A line and a flag showed the actual location on the map.ĭuring the event, kids were invited to add pushpin flags on locations they had traveled to. Katie selected some cool Tintin location images from the various volumes and attached them to the map. Next to the postcard table was a big map (50″ x 32″) mounted on foam board: But after the event, those same postcards were mailed to the kids with a special message from Tintin (and a paw stamp from Snowy). The stuffed Snowy drawing happened at the event. Katie modeled the mailbox after the ones she saw in Brussels (birthplace of Tintin!). Then, they put the postcard in the red mailbox for a chance to win a stuffed animal of Snowy, Tintin’s faithful canine companion. Kids were invited to select a postcard and write their name and address on it. It was so much fun, we decided to head back for another round!įamilies entering the theater were greeted by a table covered with postcards (I found a pack of 92 vintage postcards at the thrift store for for $4 woot!) and a big world map.
In 2016, we collaborated with the Garden on another book-to-film event, How to Train Your Dragon.
We celebrated his globe-trotting adventures with the Princeton Garden Theatre, our local non-profit movie house extraordinaire. This could only be Tintin, one of the most iconic European comic book characters of the 20th century. Adventure-loving tweens and Tintin fans will likely adore this globe-trotting adventure, but the rest might prefer their child heroes a little more thoroughly fleshed out.The blue sweater. And Serkis, who wowed critics as Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, continues his streak as the world's most renowned motion-capture actor. English comedians Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are perfectly cast as the bumbling look-alike Inspectors Thompson and Thomson, and Craig is appropriately evil-sounding as Sakharine and Red Rackham. With his young, peppy voice, Bell hits the right note of optimism and self-confidence as the nervy Tintin. The action sequences - particularly those on the Unicorn - are impressively rendered, with bodies swinging and shooting and jumping all over the screen. Visually, the animation far surpasses that of previous motion-capture films and is an excellent example of top-notch animated cinematography and artistry.
The breakneck speed of the action is dizzying - and, while not confusing, it's still a lot to take in for moviegoers who don't have the back story of Tintin's fame or reputation. There isn't enough time to truly get to know Tintin (although a quick sweep of his European flat explains that he's solved many a mystery that winds up on the cover of international publications). Audiences expecting an epic on the scale of Raiders of the Lost Ark might be slightly disappointed, but such is the problem of combining three Tintin tales into one two-hour movie.
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