The Adventures of Tintin, Lost in Adaptation ~ The Dom

Did Steven Spielberg's adaptation of The Adventures of Tintin live up to Hergé's comic series?
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[@captaintaco979]

Honestly when it comes to the hyper realistic style of animation Tin Tin is honestly the best of the bunch.

[@TheTomimt]

It still looks pretty solid unlike the Polar Express or Beowulf.

[@Alex-fv2qs]

IDK, I think it looks quite awful And that comes from a big fan of Zemeckis adaptation of A Christmas Carol

[@christopherlee886]

This and Rango

[@TheTomimt]

@@christopherlee886 Rango has the benefit of having a cast of cartoon animals though. It will have an appeal for a longer time.

[@Torlik11]

@@TheTomimt it did came out many years after those movies. I'm pretty sure Polar express would look a lot less horrifying if it was made today.

[@CrimsonFox36]

"Bad news; we've only got one bullet" "Whats the good news?" "We've got one bullet"

[@Grim_Sister]

I don't remember Tin tin being a badass, but then again, I mostly was into Astrix as a child.

[@biscuitburger725]

Crimson Vulpes nice profile pic

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@Grim_Sister Astrix is OP, but Tintin is suspenseful.

[@hostiusasinhostilityhostil7853]

@@robbiewalker2831 odd way of spelling obelix

[@RukasuShiota]

@@hostiusasinhostilityhostil7853 odd way of spelling Cacofonix

[@CurlyAndNerdy101]

"But the action scene int eh comic were all grounded in a sense of reality!" *Actual panel sequence* - Tintin gets into a fight with a bad guy in a moving car - He is shot - The car crashes into a tree throwing him out and down a hill - He rolls down the hill for a while - Hits another tree - Fights off the bear he disturbed - Walks away - Not to a hospital

[@BarnabusBarbarossa]

The Dom, I don't know if this will alleviate your offense to the British warship thing any, but in the original French language script and in other translations, the Unicorn isn't a British ship. Sir Francis Haddock is explicitly in the French navy serving under Louis XIV in the original comic. The translators must've changed it (and the ship's flag) knowing that you Brits would have dire allergic reactions to the idea of a heroic French navy man.

[@Dominic-Noble]

That DOES help. Thank you

[@Matt-cz6ti]

A Frenchman? Be heroic? Nonsense

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

Technically that does not change anything... as even the French would not use a Three decker ship of the line that way... Maybe the Spaniards like with the great Treasure fleet, but no other navy and certainly not at the level of technology / advancement depicted (not that long before the era of the Napoleonic wars). The best solution would have been to make both ships simply freebooters, sailing under letters of Marque for their respective crowns. That still would not really make either ship a true "transport ship", but at least it would mean they were not really bound by strict discipline and regulations ;-)

[@mirthfulArtist]

Barnabus Barbarossa LOL

[@austenbeaver1010]

The Dom. So, when are you getting back to Game of Thrones?

[@ZealotZeke]

13:11 I just realized... They had a *perfect* way of doing that, but also having an out: The man would *try* to show Tintin his badge, but when he reaches for it, realizes it's not there and that the pick-pocket likely got to him. Would've made that plot hole disappear... Or at least be less of one.

[@alannothnagle]

Great idea!!

[@idriscorvus2237]

Hence Barnaby Dawes got panicking especially when Sakharine arrived

[@the-NightStar]

My best friend is a really big Tintin fan. I, however, knew absolutely nothing about any of the comics at all or anything, before I watched this movie. So we watched it together and I asked him what he thought of it, and he basically told me "Well, it picks and chooses a lot of things from 3 different stories and puts them together, but I like it. It's a good movie for people that see this as their first Tintin thing ever, so I like it." So now I get to see The Dom basically lay down the specific details of what my friend meant by that, so that's fun. Also, For what it's worth, I actually liked the look of this film and it's motion capture. I think it perfectly avoids the uncanny valley by literally designing everyone to look like a literal cartoon character so it comes off to me as a good looking 3D movie of which I can barely tell the difference between it and a Pixar film visually. I wish motion capture would be revived, because if it all looked like this, I think it works.

[@osmanyousif7849]

The fact that three genius directors, Edgar Wright, Peter Jackson, and Steven Spielberg crafted it was amazing.

[@smexyanimebabe]

Giving Snowy an internal monologue/voice may have been too hoakey. I like that his expressions are essentially the voice, making it possible for thw viewer to create the voice themselves

[@HappinyGuy]

Same here. We, in Belgium, had a story of Tintin that was re-created as a musical and it would've awkward if the real dog used for Snowy would suddenly start to talk. Same for the animated series.

[@jaojao1768]

smexyanimebabe agreed

[@smexyanimebabe]

Sir Jaojao I personally feel that if you establish one animal that talks you either need to show/explain why the one/few people understand the animal or make it so that all the animals in the established world talk and from there explain if everyone can understand them or if no one but other animals can explain them

[@HappinyGuy]

I agree on this, as I remember writing a story in writing class in which certain objects could talk, so the teacher said to me: "Well, if that object can talk, shouldn't it logical that other objects that make brief appearances, like the phone or a keychain, can talk as well?". And she was right.

[@davidbanan.]

I mean he DID have inner "monloguel"

[@Xerxes2005]

This movie really shows that Spielberg had a great admiration and deep respect for Hergé (Georges Rémi -> G.R. -> R.G. -> Hergé, for those who didn't know). Not only are there several references to other albums in the movie and in the opening credits, not only the artstyle is similar to books, but he also put Hergé himself in the movie! He's the street artist that draws Tintin's portrait at the beginning of the movie. I hope they will make another movie. There were rumours that the next one would be "The Calculus Affair." My bet is that they will mix it with "Red Rakham's Treasure." In the end of the movie, Tintin and Haddock want to find the wreckage of the Unicorn. It's in Red Rakham's Treasure that we are introduced to Professor Cuthbert Calculus.

[@YuliaLinderoth]

One of my favorite details, I could barely contain myself in the theater when I saw it haha

[@helenakri7282]

Nice tidbit to know!

[@rogeriopenna9014]

Ha, I was watching the movie today and I wondered if the street artist was Hergé. I imagined it probably was (notice that there are several portraits painted by the street artist, there are people watching the portraits soon after Tintin gets his)

[@Seagreen-Domino]

I think the opposite

[@lenore5488]

I always felt the biggest problem with the adaptation of Tintin was that they didn't make a sequel, so we didn't get introduced to Professor Calculus.

[@thedatabase677]

My brothers and I thought Tintin was a lot of fun, but we were waiting to see if they would go with the staggering amount of times he gets knocked out in the comics. Needless to say, we cheered when he did get knocked out.

[@chrissonofpear3657]

Or the chloroforming?

[@jichuulimario2093]

His head might be made of steel to still have no permanent damage after all the physical trauma it endured.

[@quietperson3886]

Someone finally mentions it 🤣🤣

[@voice_0f_reason]

When I saw the cartoons, I was certain his head was an entire concussion

[@helios24601]

YOU FORGOT A COUPLE OF THINGS 1. The main villains of the Unicorn one: The Bird Brothers 2. A little reference to Herge at the beginning by making him the street artist 3. That it was a better idea to build up Titin & Haddock's relationship by introducing him in this movie rather than crow-baring in a forced history between the two

[@robbiewalker2831]

There’s also the matter of Sacharine playing the role of Red Rackham’s descendant, as it was non-existent in the books; in fact it was so non-existent, that the joke was dropped completely in the TV series adaptation in the 90s.

[@TheArkman360]

@@robbiewalker2831 What joke was dropped for the TV series?

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@TheArkman360 The one where multiple people were claiming they're the descendant of Red Rackham, leading to Haddock beating the shit out of them to cancel any plans of sharing the treasure with the person in question; the TV Series jumps straight to the introduction of Professor Calculus. I wouldn't be pointing out the most obvious thing that's already stated in this video (10:44) if you were actually paying attention.

[@bainbonic]

2:25 Don't worry, The Dom. After the Harry Potteration, none of us think you'll give _anything_ special treatment just because you're a fan.

[@archive9796]

Bainbow and none of us thinks he’s that sexy anyone, Terrance is the hot one

[@EntityofDarkness696]

Come on! Post Apocalyptic The Dom for life!

[@imketys]

I really love how as good as al the scenes "at home" are actual locations in Belgium ,for instance the crane fight takes place in the port of Antwerp, wich is of course accurate since Tintin himself is a Belgian. They even went trough the trouble of giving the cars Belgian licence plates and to me as a Belgian that just adds to the nostalgia of it all.

[@kaisawatson]

But in my memory Tintin is mostly set up in France isn't it (for the beginning of stories I mean since the whole point of Tintin is him travelling around) ? I thought Moulinsart was located in France since it's the King of France who offered it to the Haddock family... I may be wrong though. Or, since the author is from Belgium he just created a sort of mix between the two countries...

[@lhumyaki]

​@@kaisawatson You made me go check Tintin's nationality, but yes, he is belgian, his appartment is in Bruxelles. And while Moulinsart's history would lead to think it's situated in France, the way the town near to the castle is, it appears to be in Belgium. So possibly a contradiction Hergé didn't think of, or him making a mistake somewhere. I guess a way to make it work would be that the territory the castle is on was french at the time it was donated, but became a part of Belgium at one point. I'm too lazy to check if it's historically possible though.

[@justafidemyself]

@@kaisawatson Actually, Tintin is 100% living in Belgium, the Haddock castle is actually situated in Gent. In the Belgian version of "Ciastafore Emerald", there is a news article published in the book that situates the events of that book in Gent. However, Tintin (or Kuifje in Belgium as he's called), is residing in Brussels.

