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Friday 2 January 2015

12 Films At Christmas - 11

I returned to The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn with trepidation, having raved about it in this blog on first encounter. What if I had been wrong and Spielberg had betrayed a childhood favourite?

Fears were misplaced - this is a cracking and joyously hectic piece of cinema. I have only seen it in 2D but can imagine that 3D (a gimmick of which in general I do not approve) adds to the fun.

Herge's Tintin was plainly drawn and a full-on live action rendition would have lost the cartoonish innocence. Spielberg keeps the faith with his motion capture animation. And the film does not overstay its welcome, coming in at a civilised 90+ minutes. 7.5/10.   

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