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And TINTIN will be...

Bob's Bitch Tits? by Gozu	Mar 21st, 2008 05:42:32 PM
I like it, don't get me wrong, but it's just funny that the story about the new Steven Spielberg/Peter Jackson family movie was broke by "Bob's Bitch Tits." Take that one on the road.
Phew, I thought they'd hire Shitty The Beef by photoboy	Mar 21st, 2008 05:45:02 PM
Looks like they've dodged one bullet there.
Baz Bamigboye broke a big story by Brendon	Mar 21st, 2008 05:46:04 PM
That alone is hilarious. It was only passed on by Bob's BTs. Anybody in the UK knows what a fucking laughing stock Bamigboye is.
I Guess Freddie Highmore Was Unavailable by A-COD	Mar 21st, 2008 05:47:56 PM
So they got someone that looks just like him. I'm sick of Highmore anyway, he's a poor man's Haley Joel Osment.
I'd like AICN to have a penalty jar by JumpinJehosaphat	Mar 21st, 2008 05:48:11 PM
Whichever contributor uses the term "Rom-Com" in an article has to throw $100.00 into that jar. The proceeds will go to my therapy for living in a culture that allows the term "Rom-Com" to exist. PS: "Rom-Com". Dammit!
I care about Tintin, not so much about MoCapTINO by SpencerTrilby	Mar 21st, 2008 05:48:12 PM
kind of mutually exclusive to me.
i don't know if he's the right age. by kungfuhustler84	Mar 21st, 2008 05:52:39 PM
But I'm still excited. I'm curious to see who would play the captain and the professor though.
DId Andy Serkis die? by skywalkerfamily	Mar 21st, 2008 05:55:00 PM
Way to screw him Peter.
First by First.	Mar 21st, 2008 05:55:27 PM
Any male over 9 that wants to see this movie will more than likely be on Dateline's To Catch A Predator
Looks like a Hannah Montana clone by skywalkerfamily	Mar 21st, 2008 05:59:41 PM
TEENY BOPPER!!!!
According to IMDB.. by A G	Mar 21st, 2008 05:59:41 PM
..He's 18 soon. So I'm guessing by the time they start shooting he will look more the age the hardcore tin-tin (fucking sigh seriously) fans will get what they want.
And Tintin will be... by SkinJob69	Mar 21st, 2008 06:03:27 PM
lame.
Another CGI lovefest that bombs harder than the by skywalkerfamily	Mar 21st, 2008 06:07:05 PM
Goldan Compass.
Director Order? by TroutMaskReplicant	Mar 21st, 2008 06:09:01 PM
If they are getting a third director involved, I wonder if he'll direct the second movie purely for marketing reasons. Stephen Spielberg's name will be a big pull for the first one. If Jackson does the second, then it'll be whatshisface? for the third. Saying that, Star Wars got away with it.
Love those Busted Tees girls. by mrfan	Mar 21st, 2008 06:10:23 PM
Give them a talkback.
James Cameron will probably be the third by skywalkerfamily	Mar 21st, 2008 06:11:03 PM
director. He loves over produced shit like this.
COMPASSS! by skywalkerfamily	Mar 21st, 2008 06:13:48 PM
It only got the award for best FX because the Oscars love pretentious shit.
Why would ANYBODY be interested in this movie? by A.M.M.O	Mar 21st, 2008 06:16:48 PM
Putting aside that its years since it was popular and the film will inevitably stink the place up, early Tintin stories were packed full of racism and borderline fascist. I can't wait to see how that translates to big box office.
You deserve to die... by syn_flood	Mar 21st, 2008 06:19:07 PM
... for liking Love, Actually
He also had a nice role in Doctor Who in 2007 by YotzVonFrelnik	Mar 21st, 2008 06:19:52 PM
That's where I know him from. Soon as I saw the photo, I was like, oh, it's THAT kid. Nice choice, yeah! He's really good on camera.
great choice! he was good in Nanny McPhee by pipergates	Mar 21st, 2008 06:21:20 PM
and he sure does look the part, skinny little boy.
The Script... by TroutMaskReplicant	Mar 21st, 2008 06:22:06 PM
And I'd love to get me hands on the script. For such an unfashionable property it'd have to be "rollicking"...
I'd rather see Rin Tin Tin by skywalkerfamily	Mar 21st, 2008 06:22:29 PM
That lovable scamp
Am i the only one... by dogstar69	Mar 21st, 2008 06:28:10 PM
who can only see simon pegg as tin-tin?
Rin Tin Tin? The K9 Cop? by slone13	Mar 21st, 2008 06:30:21 PM
Fuck that leg humper.
Don't diss Rin Tin Tin by skywalkerfamily	Mar 21st, 2008 06:31:42 PM
He'll kick your ass.
He's a good actor by kwisatzhaderach	Mar 21st, 2008 06:34:45 PM
He was terrific in the great Doctor Who story Human Nature/The Family of Blood. Cool choice. I wonder if Steven Moffat (Who writer and scripter of Tintin) suggested him?
Perfect by Teko	Mar 21st, 2008 06:49:38 PM
I'm in. Tintin rocks.
He should be Chekov by Robstar	Mar 21st, 2008 06:52:44 PM
In JJ Abrams "Star Babies"
Oh Jeunet... by TroutMaskReplicant	Mar 21st, 2008 06:54:44 PM
He's French not Belgian, but yeah, I'm sure some are thinking Jeunet as the third guy. He certainly has a fondness for quaint idealized visuals.
Doctor Who by Fried Gold	Mar 21st, 2008 07:25:52 PM
He was alright in that...and it's not a great leap to imagine him as Tintin.
At least I don't hate everything. by skywalkerfamily	Mar 21st, 2008 07:35:09 PM

