boss a thing or two. If you were expecting a bracing, thrilling “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” what we get here is more like a muddled, busy “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” By the time two characters attack each other with giant dockside cranes, it feels like the entire film has descended into a series of loud metallic clangs.įor all the millions of dollars that were no doubt shoveled into this A-list effort, there was a funnier and more exciting action film made this year at just a fraction of the cost: “Attack the Block,” from “Tintin” co-writers Joe Cornish and Edgar Wright. ![]() Tintin, with his dog Snowy and Captain Haddock Comic Manga, Collection Tintin. Tintin and Snowy are totally on the same wavelength even when they are in conversation'. Sketches for abandoned Tintin Project, Tintin et le Thermozero, 1960. ![]() ![]() Even though he talks a great deal, he remains a simple dog for Tintin. Spielberg takes advantage of the freedoms of animation, sending his camera on cannonball trajectories and zooming up the masts of pirate ships, but the action sequences blur together while lacking any sense of rhythm or pacing. Even though he speaks, Snowy is above all just a normal dog. In the final wash, only Snowy the Dog comes off with any kind of visual appeal.Īlso read: 'The Adventures of Tintin' Gets Mixed Reviews Overseas Instead, sadly, they’ve mucked about with an it-ain’t-broke original, compounding their folly by entrusting the characters to this still-imperfect technology. It certainly doesn’t help that boy adventurer Tintin has existed until now as a two-dimensional figure on the printed page and on TV: Belgian artist Hergé’s crisp line drawings are legendary, and director Spielberg and producer Jackson certainly could have made a stunning 2-D animated film based on the original character designs. Tintin was then dumped by the woman’s husband a few hours later. The sad puppy called Tintin, is shown being abandoned by a woman hours before being returned to his family in heartbreaking video. The lavishly illustrated book includes a prologue by musician Julián Hernández and pages dedicated to the adventures of Tintin and Hergé in Spain by Joan Manuel Soldevilla Albertí, a specialist in Hergé's work.Motion-capture has had its triumphs, from the stunning Na’vi of “Avatar” to Andy Serkis’s moving, award-worthy performance as Caesar in “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” And while the faces of Tintin and his friends represent a quantum leap past earlier efforts like “The Polar Express” and “Mars Needs Moms,” they’re still spooky and not quite expressive enough.Īlso read: Can Steven Spielberg's 'Tintin' Save Motion-Capture Animation? fter being returned by a Good Samaritan, a paralyzed dog was mercilessly dumped in the street twice in one day by his uncaring owners. Through a unique journey, we enter the artistic universe of a brilliant and multifaceted artist, capable of using all the media at his disposal to create compositions ranging from illustration to comics, through advertising, press, fashion design and the plastic arts. The mixed-breed dog was taken in by the Patas Guerreras animal shelter, which reported that considering the circumstances, the dog did exceptionally well. Who doesn't know Tintin? But who really knows Hergé? How did Hergé conceive his stories? How did he come up with the idea of drawing a reporter with a toupee? Why did he try his hand at painting? Did Hergé resemble his characters? Why didn't he continue The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko? What is the Hergé style? These and other questions are part of this catalog - or "paper exhibition" - which includes great treasures from the collections of the Hergé Museum: original drawings by the author, sketches, photographs and archival documents. Exhibition Catalog - Hergé: THE EXHIBITION ![]()
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