The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (Blu-ray 3D / Blu-ray
/ DVD / Digital)(3 Disc Superset)
Two giants of cinema, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, team up to bring
Hergé's comic book characters to life. The Secret of the Unicorn is the first
film in a proposed Tintin trilogy.
Belgian reporter Tintin (Jamie Bell) finds a clue to an ancient treasure that
belonged to Captain Haddock's (Andy Serkis, aka Gollum) ancestors. Together,
with the help of intelligent mutt Snowy and Detective Thompson and Thomson
(Simon Pegg and Nick Frost), they set out on a high seas adventure to recover
the family fortune. But on their tail and after the same treasure is the
dastardly Ivanovich Sakharine (Daniel Craig).
Tintin uses Weta Digital's motion capture to bring the actors to life. Says
Jackson: “We're making them look photorealistic; the fibers of their clothing,
the pores of their skin and each individual hair. They look exactly like real
people – but real Hergé' people.”
The story combines elements from three Tintin books: The Crab with the Golden
Claws, The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham’s Treasure.
Critic Reviews:
- " [The] Adventures of Tintin is what you'd expect: a competent Hollywood
stunt-fest. " – Noah Berlatsky
- " It's delirious stuff, often laugh-out-loud funny. " –
Tom Charity
- " Andy Serkis proves once again that he's the best vocal and motion
capture actor working today. " – Richard Propes