[@zachanikwano]

17:00 "Tintin and his friends have been kidnapped more times than Princess Peach." It hurts how true that is. This comic series is where I learned what chloroformed was. ;)

[@AndorRadnai]

Chloroform and concussion. I was thought those two by the series as well..! 😂

[@dark_knight_-tb4qd]

Fun fact: one of the writers of the screenplay was Doctor Who's Steven Moffat. Not that I'm blaming him for the loss in loyalty, but when you think about the story as a whole, it has a lot of his tropes attached to it.

[@LemonCurry.]

there where too much great minds at the same spot working on it: - Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, Sherlock, etc.), - Edgar Wright (Spaced, Cornetto Trilogy, etc.), - Joe Cornish (The Adam and Joe show, etc.)

[@littlemissmello]

I FUCKING KNEW IT!

[@SunnyShuklathedoctor]

Big time. The haddock speech REEKS of Moffat.

[@SRHunt85]

I saw this movie on my 14th birthday with no knowledge of Tintin prior to going in. After leaving the theater, I began reading the comics, and bought the entire 1991 animated series on DVD. So, even if this film doesn’t please all the Tintin fans, you can at least give it credit for introducing the series to a new audience. I’m still waiting on the follow up to the movie. It’s suppose to be based on the Prisoners of the Sun arc.

[@williamhartman5424]

Chronicles of Narnia... please. We need to tear apart The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

[@elsie8757]

The first movie was an _amazing_ adaptation in my opinion, Prince Caspian was pretty good, and then Voyage was just.... no. >_

[@honeycombfromheaven]

I've seen a Google doc list of his future episodes in one of the comments sections here. All the narnia books are on the list if I remember correctly!

[@pyroshayniac1090]

Ugh, I hated voyage of the dawn treader movie. Screw that green fog.

[@eclecticdog2k901]

RIP IT! RIP IT TO SHREDS!!! ...sorry, I got a bit excited. 😄 The Narnia movies are all bleh, but they get worse as they go on. The books are among the very best things I’ve ever read.

[@batshineman174]

Actually Dom the FBI agent you are referring to was an Interpol agent FBI agents actually have no jurisdiction outside of the United States.

[@SorowFame]

batshineman what's Interpol?

[@TheBlitzing]

Sorow Fame: international police

[@SorowFame]

oh, thanks

[@SorchaSublime]

it also happens to be who the thompsons work for

[@helios24601]

Actually, Interpol doesn't have any standing agents. I did some research on that for a novel I'm writing, and it turns out that contrary to popular beliefs, Interpol doesn't actually have any field agents or police force that can make arrests. They DO however have liaisons in different countries that represent the organization as the whole. They're sort of intermediaries for law enforcement in different countries. However CIA agents DO tend to travel to different countries to gather intelligence and protect American citzens' interests sometimes.

[@meganpeoples3866]

Finally! I am over the moon! I love Tintin so much I dyed my hair ginger and studied Journalism. I'm not kidding :P

[@jichuulimario2093]

is your hair still ginger?

[@BugsyFoga]

Now this is a movie that needs a sequel !!!

[@serPomiz]

there's a lot of possible ground, but with the importance of the Tintin mythos, Destination Moon/ Explorers on the Moon is the most probable

[@trainlover16]

Who wants a film adaptation of Destination Moon, because my planned production company will give it to you.

[@Katy133]

Thank you so much for fulfilling my Patreon request! I'm a huge fan of Tintin, and I really enjoyed your video of the film and books. It was thoughtful, and I can tell you did your research on the film and books' history. :D

[@Dominic-Noble]

Thanks for waiting ^_^

[@tolmat]

thank you for requesting this, i wanted to see this for so long

[@jola1666]

Thank you Katy133 for requesting this Tintin was my favourite show growing up as a kid, never could find he comics for them though.

[@jaojao1768]

Katy133 i love Tintins too

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@Dominic-Noble 10:29: I do find this change interesting. I mean, that’s a change that would make sense in the context of the movie’s narrative, and it’s all in good fun. In fact, the “Throwaway Gag” of “people claiming he’s Red Rackham’s descendant” was so pointless, it was scrapped in the 90’s TV series.

[@elgaith7626]

Minor correction: Snowy actually has a conversation with Tintin (and in reality, not a dream or hallucination) in "Tintin in America", and in the panel you showed of him peeing on the dynamite, I always thought Tintin recognized he did that deliberately to prevent an explosion. That said, Snowy's role steadily diminished as Haddock's grew.

[@robbiewalker2831]

Haddock being more important, external wise, is most likely because of Herge’s internal struggles; so Tintin represents his enthusiasm and youth, while Haddock represents his current state of negativity.

