The Adventures of Tintin is the Golden Globe winner for best animated movie! It beat out Puss in Boots, Cars 2, Arthur Christmas, and Rango. How do you feel about this win?
Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol reaped the benefits of wide release, and won the weekend box office with $29.5 million. Behind it was last week's champ, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which garnered $20.2 million in its second weekend out. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo debuted in third with $12.7 million, closely followed by Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, which took in $12.7 million. Completing the top five was The Adventures of Tintin, which opened to $9.7 million.
Matt Damon's We Bought a Zoo only earned $9.4 million in its first weekend, while War Horse made $7.5 million in its Christmas Day release.
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Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson team up on the upcoming film The Adventures of Tintin (Spielberg in the director's chair and Jackson as producer), and the motion capture animated film opened Hall H at Comic-Con this morning. The film is based on a European comic strip about an ambitious reporter, and features the voices of Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg, and Jamie Bell. After the panel, Spielberg and Jackson did a press conference with reporters to talk more about what it was like making the film. Here are some highlights:
On feeling more comfortable with live action films:
Peter Jackson: "We can't use computers, either of us. I can hardly send emails."
On working with actors in motion capture, where they don't have costumes or makeup:
Steven Spielberg: "It all comes down to the actors looking each other in the eyes, that's where all the comedy or the drama happens. The truth of those performance is when they're acting together. Actors just need each other to act together. I think that's the secret of great acting: you have to bring your imagination to the part."
On making movies in the digital age:
SS: "It may be a digital era, but it's still an analog era in terms of telling a good story. There's nothing of greater importance than the story. . . . The medium is not the message but the characters, and the story and the plot is. If any movie is working, hopefully how it was made is not a concern — you only want to have a good time."
On Tintin being a movie for a wide audience:
SS: "This movie I'm making for all of you. Some movies I make for myself, when the subject matter is very sensitive and very personal. But there are other kinds of genre films that I need to make for the audience. And Tintin is just such a movie."
On identifying with Tintin:
SS: "Tintin is a intrepid, tenacious reporter who often becomes part of the story. I identify with Tintin in the sense that he does not take no for answer, and that has been the story of my life."
On what they learned about each other as filmmakers:
PJ: "The thing that surprised me is given Steven's huge body of work and the incredible films that he's made, I thought Steven would have a kind of a process, and I was looking forward to seeing it. But what I discovered is that Steven walks into the set and, it's like the first time he's walked on to a film set. It's a childish — I mean that in a positive way — excitement and enthusiasm that I wasn't expecting, and it's very inspiring."
SS: "I was surprised at how patient and thoughtful Peter is. He doesn't let anything rattle him. He's a problem solver; he likes to look at a challenge from different angles and makes the best choice to solve a problem. We were in a way like two code breakers trying to figure this movie out together. Like two scientists in a lab trying to make something work. No ego, no competition. We're both on the same page: two Tintin fanboys trying to bring this movie to life."
Even if you aren't familiar with The Adventures of Tintin, the classic European comic about a brave young reporter, you'll still be intrigued by the trailer for the film if you're an action movie fan. Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are producers for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, the action-packed story about Tintin as he follows a tip about a sunken ship of treasure. We're talking shipwrecks, chase scenes, and gunfire — not your usual kids' stuff, which makes me feel like this movie has a ton of appeal.
Plus, the film features the voices of actors Daniel Craig, Jamie Bell (as Tintin himself), and Simon Pegg, so at the very least, the preview is worth watching to hear them. Watch it and let me know if this trailer makes you more excited for this flick when you read more
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