The Adventures of Tin Tin (2011)

The story opens with Tin Tin at a bazaar and he happens to spot and purchase an old model ship. Soon after he does so, two strange gentlemen approach him, one offering to buy the ship, but he disregards them both. Instead he becomes more interested in the ship itself and begin to research the reason behind why it seems to be so sought after. The ship has a clue on it, which falls out when a cat knocks it over, and the previous would-be-purchaser has stolen the ship from Tin Tin in hopes of obtaining this clue. Tin Tin is then caught up in a tumultuous adventure/ mystery involving an old sea-captain and this mysterious man who seems so keen on obtaining this clue.

I've been into the comics and haven't seen an episode of the tv show since it was on tv, so I probably wouldn't consider myself a Tin Tin fan, but I did enjoy this film. First off the animation is better than anything I've seen yet. To an untrained eye, this film might look like a live action, if it weren't for the some of the mispositioned features of course, but that ties in with how the original characters were drawn. Some of the expressions look really life-like and the backgrounds are really well done. The good thing about animation in general is that it allows for anything to happen. Since the creators aren't limited to real life and budget restrictions, there are no limits. The good thing about this type of animation is that it's so close to live action, and it was really effective in this movie because while a live action version would have catered to the true fans, who are all grown up now and would probably appreciate live action more than cartoons. It also is great for this kind of movie because it would have been really expensive otherwise... what with all of the things they destroyed... and the crane fight.

It was high action and high adventure. Tin Tin is a clever protagonist who uses his head to get out of scrapes, of which he gets into plenty. It's been a while since I've seen a movie like this in theaters. It's worth the watch.