2012 Movie #20 - The Adventures of Tintin (2011) The single-shot chase through the streets of Bagghar is one of the most stunning single-shot sequences I’ve ever seen. This moment alone is worth the price of admission. The look of the film is beautiful throughout, with my biggest quibble being that I rarely felt a spark of life in any of the characters. This is a pretty consistent problem with human characters in motion-capture animated films, and there’s no need for me to beat a dead horse here. In essence, something is lost in the translation of human performance-capture into human CG characters. I feel like I’m watching a moving doll, and am unable to truly project human thought and emotion on that doll’s face. What I’ll take away: Steven Spielberg is still capable of designing incredible action sequences. High-res

2012 Movie #20 - The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

The single-shot chase through the streets of Bagghar is one of the most stunning single-shot sequences I’ve ever seen. This moment alone is worth the price of admission. The look of the film is beautiful throughout, with my biggest quibble being that I rarely felt a spark of life in any of the characters. This is a pretty consistent problem with human characters in motion-capture animated films, and there’s no need for me to beat a dead horse here. In essence, something is lost in the translation of human performance-capture into human CG characters. I feel like I’m watching a moving doll, and am unable to truly project human thought and emotion on that doll’s face.

What I’ll take away: Steven Spielberg is still capable of designing incredible action sequences.