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The Adventures of Tintin, a review by addicted2dvd

The Adventures of Tintin (2011/United States) Trailer |IMDb |Wikipedia | Paramount Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Steven Spielberg Writing: Length: 107 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen :1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Jamie Bell (1986) as Tintin (voice)
Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock / Sir Frances Haddock (voice)
Daniel Craig as Sakharine / Red Rackham (voice)
Nick Frost as Thomson (voice)
Simon Pegg as Thompson (voice)

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Bonus Trailers
• Closed Captioned

The animation/visuals on this film is outstanding... among the very best I have ever seen. The story line is very good. It kept me entertained throughout with ease. The problem I had with this film? I never cared for the characters. Not in the old animated TV series and not in this film. With that said I do consider this film to be above average and well worth checking out at least once.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on September 27th, 2017)

Darkman, a review by Jon

Darkman
3 out of 5

Peyton (Liam Neeson) is a scientist working on synthetic skin that only lasts 99 minutes in the light. His girlfriend (Frances McDormand) is uncovering corruption and so hired thug Durant (Larry Drake) blows up him and his lab. Horribly disfigured, without feeling and in a rage, Peyton plots his revenge.

A pure comic book movie from Sam Raimi and an obvious dry run for Spider-Man, but bears a huge resemblance to both Robocop and Batman (especially Danny Elfman's lazy overbearing score that never... shuts... up! )

It's an unusual cast really for this sort of thing which along with Raimi's trademark abstract direction makes for a surreal experience. So it should be much better than it is, but for poor dialogue and a story that plays safe by borrowing far too much. Apparently Raimi's creation, he obviously didn't trust himself. It gets much better in the end, after finally abandoning Robocop (hero dead and buried, except he's rebuilt and looking for his old life while picking off the gang) and Batman (duh), but it's so clearly what would become Spider-Man that even it's best bits are too familiar now. Hero swinging through city, albeit attached to a helicopter, leading to kidnapped girlfriend about to drop many hundreds of feet before he swings in and catches her...  Raimi obviously has a bit of a fetish about swings...

(From Jon's Random Reviews on January 28th, 2009)

The X-Files Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

15. Lazarus
Original Air Date: February 4, 1994
After a FBI Agent and a bank robber are both shot during a bank heist, the FBI agent takes on the persona of the late bank robber.

Guest Stars:
Christopher Allport as Agent Jack Willis
Cec Verrell as Lula Philips
Jackson Davies as Agent Bruskin
Jason Schombing as Dupre
Callum Keith Rennie as Tommy

My Thoughts:
A good... interesting story.  A little on the slow side... but that works for this one.

My Rating:

(From The X-Files Marathon on April 8th, 2010)