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(I haven't had much time to come back here in a long while, then kept procrastinating, foolishly thinking of catching up first)

(I have just sent this to the DCML)

Since the movie will not be released in the USA until December, I will keep this message spoiler-free, though it might be simpler for anyone who wants to preserve the surprises not to read any message related to this.
In any case, there is not much description needed.

Has anyone who has seen the The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (I??m just back from it??and lunch) thought like me that one of the final scenes was reminiscent of a very famous scene in one of Barks?? classic stories?
Could it really be a coincidence, or was Spielberg inspired by Barks again?
Granted, Barks himself once said (or wrote? I don??t remember) that the gag was a rather ??obvious" one that other cartoonists had thought of as well, but if Spielberg got the idea from somewhere, I would bet on Barks rather than any other source.

I loved the movie (and am now listening to John Williams?? score again??I received it yesterday; the track related to the scene above is playing right now, as a matter of fact).
Elements from the two stories that inspired it was nicely meshed together, and the characters were wonderfully adapted into 3D.
The homage to Hergé (in the very first scene) was nice.
It is of course a pity that the shark submarine and Tryphon Tournesol (Professor Calculus) were not introduced, but it??s a decision that makes a lot of sense, as this whole plot requires a lot of time to tell, only to end in failure.
Changing the villains from the antiquarian brothers to a modified version of a character featured in the album was clever and worked well??and it seems surprisingly obvious when you compare this character with Red Rackham.

I can??t wait to see Jackson??s The Seven Crystal Balls / Prisoners of the Sun.

All the best to you all,

Olivier

If I remember correctly, this story revolves around an old ship, named 'The Unicorn'. Haven't seen the movie yet, but I am planning to do so.

Me and my youngest kid were very amused and entertained. The 3D-effect are over the top and yet integrated so well, that you tend to think "How have we ever survived without 3-D?"
The Hergé homage was great and the Barks-idea so obvious (and well performed!)
Guess you will have to watch it several times, to find all the treasures...

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I'm trying to tell this Barks-tribute on the film without having major spoilers. There is an end-scene on the film that is definitely a Barks reference to the story "Letter to the Santa".
On the whole this Tintin-movie was pretty OK. I'm a big Hergé fan myself and Spielberg did quite nice work with it, not superb but the rendering of the milieu and surroundings and props was excellent.
Therefore my wish for the future is that Barks-fan-Spielberg would some day do a similar movie based on old Barks stories, and the overall look would be exactly like on the oil painting Barks made. Imagine having Old Castles Secret made like this!
Timo

Quote from user: Charlie BrownA movie (or a tv show) based on Barks adventure stories would be great. But it also could be a huge disappointment. I can image only a handdrawn cartoon. I don't like this motion capturing like used in the tintin movie.
I like it and would love to see a Barks story (maybe "A Whale of a Story"?) with that technic.

I shudder to think of seeing my beloved ducks in the hands of Spielberg.

I always wondered why they didn't adapt Barks' stories literally to DuckTales. You could save an entire story department. "No Such Varmint" comes to mind as one of the comics that could be easily adapted. Or "Back to the Klondike".

Donald is a Ducktales character. But if you didn't want to use him, I'd think you could adapt the role for Fenton without much trouble.