I was partially disappointed by the climax of the movie, but was definitely pleased with the storyline. As a fan of the comics and one who has read all the books that were released in color, I must complement Spielberg's strategy of crossing over two separate episodes from the book series and creating some independent themes for the movies.
Had he not done that and gone directly by the books, all those who have read them would probably know what would happen to the movie, reducing the excitement to almost none.
The other great thing was it was released in CGI 3D graphics instead of casting live action actors. An all time favorite comic book character like Tintin can rarely be represented by an actor and CGI was the best way to put him on the screen.
But other than those factors, my main problem with the movie was there was too many "action sequences" followed by one after another instead of the character using critical thinking and solving mysteries as seen in the comic books.
There was way too much "action" and goose chasing around. Not enough of hardcore adventure. I was also watching a clip on YouTube from the Tintin game and a cut scene seemed to have better dialogue than the movie itself.
Viewing the movie and understanding the plot, I knew the story did not end with the movie but later on in a sequel where the treasure is pursued. Spielberg did a fairly good job in keeping the readers of the comic series in suspense by scrambling the story lines.
However I feel Spielberg relied too much on the comics and mixing together their plot-lines which is partially the problem with the movie. I would have made the movie based on my own plot, borrowing some vague plot-lines from the comics, but not to such a great extent.
The movie was overall nothing really exciting. I have no intention of seeing it again, let alone buying it on DVD. This does not mean I'm not waiting for the sequel. The sequel is where the real action probably begins. But the movie did fail my expectations as a strong fan of the original comic book franchise. I would give this movie two out of five stars.
