Tintin

[Ebony]

I saw it on Christmas Day. It's a good film, and very pretty, but I think that you actually have to know Tintin before you can really enjoy it. Several people I know didn't like it or couldn't get into it because they found Tintin lacking in character. I know the stories and enjoyed the film, but anyone who came into the movie without knowing Tintin, at least in general, aren't going to really get it, I fear. This can be a general problem for sci-fi/fantasy/adventure series that become films, since there are people out there who just don't know (which is why all the superhero movies are origin stories, much to our annoyance). It can be really bad sometimes; I remember when "Dune" was made, and theater-goers where handed a pamphlet with a glossary for terminology in the film (to say nothing of the almost 30 minutes of narration that starts the extended cut, that explains the Harkonnen-Atreides rivalry and the Guild's power in the Universe).
Ebony the Black Dragon
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