:ty: very much :D Will check out.Quote:
Originally Posted by V_S
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:ty: very much :D Will check out.Quote:
Originally Posted by V_S
+1 :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
Chennai makkale PVR la tommorow Taxi Driver special show :notworthy:
Oppice timings. :(
@sid any film festival on? ella sathyam mathiri blind date samacharama??
Not a festival.. like every 2 weeks or something they screen a classic..Quote:
Originally Posted by wizzy
Have read all except 'Land of the Soviets' and 'Tintin in Congo'.
Even the faithful animations lacked the magic for me. So I am not sure I will like the film. I hated the Asterix films I saw.
TV-la varumbOdhu paathukkalaam.
Does this one end with Secret of the Unicorn or they finish Red Rackham's treasure also? (one helluva ride that is).
I hear the next fliyum is Seven Crystal Balls - Prisoner's of the Sun : that is likely to be interesting in film. Lots of janaranjaga adventure scope.
Have read all except one (I don't remember which one. In fact, i remember almost nothing even from the ones i read :oops: )
Kandippa film experience will not be > experience reading, irundhaalum paakkalaam, thappilla
I have read all which were in the back of the tintin books
Lake of Sharks (IIRC not written/illustrated by Herge) was first an animated film and then released as a book - I have not read that.
Soviets and Congo were then not available in India. ippo decentA dhaan vandhirukku. padikkaNum.
Tintin books never quite caught on here (check grammar please). Don't think I'd enjoy the movie, or is that an advantage?
As I said, they bypass Red Rackham's treasure & cut short to hall. But in the end, Tintin reassures Haddock that they might find more in that island. Don't think they'd make it as another film. On outset, it might be a wild-goose chase, but it's much more than that. It's meant to be a journey where they put themselves in Sir Francis shoes. And Calculus would be able to trace the documents back to the Hall. Tintin would have been kidnapped in Red Unicorn & discovers the cellar then. But it's put to use in the next novel. The cyclical end & complexity of the journey is its specialty.
But here, it seems like they wanted to provide a payoff for the audience. And since they have this descendant rivalry. Sakharine vs Haddock as RR v/s Sir Francis Haddock. there's also a crane fight like a sword fight. The kind of thing that Herge would resist deeply. But it's just how Spielberg envisages I suppose. You need to take some distance from the exact specifics, but you could easily digest within confines of a Tintin Universe. Once again, Spielberg identifies with the more patriarchal figure, Haddock. So he gives that man a sense of purpose, "Only a Haddock" it's said.
Sid, Could you find out if they'd play Taxi Driver again?
Oh ok.
The scene in the book where Captain Haddock is narrating Sir. Francis's swordfight and takes a swig every now and then is :lol:
At one point Tintin completes his sentence "..and then Sir. Francis says now is not the time" and leads Captain back to veeram :lol:
Captain jumping in for Jamaican rum without wearing his headpiece and then clambeing on to the ship with "those bashi bazouks forgot to pump again" :rotfl:
Calculus hat flying as he sees the 'writing on the wall' : we are NOT interested in your machine :lol:
Captain: where is the whiskey?
Calculus: on the ship of course
Captain: thank heavens
Calculus: naturally it is in parts
*Captain shakes Calculus* :lol:
I thought stuff like that would be there :-(
KG,
Sure will be goin today i guess..will check with them
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Originally Posted by P_R
:lol: i guess the animated series had quite a better swearing cursing haddock than the movie..Calculus is thala..whenever i think of calculus Gounder's "M.A philosphy philosphy" comes to my mind for no reason that sottai guy :lol2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABVQYaFL7cY
Here the Haddock living the swordfight happens in a different way. That's where they've derived setups from other books.
Calculus-Haddock is a lot of fun. But again, they've bypassed RR treasure. So whatever you expect from Unicorn, has been changed & merged with plotpoints & characters in other books.
