We need dreams, Tintin needs a captain - The Adventures of Tintin

Thaddeus 2022-07-27 19:48:48

Just as food must come from the chef who loves to eat, the director of a really good movie must be to make a movie that he likes to watch, not to please the market and merchants, or to succumb to the script and technology. Therefore, when we watch some movies (especially domestic ones), we will curse: Has the director seen it himself? !

The reason why "The Adventures of Tintin" is good is not because of the classic original work (you don't see how many classics have been ruined), powerful motion capture technology, awesome production lineup, IMAX 3D effects... First of all, because the director himself wants to see this movie , he first filmed it for himself, and then wanted the audience to watch it too. This is something that the audience can easily feel when watching the film.

Spielberg, who has taken his father's 8mm camera since he was a child and looked for his friends everywhere to make films, made a "Super 8" this year, which completely fulfilled his childhood dream (although the audience was quite divided on this film), and then filmed "Super 8". In the gap between "War Horse", I found Peter Jackson, who was filming "The Hobbit" on the other half of the earth, and worked together to make this "Tintin". From the beginning to the end of the film, there is no gap for breath: flying across the sea, from air battles to deserts, from pirate ship battles to Morocco chases, thrilling and exciting along the way, the scenes are constantly changing - if not because of the two people's obsession with the original novel, They want to make a movie version of "Ding Ding" that they like to watch, it is impossible to make such a plump, delicate, huge and high-level super blockbuster in such a limited time.

"Ding Ding" is good-looking, followed by the imagination of the filmmakers. No matter how developed CG animation is, those 360-degree long shots with no dead ends, and the montage technique that draws the eyeball to the soul, still requires the director's imagination to realize; no matter how powerful the motion capture technology is, it still relies on the actor's imagination to interpret - and Compared with the previous era, in addition to shaping the character's character, today's actors also need to imagine the virtual scenes and roles that were added later! Therefore, Oscar not only owes "Captain Haddock" (played by Andy) at least 3 male lead and supporting role nominations, but also ignores many movies that fully reflect the "human imagination".

"Ding Ding" is good-looking, but also because of the filmmaker's sense of humor. The original comics already have a good sense of humour, and it's that characteristic, physical sense of humor of the Chaplin era. And this movie version adds more plots and sets more humorous sections, making the characters in the comics vivid on paper, plump and cute, especially the dog Snow White and Captain Haddock. And the actor Andy Serkis played the drunken captain to the fullest. He can travel back to his ancestral ship to fight pirates at any time after drinking, and he can refuel the plane with a hiccup. I can't imagine what the consequences would be if the Oolong detective Shuangbao in the original book was not played by the golden partner of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Even the Chinese translation couldn't help but humour: when Captain Haddock introduced a sailor to Tintin, he said that he had "unspoken rules for a ewe"!

The whole movie watching, flying in the air and dripping, the exotic customs from Belgium to Morocco, after this two-hour super roller coaster ride, there are no Easter eggs in the end credits? Don't forget, the two-dimensional animation at the beginning is an easter egg: the pictures are "Seven Crystal Balls" and "Prisoner of the Sun", which foreshadows the next movie sequel: "The Adventures of Tintin 2: Prisoner of the Sun"!

We are very lucky in this era, in addition to Jobs & Gates, there is Spielberg & Jackson. They will use advanced technology to review the feelings of the past. In addition to "The Adventures of Tintin", there is also "Iron Armored Steel Fist" this year, which is also worth watching at the IMAX theater.

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The Adventures of Tintin quotes

  • Captain Haddock: Sir Francis Haddock was the greatest captain of the seven seas! Why do you think I drink? It's because I know I'll never be like him!

  • Tintin: To think, all it took was one day in the Sahara! Congratulations, Captain, you're sober!