Tintin Coming as Feature Film

Steven Spielberg is set to produce and Peter Jackson to direct the 2009 live-action motion picture film version of Hergé's beloved Tintin books for Dreamworks. Actually Spielberg and Jackson will each direct one with a third director to make the final film. So, it's a trilogy to be taken from the numerous comics Hergé wrote.

It's being called a "photo-realistic animated film" so, honestly, I'm not 100% sure what that is, but the Wikipedia article sheds a little light. Anyone remember Dick Tracy? Maybe something like that but in reverse?

I've been a fan of Tintin since I was a kid and just thrilled to death about this! I am not alone, either. A search of the net using Google shows a large number of sites talking about this.

Nicolas Cage in Ghost Rider (Movie Review)

Yeah, so I saw Ghost Rider today. Had to kill time doing something that didn't overtax my voice which is slowly returning. Hopefully it'll be close to normal tomorrow at work, especially since I didn't tell anyone about my Endoscopy.

The movie is very funny -- including in the places it shouldn't be. I'm quite sure the screenwriters didn't intend the audience to be laughing uproariously at many of the scenes that were provoking guffaws throughout the film. Despite that, I have to tell you I was entertained. Ultimately that is what one wants out of a film. This was not a good film but I liked it anyway. The comic book was much, much better.

I had a hard time believing in the bad guys and a hard time... well never mind. It's an absurd concept to begin with so I probably shouldn't expect any realism at all. Still, it's nice to see Ghost Rider actually ride. A few nice tips of the hat to the comic book, but they mostly forged their own way loosely remember the comics. They left the end open for a sequel, of course but I can't imagine they'll make one unless it makes gobs of money, which it may, apparently do.

The soundtrack and sound effects were exceedingly bad to the point of distraction. The special effects were very fake, and obviously done on a budget -- except the rider himself which was very well done. There's just not a lot to recommend this film, but dammit, I had fun.