[@musicadictor]

I see many people in the comments mention Asterix as another such comic series, one that actually got plenty of adaptations. Maybe you could consider doing one of those movies? I adored Asterix as a child, and would love to see you cover it. :)

[@merrittanimation7721]

musicaddictor_anniepapaz Really?! What are some examples?

[@Abzify1]

According to wiki, there were (as of 2017) 37 volumes of french comics witch were adapted into several books, 13 films (9 animated, 4 live action) a number of games based on characters and a theme park near paris (not an adaptation I know but still a cool thing to happen. One of the films was asterix and obelix:mission cleapatra which was extremely successful in france.

[@andreraymond6860]

Loved it and Alain Chabat's whole approach to the material, but the author hated it and insisted that Chabat be removed from gthe sequel project. Go figure.

[@andreraymond6860]

Would be interested in a video on the Lucky Luke adaptations. The quality overall has been so execrable for live action adaptations that it would be very funny to see the Dom's take.

[@jaojao1768]

musicaddictor_anniepapaz yes i hope he does Asterix

[@anthonyvillanueva5226]

I've been a fan of Tintin since my childhood and I loved the film. I also found it hilarious how the villain twist was based on a a throwaway joke in the comics.

[@governor_explosion]

I remember a theory that the treasure in this movie and in The Hobbit was increased "for inflation," since what would be a large sum of money back then would not seem anywhere near as impressive now. Either that, or they wanted to show off how many gold coins they could get the computer to render (I don't blame them).

[@saixenophase]

I love Tintin (and actually cried about not going to the Tintin shop when I went to Singapore) and I love the animated adaptations it had before. The movie left me with mixed feelings, however. Mostly because they used an innocent bystander as the main villain and because a certain professor didn't show up, but nonetheless, it was a good movie!

[@X-SPONGED]

The flat scene with all the newspaper clippings gives me such a nostalgia orgasm. After seeing just some headlines, all the stories I read from my childhood suddenly came back, and it was amazing

[@LabRat10101]

I love Tintin. And i loved the movie by Spielberg and Jacksons. Herge would be proud.

[@lamecasuelas2]

Uncle Traveling Matt with script by Mr. Edgar Wright

[@LabRat10101]

The Raul Guerrero G Oh indeed. Thanks.

[@supervegito2277]

I havent watched it, and havent read the comics in years. but the way the 3 books blend together seems seamlessly done to me... probably because its been so long but still..

[@sajidam3463]

what is a false start ? 1:45

[@helios24601]

Uncle Traveling Matt Honestly the transitions were the best part. And I loved that they got two actors for Thomson and Thompson, but they sound basically identical

[@ThomasK96]

THE DOM January 10th was the 89th anniversary of the first appearance of Tintin in a small Belgium Catholic newspaper. This video was a great way to celebrate it! two days late lol.

[@ThomasK96]

Steven Spielberg said on March 24th 2018 the Tintin sequel is not dead and still happening possibly in 2021.

[@munimkhan4207]

*2027

[@AndorRadnai]

As a lifelong Tintin fan, in the third generation I might add, I loved this film. So did the aforementioned second generation, that being my mum. It is a fantastic way to tell this revamped story. The style is spot on, the visuals breathtaking (especially the transitions), and the characters have been done expert justice. (Ok, Zacharin has been rewritten entirely, but in an interesting way I find. Makes sense for this version of the story). It gave us great fight and chase scenes, brilliant little moments and it brought the panels from the comics, that my grandfather used to love talking about, to life. Think of it then, less as an adaptation of the original, and more as a love letter to the series as a whole.

[@Alphasnowbordergirl]

I do think the motion caption for the characters for this was amazing. The detail was gorgeous but it held enough cartoon in it that anything slightly weird or off was not noticed very much. I think this is the one time, this type of movie worked.

[@The1234philly]

I'd like to mention, tintin was the inspiration for Indiana Jones, so a lot of the action scenes kind of look like they belong that style of movie. Sort of, 'accidental', 'crazy' and fast moving great analysis, and very fair ^^ I like this movie, its a great adventure story i'm not a fuss for realism, I always think if you demand too much for any fiction if you point out its lack of realism however, understand if anyone gets little annoyed with the 'animation porn'

[@beeman2075]

I haven't read a Tintin comic book in a couple of decades, but I read six of the Tintin comics when I was about ten and remember thoroughly enjoying them. I thought Spielberg did a great job with the movie. Thanks The Dom for making this Lost in Adaptation clip.

[@AndorRadnai]

I have to say, the comics hold up very well. My family members have enjoyed them well into adulthood. They have always been very mature stories. Not too childish, but not too brutal either. I’m essence, if you can enjoy Indiana Jones into adulthood, these are the same. ^^

[@patrickmedland7473]

Glad you reviewed this one. I’ve actually read tin tin in both French and English, due to living in canada. Didn’t know how much widespread popularity these books have, but I can totally relate to the nostalgia.

[@keeleymorgan9697]

Thank you for doing what you do! This is my favorite channel!

