Total Film's review isn't that long so I have posted most of it below. If you don't fancy reading it, basically in a nutshell they thought it was good. But no more, giving the movie 3 stars. It's a standard cop-out rating that I always try to avoid giving myself, but sometimes a movie is just a 3 star movie and that's that.
Anyway, they begin by comparing Tintin to what is widely regarded as Stephen Spielberg's biggest flop, 1941.
Before he died in 1983, Tintin creator Hergé pegged Steven Spielberg as the director worthiest of adapting his work. You can see how the Belgian writer/artist would’ve pictured it: the cliffhanging kicks of Indiana Jones sweetened with the winsome wonder of Close Encounters/E.T. He probably didn’t hope for a replay of 1941’s knockabout chaos. No, Spielberg’s latest isn’t down there with his biggest bomb. But there are times when its manic ghost haunts his animated epic.
They then talk about the plot and suggest that the movie doesn't quite get the right balance of action and exposition. Although they do compare it favorably to
Indiana Jones. Next is the thing most of us were worried about, would the characterizations shine through in motion capture?
Perhaps it’s the distraction of the performance-capture visuals; not only their uncanny-valley-ness (sadly, Tintin himself is the most shark-eyed) but the lack of a greatly compelling reason why this couldn’t have been live action. With one huge exception: an up, down and all-around chase sequence executed in one impossible, continuous shot that brings the excitement to a dizzy peak. And while there’s no strong emotional hook to hang the pile-driving narrative on, Bell at least dilutes some of the prim pedantry of his ink-and-watercolour counterpart. As ever, mo-cap maven Serkis makes his presence felt through the pixels, and Simon Pegg and Nick Frost sneak a few laughs as moustachioed bumblers Thompson and Thomson. Daniel Craig sneers and snarls as urbane baddie Sakharine, yet the character comes across more as a vaguely irate geography teacher than a deadly rogue. Still, if there’s an absence of menace there’s an abundance of cute, in the form of Tintin’s loyal terrier pal Snowy, who’s pick-up-and-hug loveable and claims the best background gags. He also bags the final shot of the final scene – a so-so set-up for a sequel you hope will fix its glassy eye on soul as well as spectacle.
Verdict:
Like the 3D, an adventure that’s serviceable but doesn’t reach out and grab you as often as you’d expect. Frenetic to a fault, it’ll divert the under-10s; older viewers may feel there’s not enough lift in the quiff.
There you go. Remember this is just one review, we will get a better idea of the movie's reception as more start to come in. But has this put you off seeing
Tintin at all?
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