In some ways, it's far more refined here. We don't have Haddock explaining major details to Tintin (like in the book), here he has to "earn" it. And their encounter in Karaboudjan (from Golden Claws) is fit in here seamlessly. Should work for you.
Snowy's chase (as Tintin's kidnapped) is a bit like A.Jolie in Salt. Brilliantly choreographed. Lot of fun.
It felt wise to get rid of BB and merge that to Sakharine too.
:thumbsup: Snowy was super awesome in the movieQuote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
But i found captain explaining about his ancestors a little slow though..Quote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
He has his way with cats, dogs, cows, eagle & mice. If they had accounted for RR's treasure, maybe even parrots. :lol:
Yeah. But it's nearly a 2 hour movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sid_316
They could have faithfully done the book in 40-50 minutes. Haddock's relationship with Tintin had to be assumed by the uninitiated.
The set-pieces would be the flashback in his flat, the mansion abduction.
They found a way to fit in to Spielberg's theme which centers around Haddock. The way he saw it. Perhaps why Steve didn't add the RR treasure, where Tintin attains more of ascendancy. The film ends with Tintin letting Haddock press the button. Staying true to 'only a Haddock' could do it. I found it interesting. It's very Spielbergian.
ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by Sid_316
my fav character in the novel along with Calculus - gotto watch the movie soon!Quote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
Superb analysis with in-depth details k_g. :clap: Very interesting. Still have to wait another 1 month to watch it :sad:
Yesterday watched couple of episodes (on the site which I posted earlier), 'Cigars of the Pharaoh' and 'Tintin in America'. Throughly entertaining and have to appreciate Herge for bringing that edge-of-seat experience. Cigars of the Pharaoh can also be made into a good movie.
V_S,
Try to read the book. The animated series doesn't translate the magic fully.
Sure k_g. Thanks. I agree. Oru chinna sOmbErithanam thaan. Reading project for the weekend. :smile: Also watched video mainly for my kids (as I don't have hard copy), story-telling time at night.
i agree...while an inner part of my heart did prefer a completely faithful adaptation of the comic i could still make out the logic behind the incorporated changes and the fact that its 'spielberg's tintin and not just based on the comic'.I found several places to be quite enjoyable...especially the plane sequence where haddock uses an already drunk alcohol to start the engine...an ingenious way of shedding some light on haddock the character......well the discussions also makes me compare another recreation of a book, HP: prisoner of the askaban which is regarded as the worst movie of the eight by the fans with the critics actually calling it the best in terms of cinematic viewing.Quote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
Prisoner is the best IMO. Who are those idiots?
^:lol: whole bunch of my college mates think so.....in fact i would be the one to get castigated if i ever moot it as the best movie...
Tintin.
Suthama pudikala. Waste of the discuss.
Meesic was horrible right from the opening credits. 3D was not impressive, visuals were interesting thasaal.
Rejeeted.
Yeuth. :notthatway: :twisted:Quote:
Originally Posted by Arvind Srinivasan
Any movie with extended scenes featuring Oldman gets high mark. Prisoner is da best, enakku therinji, but I am biased.
Wait, I meant, with Oldman having more screentime.
Yeah, that's great but from Whomping Willow to Hermoine's pink dress, everything was so darn perfect.
Indo-German film festival in Bangalore starting from today, at Lavanya theater.
Schedule: http://www.goethe.de/ins/in/bag/kue/...pf/enindex.htm
Hangover II - Not even 25% of the original :|
^using a seedbox??
Legend of the Boneknapper (2010)
Super Rhino (2010)
Banana, Orientation day, Home Makeover (2010)
Bluray extras of HTTYD, Bolt, Despicable Me.
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
Totally weird first half. Animation was also not great. Ending and all was much better. Not really worth downloading :roll:
No, I'm using a measly 512 kbps connection. Just curious, why do you ask :)Quote:
Originally Posted by wizzy
ellae..we are in sync with respect to hd-movies I leech..was wondering whether you were also using seedbox to download mkvs..:mrgreen:Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemaster1982