[@mar5808]

OMG I'm Catalan and Tintin was and still is a BIG DEAL around here!! Hit me right in the CHILDHOOD, thank you so much for doing this Dom!!

[@morzansreddragon]

I find this film severely underrated. I don't consider it Spielberg's finest directorial efforts though, for a film where he first utilized the use of digital environments and motion capture effects, it's still pretty darn impressive and I still love it since I originally saw it back in 2011. I've also noticed Spielberg's more younger-audience oriented films (Such as 'The BFG') have since made impressive use of this tech and can really show the audience what a great director can do when the limits of imagination are stretched. There's also no exception as to what he'd do with the upcoming 'Ready Player One' adaptation, which looks excellent and I hope it lives up to both Spielberg's and the book's reputation.

[@akisutahatter3245]

I was never a Tintin person (grew up reading Asterix instead) but I really enjoyed this video and it's super interesting! A testament to The Dom's talents :)

[@geraldgrenier8132]

My school had both Tintin and Asterix, I enjoyed Asterix more probably because they had aged better.

[@GamesCourier]

I prefer Asterix too, but Tintin and Spirou are fantastic nonetheless.

[@swanpride]

Yeah, Asterix fan too...I think what Asterix has over Tintin is that those books actually get better when you read them as an adult and understand the social commentary in it. Especially the early ones. They are really brilliant! Even the stereotypes used in those books works because they aren't just thrown in but clever commentaries on the, well, little habits of the various countries in Europe.

[@MunchingSawdust23]

I grew up with them both ;) and hundreds and hundreds of Donald Duck comics, literally endless supplies from my brother and my cousin

[@merrittanimation7721]

I only read Asterix later in my childhood because I thought they'd be dumb from the covers I saw. I was absolutely wrong of course. I read Tintin obsessively, mostly the Blue Lotus over and over

[@v.m.9198]

I love this movie and it hurts me we may not get a sequel for like another 15 years.

[@ccody-long6915]

I loved Tintin as a kid! The comics and cartoon series were great!

[@kingdyste5289]

Ah, I love Tintin. I grew up with his comics, and own a complete collection that was created a few years ago (even featuring the two early stories that don't usually get translated into English - arguably for good reason - and the unfinished final one), and watched the Nelvana TV series. I was so excited for this movie, and for the most part it was great. I hope that they still plan to make a trilogy; we need to see Professor Calculus still!

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

18:00 In fairness, not a lot of Tintin adaptations ever bother with Snowy having dialogue anyway.

[@MichaelMurphy-jc4ek]

Well written, well executed, well produced. Amazing.

[@zomomnomnombie]

Dom, will you make a Lost in Adaptation of Stardust by Neil Gaiman (the same guy who wrote Coraline)? I grew up reading the book, and the movie was so ridiculously different in places that it could honestly use half of an In Name Only Clause. Also, Robert DiNiro in drag.

[@robbybevard8034]

The movie added a lot of things, namely the air pirate stuff, but the rest of it was pretty spot on. And considering Gaiman was heavily involved in the production, it was probably his choice to add that in order to streamline in a training montage.

[@WickedNPC]

I liked the pirate ship. But I didn't like what they did with the end of the witches. I liked it better in the movie where they just went back to being old.

[@zomomnomnombie]

Robby Bevard I didn't realize Gaiman was so involved with the movie, Thank you for informing me! :)

[@nixneato]

This movie is one of my Blu-rays, and I don't have many. A masterpiece. Of course I'm Belgian, but as such, Tintin is sacred to me, and Spielberg adapted it wonderfully. And yeah, what the hell is "Snowy"... #itsMilou

[@chloefrancisco8920]

I loved the Tintin books so much growing up. They were the only full series in my school library. I only ever knew them in French though, so it was really strange hearing the English titles and names!

[@marioprisciandaro871]

The continuous action shot in Baghar is one of my favorite scenes in all of cinema. I can understand it doesn't fit the tone or style of the comic but its just so visually and technically awesome

[@MiniMimots]

wait the english names of Dupond and Dupont is thomson? funny !

[@TheGerkuman]

Minimimots nie yep, Thomson and Tomson

[@TheGerkuman]

Minimimots nie *thompson and thomson

Also, Milou? Why Snowy?

[@caitlynweerd3427]

The dutch ones are Jansen and Janssen. And the dog is called Bobbie

[@jbcatz5]

Thompson with a P as in Philadelphia and Thomson without a P as in Venezuela.

[@martianfilms9902]

I absolutely love this movie, even rewatching it. Honestly, I think they did the best with the almost hyper realistic character designs and animation, if anything still aged well. It shows how mocap as a tool could work in animation very well.

[@SorchaSublime]

this movie is genuinely one of my favorites mainly FOR the added plot. While I did grow up with about 3 quarters of the original comics (I wasnt allowed any with excessive racism) I did like them... But the whole ancestry red rackham-haddock theme along with the characters rivalry and the parallels between their actions just DREW ME IN! I dont know, maybe because I was still a child when the movie came out but it just all clicked for me.

