Before he can start asking questions, he gets kidnapped and taken aboard a ship. Being able to think quick on his feet (and with the help of Snowy) he is able to escape the cage they have him in. He still doesn't know where he is or why they kidnapped him. While trying to escape he runs into Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis), a drunk who was also kidnapped. Together they make their escape, hijack a plane, and crash land in the deserts of North Africa. While wandering the desert, Haddock is finally able to sober up and through a series of hallucinations he remembers why the bad guys were after him. It turns out that his ancestor hid a buried treasure and the clue that Tintin found in the model ship was just one clue to where it is hidden. Now it is up to Tintin, Haddock, and Snowy to figure out the puzzle and find the treasure before the bad guys.
The animation in this movie is pretty incredible. It's insane what they are able to do nowadays. They had long tracking shots through action chase scenes that were so detailed they even put in lens flares. Even though it was just their voices, I still loved the cast. I wish Jamie Bell was in more movies (let's just forget about Jumper). And Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as the buddy Scotland Yard. I almost wish it was live action just so I can see them together again. The story was a little confusing at times with the flashbacks to their ancestors. I wasn't sure if he was remembering the story being told to him or if it was like The Mummy Returns and he was remembering past lives (let's hope it's the first one). I'm not sure if it's because it was a children's movie, but I kept thinking that Tintin was this adolescent boy when in fact he was a young adult. That kept confusing me. Otherwise I felt like I was watching a children's Indiana Jones. No wonder it's a popular comic.
Rating: ****
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