It's Holiday Movie Time 2!

The second movie that I am excited about (after Hugo on Nov 25) comes out on December 21 - The Adventures of TinTin.   Based on a children's book from Belgium, the plot centers around a cub reporter who follows his stories to the ends of the earth. According to MovieInsider,     

There will be three back-to-back films, which will be in full digital 3-D. Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson will both direct an installment of the trilogy. The movie is animated, motion capture 3-D. The full-length film will be similar to the motion capture elements in The Lord of the Rings, Beowulf and King Kong.

Which explains why Andy Serkis (Gollum) is in the movie. Also in the cast are Daniel Craig, fresh from Cowboys vs Aliens, and Jamie Bell, who appeared in the sci-fi movie Jumper.   We also get to see our favorite indy actor who is suddenly appearing in mainstream movies, Simon Pegg.   


      


Best of all, the writers for TinTin  look great. Edgar Wright was a writer for Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Scott Pilgrim. Even better, the head writer is Steven Moffat, who brought Doctor Who back to TV from 2005 to 2011 with a marvelously engaging set of storylines. He also wrote the new Sherlock Holmes TV show on Masterpiece Theater. If you have not downloaded them from Netflix or Amazon Prime, you should. They are delightful. Martin Freeman from Hitchhikers Guide and soon to be Bilbo in The Hobbit plays a 21st century Dr. Watson.    

So, all in all, a movie to look forward to. Couple it with the new Sherlock Holmes movie with Jude Law and Robert Downey, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which was a very interesting, but violent, series of books. We will see how that gets expressed on the screen. I keep thinking The Game of Thrones.    

So, lots of good choices to schedule in November and December. Make sure you see them all. If you need encouragement, call me and you can go with me. I just don't want to see you sneaking out of TinTin at the multiplex to sneak in to Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked. Mistakes like that are hard to ignore and could get you banned from further movie trips.