[@Otome_Nightmare]

Man, I still own a giant box set of the Tin-Tin comics. I don't know if it was all of them though.

[@courtneywoodbury5198]

I rather liked this movie. But I noticed you could practically make a drinking game out of the number of times Tintin was knocked out or passed out. I can think of at least 4 times lol.

[@elsie8757]

He and Nancy Drew should form a club.

[@merrittanimation7721]

At least once per comic to my knowledge.

[@hostiusasinhostilityhostil7853]

That's very true to the comics. Now that I think about it, basically everyone (apart from Castafiore) is a victim of cartoon violence at least once. Even side characters aren't safe.

[@CaffeineDeprivation]

@@hostiusasinhostilityhostil7853 *Especially* Dupont & Dupond lol

[@mikashi1593]

@@andesite. Not just knocked out, he definitely nearly die! I mean, got shot on the chest in Black Island, and got shot on the head in Expedition to The Moon? And then the nurse said the bullet only hit his bones? His live sure got protected by angel!

[@WonderWhy66]

As an Indian, I grew up reading and loving Tintin! ♥️ I absolutely loved the movie.

[@abbeyBominable123]

Im from Indonesia, I knew Tintin by buying a pack of batteries when I was a kid. When you buy a pack, you will get CD containing an episode of the animated series. Man, I miss those days. Also, Memoirs of a Geisha next please!

[@ThomasK96]

THE DOM THANKS FOR MAKING MY YEAR! ..👏👏👏👏👍 I'm Probably The biggest Tintin fan in The U.S And yes I understand why you said it like that👍

[@thehopeofeden597]

Thomas K96 Excuse me sir but I believe "biggest TinTin fan in the US" is my title!

[@ThomasK96]

Awsamazing Eden The biggest Fan should know Tintin is spelled with one word. You failed. Lol

[@ThomasK96]

January 10th was the 89th anniversary of the first appearance of Tintin in a small Belgium Catholic newspaper. This video was a great way to celebrate it! Two days late lol.

[@merrittanimation7721]

You clearly haven't met cousin's husband. His house is filled with Tintin related toys and books

[@1Katakana]

I remember watching this film twice in the cinema ^^ I actually find the 3 minutes scene in Bagar really funny to watch :)

[@Tipchune]

As someone who never read even one Tintin comic, I didn't expect to care for movie adaptation - but I guess I couldn't resist how GOOD it looked. Also, extended, fluid action scenes are a guilty pleasure of mine. I loved the movie so much I watched it 3 times (so far) and I never get tired of the solid characterization, beautiful visuals, and the title character's charisma (Tintin's kind of a babe ngl) I think it's a great movie for people new to Tintin and it's nice that such an iconic comic can become relevant for new generations minus all the -cough- racism. Adaptations don't need to be perfect 1:1 remakes - film is a different medium to comic books and I think the movie succeeded in retaining the charm of the genre, characters and aesthetics (and joy, ofc, as you said) that made the comics popular in the first place.

[@trailguidealex5010]

Every time I picked up a Tin Tin books in my library I enjoyed them. Really reminded of old radio shows like the shadow, I listened to alot of radio shows as a kid so my nostalgia latched to this

[@Concetta20]

I’ve always loved Tintin as a kid and enjoyed the film. I thought they combined the different comic stories cleverly. I’m still waiting for the next one. Come ooooon.

[@robertbrookes2000]

Glad to see this adaptation. Unusually I didn't read the comics much, I do remember my piano teacher having a few which I glanced at, the shooting star I remember was one of them. My main interaction with Tin Tin was a couple of audiobooks, still think I have black Island, secret of the unicorn and trip to the moon. Personally I loved the film, idk why but I like the charming motion capture.

[@AndorRadnai]

Now that you say it, „Charming“ describes the motion capture really well..! I think because it stayed true to the style. Both excessively realistic, and comical. But complimenting rather than contrasting each other.

[@LynnGryphon]

I knew Tintin from the old cartoons and based on those I really liked the movie. As a kid I never realized the cartoons were based on a comic series.

[@LegoSnakeproductions]

Hey Dom, where's The Chronicles of Narnia? It's the most popular series of books with film adaptations that you still haven't done Lost in Adaptations for. I'm a huge fan of Narnia so would love to see a few episodes dedicated to it and it's film adaptations

[@robertbrookes2000]

Average Slytherin That's a great idea. Can't fault James McAvoy as Mr Tumnus. Well, maybe the fact his skin isn't more pink.

[@archive9796]

Question Would he do the bbc tv series or the main Hollywood movies

[@Twisted_Logic]

I'm still holding out for The Black Cauldron, but Prydain is niche nowadays, so Narnia probably had a better chance of getting a video.

