'Tintin' Reviews: Steven Spielberg's 'The Adventures of Tintin' Receives Mixed Reaction at AFI Fest

With $125 million in worldwide ticket sales already, 'The Adventures of Tintin' is well coming toward as being a worldwide smash for director Steven Spielberg. How American audiences will react to the eu flair of film -- modified within the famous comic strip by Belgian author Herge -- remains to look, though once the critical a reaction to north of manchester American debut of 'Tintin' within the AFI Fest is any suggestion, expect many houses divided. Carrying out a screening on Thursday evening, many authors and film experts taken care of immediately 'Tintin' the simplest way they understood how: via Twitter. "'Tintin' is great!In . written Movieline's Jen Yamato. "Feels a great deal a great deal a lot more like 'Raiders [in the Lost Ark]' than 'Captain America' ever did." "Snowy 4ever!!" tweeted a thrilled Devin Faraci from Badass Digest, mentioning to Tintin's trusty dog Snowy. Thompson on Hollywood proprietor Anne Thompson agreed with both Yamato and Faraci, but noted the film didn't hold together due to its running time. "'Tintin' is great-searching fun, and Snowy might be the star. Amazing camera be employed in digital atmosphere. Nevertheless it expires of narrative steam." The sentiment was echoed by Slashfilm's Peter Sciretta, who, while experiencing 'Tintin,' noted it "felt just a little extended" with an animated film that they didn't care enough in regards to the star in the show, Tintin themselves. Esteemed Oscar blogger Sasha Stone being more deflated, evaluating 'Tintin' to 'The Polar Express,' because of the lifeless figures created with the advanced motion-capture technology. "Cold," she written. "Not my bag.Inch Stone also reported that upon departing the AFI Fest screening, she heard one fellow festival goer say, "'Tintin' would suck balls, whether or not this had any." No proof whether that was the curmudgeonly Rob Wells from Hollywood Elsewhere, nevertheless the veteran author did offer this Twitter review for Spielberg's latest: "'Tintin' is popcorn punishment. It's so marvelously congratulations I desired to think about cyanide. Exact same youthful Indiana Manley rollercoaster garbage." LA Weekly film editor Karina Longworth put it a tad more succinctly: "A great deal a lot more like Shit Container," she written. Clearly, not everyone used 140 figures use a point of view Spielberg's action-adventure: In Contention blogger Kris Tapley written an entire summary of 'Tintin,' calling it "handily one of the year's best films." 'The Adventures of Tintin' opens inside the U.S. on 12 ,. 21. [Photo: Vital] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED