The Adventures of Tintin

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (2011) - Jam. 8, 2012
About a young reporter who finds himself caught up in a mystery involving a model ship and years-old sunken treasure, this was kind of a disappointment.  It was enjoyable enough, and it actually started it quite well, but by around the half-way mark the film starts to peter out and really runs out of steam.  There is, however, one absolutely spectacular long take towards the end of the movie that's pretty much worth the price of admission alone.  Spielberg definitely still has some tricks up his sleeve, though I have yet to be sold on the ultra real mo-cap style employed by Zemeckis over the last few years, and here to somewhat better effect (it's slightly cartoonier than what Zemeckis is doing, but still a little bit too eerily real for my tastes).  **1/2