[@buffnatsuki7204]

Good point! Also... GO SLYTHERIN

[@williamhartman5424]

Please please please

[@Roserae16]

I rewatched this today, and honestly? 10/10 best underrated film, it's 10 years old and still amazing 👏🏻

[@Oscar_Lasco]

13:53 I'd add something they changed concerning Bianca Castafiore. In the comics, her pet aria is "l'Air des bijoux" from Faust by Gounod that she sings in almost every appearance. It's the first thing Tintin's readers think about when hearing her name. But they chose to make her sing "Je veux vivre..." from Gounod's Romeo et Juliette. I must admit, it made me jump a bit! The second change might not count since it's from the English translated comic and not from the movie. In the Belgium version, Haddock's ancestor wasn't Sir Francis but the Chevalier François de Hadoque of the French Royal Navy.

[@Fitzroyfallz]

I actually loved the long action sequences, which surprised me because normally I hate that sort of thing. A lot of adaptations have problems with either making it too identical to the source material or too different. I think this film got the perfect balance by mixing several of the comics together.

[@BigBlackGuyReviews]

Honestly the over-the-top Moroccan Chase sequence was my favorite moment in the film that I would categorize as "beautifully ridiculous". So many contrived conveniences that were visually well executed enough for me to embrace the insanity of it all. I used to watch the second Animated series when I was a kid and I really enjoyed it and was pumped when I heard they were finally doing a movie (never saw the live action version)and felt that the movie really captured the feel of the stories I used to watch, wow the amped up action scenes only enhanced the adventure side of the stories. And while I did enjoy Ready Player One, I would have gladly taken a sequel to this film over that, without a second thought.

[@littlemissmello]

I think what's so great about Tintin, the comic books (and the cartoon serial), is that it takes its readers so seriously. Everything had an international feel to it, everything was grand scale, far off countries, exploration, human trafficking, drug trade, terrorism, civil wars, gang wars; the world's problems condensed to a comic for kids to read. Was great stuff!

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Still piss it ended on a cliffhanger and NO SEQUEL!!!!!!

[@iang8032]

There actually is a sequel planned actually as far as I am aware. They wanted to go on with Red Rackhams Treasure in that part some more (and who knows what other comics they may wanna include aswell). Hope they won't drop the idea for honestly I'd LOVE to see Calculus in this adaptation :)

[@edj8008]

Tadicuslegion78 I have heard that Moffat was going 2 do the seckond film but he decided 2 constentrate om dr Who. If that is true I might be a good thing that there never was a second film.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Emmy de Jong Moffat!? Then we dodged a bullet

[@matthewstafford7150]

Peter Jackson is now directing the sequel. Hopefully it won't get stuck in development hell. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tintin_(film)#Sequels

[@Goleon]

It's getting a sequel but it'll likely be some time before it gets made due to a current movie Jackson is making and Haddock's va Andy Serkin doing his Marvel work for the last few years. Though not 100% confirmed (there's been reports of some people including Tintin's va saying it is but nothing yet from Jackson and Spielberg to make it completely official) there's possible hints that The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners Of The Sun will be the books adapted while it has been confirmed that Calculus will be introduced in the sequel.

[@WalkmanWillWalkAllOverYou]

I may not have read the comics, but I loved this film when I saw it on BBC Two.

[@PhoenixHealing]

My daughter loved Tin Tin so much when it came out that we had to incorporate Tin-Tin like adventures into our nightly Barbie time adventures. I was Snowy, and Tin-Tin who met her OCs and had crazy adventures all while I struggled to maintain the voices the entire time. She liked hitting him in the head...a lot.

[@garrettcarter2959]

Best 3D I had ever seen before or since. I'm surprise more people haven't looked at the cinematography of the movie and tried to replicate it. It was by far the best part of the movie.

[@deborahingle2301]

Thanks, Dom! This made my day! I really like this film, and was very curious to hear how accurate it was to the comics.

[@brennabrodbeck5183]

Yes!! This is one of my favorite films of all time !! Thank you !!

[@Geospasmic]

I was kind of shocked to find out Daniel Craig voiced the villain when he came up in the credits, he was really good and pretty unrecognizable. I would love to hear more voicework from him.

[@christopherstephenjenksbsg4944]

I'm coming to this late, as I did not discover your channel until a couple of days ago. I've loved Tintin since I was a kid in the 1960s. I didn't discover him through the books but through animated movies based on the books, that were shown on in the morning during the summer, and also cut up into serialized form on Saturday mornings the rest of the year. They were kind of gnarly. (Different voice actors played the character in different movies, and they made no attempt at consistency, so it could be a bit confusing.) My favorites were "Crab with the Golden Claws", "Red Rackham's Treasure", and "Destination Moon." I then discovered the books in my school library -- in French! I haven't seen this new movie yet, but I like the looks of it. Thanks so much for your review and comparisons!

