Tintin was a character and a hero that I grew up with- Ya, I’m Canadian …and when I first heard that Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg were teaming up to do an adaptation of Tintin… I was one of those that thought it was the greatest idea since they told me Guillermo Del Toro was doing Hellboy. That being said- there was a lot of naysaying to be waded through.

With the release of the teaser though, I feel that all that negativity is squashed. Just, completely debunked- no really- watch it:

I’m going to start by admitting that the first thought that went through my brain was “Wait a minute- I thought that this was supposed to be an animated film!”

Then, with the first reveal of a character- Tintin’s dog Snowy- I realized the world these two amazing storyteller’s are building, is, without any question in my mind, going to take animated storytelling to a different place- it has the realism of the animated drivel Zemeckis has been doing recently- but with the character development and design of actual artists, not just someone who scanned another someone’s face and hoped no one would notice.

Although, I will say that there are a couple of “Zemeckis” looking moments in the teaser- parts where the animation seems too robotic, and fake. A style I’ve never been a fan of. Pixar has is wrapped- even if they’re supposed to be human- an animation won’t sell as living unless it moves like a cartoon to some extent. (Just look at The Incredibles)

On a final note- The scope of this film seems on par with the last Pirates of the Caribbean movie, but without the feeling that it was just phoned in on the last day of production- oh, and the voice talent sounds supreme.

I hope, I hope, I hope that they have captured the imagination and creativity of the old character’s and stories… So far- I believe they have.