[@Shauny7188]

I really do love this film, I've always been a semi fan of Tin Tin, never going out of my way to watch/read it but if it was around I would horde/binge watch as much as possible. I''m glad this movie exists to push new viewers into the source material. Also an odd fact as well about this. Back before my wife and I were married, we wanted to look up something for a interesting fact bingo for the reception. I found out that in 1634, the HMS Unicorn was indeed a real ship and Captain (Richard) Haddock was a real person (not Francis as Tin Tin versions). But more interestingly for me is that my ancestor was the first captain of the HMS Unicorn 12 years prior to the Captain Haddock. So that was a thing. (:

[@littlemissmello]

What I loved so much about the Tintin comics and the animated movies was that it really took kids serious. I mean there were the comic-y jokes and characters as well (Thompson and Thomson, childish gags etc) but in essence it was really about serious things; drugs trade, human trafficking, Eastern European espionage, those kinds of things. No real dancing around subjects, real world happenings, not really "fantastical". That's also what I liked a lot less in the Spielberg adaption. The look was beautiful and a lot of cool things happened but it felt all way too fantastical and "what are the odds!" to me (not to mention that I kind of resented that Haddock was reduced to just a drunkard pretty much). I mean, I'm not mad it exists, but I don't see myself rewatching it, unlike the original comics.

[@martianmanhunter37]

To be fair, Haddock did start as "just a drunkard" for "Crab with the Golden Claws". The movie took this characteristic to create an arc for him.

[@trashraccoon2635]

As someone who grew up reading tintin (though sadly not all of them because some issues my parents had was lost when people "borrowed" them and didn't return them), i love the movie because it rekindled my love for it. I actually really like the chase scene. While it's absolutely not realistic i can tell the filmmakers had fun with it and the sheer work of planning the town and what destruction went down and how they all affected each other and the gangs' path was admirable. And it's just plain fun to watch, which is a plus.

[@KennethSorling]

Your crtiicisms aside, those action sequences look freakin' awesome as well as stunning. Makes me want to watch this film.

[@matildegd9965]

Tintin was my fucking CHILDHOOD MAN! I saw the the movie when I was still relatively young and I also loved it so although it does have some problems it has a special place in my heart. I think it was a great retelling of a classic story for a new generation. Most kids nowadays probably wouldn't read the comics, so I'm glad they still have something that captures the tone and sense of adventure that the comics had.

[@superkroger]

Loved the TV show and loved the movie.

[@Titantro]

I love the animation and the movie is amazing. I love how they merge two books and change the story of the original. Thats a great way to do an adoptation

[@floraf01]

I remember my dad taking me to the film whilst neither of us knew it was a comic series... It was a good time.

[@InsideCellardoor]

I saw the movie in swedish which i think was voiced by the same people that did the cartooned tvshow. We use the real names for most of the characters which i prefer, snowie and thomson and so on sound very strange to me.

[@gonzalofraguasbringas8617]

Yessssss! My favourite comic series growing up!!! 😍😍😍

[@missmoxie9188]

I loved the Adventures of Tintin when I was young

[@tavila]

I still want. Tintin 2 it’s one of my favorite movies ever

[@katherinealvarez9216]

I really hope we get another Tin Tin movie, because this one was a lot of fun. Good job Spielberg.

[@gregg6077]

God I need to watch this movie again

[@isabellejoachain1668]

My father is Belgian and when I was a child, he would read out loud to me and my brother the Tintin comics and this brings me back! Very nostalgic man haha good work Dom! Thank you for the review 😊

[@coredumperror]

Your "My GOODNESS The Dom" joke at the end got a hearty chuckle out of me. That was highly unexpected.

[@brycevo]

This was a great film, both the film and comics are a big favorite of mine. I really loved them both

[@Elsenoromniano]

I was always more of an Asterix fan (the incredible original, funny and quality translations to Galician helped a lot), but I had also some Tintin books and I remember fondly watching the cartoon series Sunday mornings and I thought that while the movie wasn't totally accurate to the comic, it capture pretty well the feeling of fun adventure that Tintin gave me as a child, and I'm glad that you felt that way also. Great review overall.

[@MrHEC381991]

Spielberg: Hey, George, look at what MY computers can do...

[@kellyhack867]

I was binge watching some of your videos and got super pumped when I saw a new one was up!

[@valcliffb8558]

Sounds like Tintin was for your childhood what Calvin and Hobbes was for mine.

[@lazyotakuandfangirl]

I love this movie haha it made me interested in the comics

[@ssjup81]

I never read these books as a kid and I've never seen the film...but I did used to watch the Adventures of Tin Tin cartoon on occasion whenever I was home from school on a weekdays. I don't even remember what the full deal was with the show since I haven't seen it in so many years and didn't see it often because I was older at the time. *looks forward to this*

[@jankarieben1071]

I used to read Tin Tin graphic novels on the bus in the mornings when i was little. LOVE THEM!