tintins age by redkamel	Mar 21st, 2008 07:40:08 PM
I thought tinin was a reporter, you know, WITH A JOB. Not a 12 year old.
Alcatraz ! by Astrosquall	Mar 21st, 2008 07:45:11 PM
foiled me again Tintin !
Good Choice by Kizeesh	Mar 21st, 2008 07:45:34 PM
Nanny McPhee and Love Actually are good examples of his versatility. Shame they never went with an unknown though.
How am I killing the internet film community? by skywalkerfamily	Mar 21st, 2008 07:53:28 PM
That does it well enough on it's own.
He kicked ass in Doctor Who by Pixeldriver	Mar 21st, 2008 07:58:20 PM
I'm glad he's on board!
Who asked for this movie? by The Gospel According to Bastardface	Mar 21st, 2008 07:58:39 PM
Who? And if you did I want you shot. This is not something I want the Bearded One and the Hobbit wasting their time and ours on. Fuck TinTin.
HATING SHITTY MOVIES IS A RIGHT! by skywalkerfamily	Mar 21st, 2008 08:03:18 PM
Seriously, with this prick as the lead, does anything think this will be good?
Takes away your manliness, Quint... by Galva	Mar 21st, 2008 08:13:12 PM
... and replaces it with a rectum full of dead animals and used contraceptives. God Love, Actually sucks. Think I'd rather strangle myself with the nerves that connect my brains to my eyeballs than ever see that flick again.
"Come on dad....... by Captain Katanga	Mar 21st, 2008 08:41:20 PM
.... lets get the shit kicked out of us by love!" BLLEEEEEUUURRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH HH! God i hate Love Actually
Whaaaaaat? by andrew1911uk	Mar 21st, 2008 09:00:29 PM
Funny, I don't remember Tintin - an INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER - being a fetus? Why not Simon Pegg? Same hair colour (ginger) and even the same quiff style. I'm pretty sure the film is going to be motion captured, but still..... So who will they get for Captain Haddock? I don't understand the hate for this idea...Tintin is HUGE in Europe and the stories are pretty compelling. If they aim to play it straight and not Starsky and Hutch it, then it'll do fine. Sticking to one of the less racist stories would be fine, however. Tintin in the Congo (or White Master and the Brown Folk) probably should be firmly out of the running......
I don't understand why people say D. Fanning is creepy by jimmy_009	Mar 21st, 2008 09:13:08 PM
I never got that weird vibe from her.
SoylentMean by LoLWut	Mar 21st, 2008 09:15:52 PM
DAMN MAN YOU JUST CHAT TO CHAT? FUUUCCK GET OUT OF THIS BOARD FOR AWHILE
Well... by Gungan Slayer	Mar 21st, 2008 09:18:22 PM
I dunno...I guess...I suppose. I think right now my main problem with this project is that it's going to be all motion capture shit. That, in my opinion, brings this thing down several notches. But I'll wait and see.
I loved that kid in 'Love, Actually' by CherryValance	Mar 21st, 2008 09:27:59 PM
but I doubt I'll see TINTIN. It doesn't sound like my thing.
"And TINTIN will be..." by William Landis	Mar 21st, 2008 09:35:45 PM
That's it, the new AICN catchphrase - right there!
Doctor Who by CZ	Mar 21st, 2008 09:50:10 PM
Last thing I saw him in was last season's "Human Nature"/"Family of Blood" as Latimer. Good choice.
Jimmy_009 she's weird by comedian_x	Mar 21st, 2008 10:26:45 PM
because she seems to be too smart, and emotionally mature for her age. Like Paul's sister in Dune, Fanning has taken the Spice Agony and now has the awareness of all the child actors inside her -- from Mickey Rooney to Dustin Diamond.
aye CZ by executiverocker	Mar 21st, 2008 10:37:00 PM
He was good in Doctor Who
I weep at the idea of Spielberg doing mocap crap by Osmosis Jones	Mar 21st, 2008 10:37:22 PM
REAL ACTORS, please. CG the fuck out of the backgrouns, but give me REAL ACTORS!
wtf, so young.. by couP	Mar 21st, 2008 10:51:17 PM

Just as long as he isn't American... by MaxTheSilent	Mar 21st, 2008 10:54:08 PM
Tintin was always designed to be of vague European origin. But definitely not goddamn American. I remember a couple of years ago they thought of updating him to modern times as an American kid. I imagine Herge's wife must have Rowling-like control over this material, seeing as though she's rejected every single live-action proposal ever put to her.
You know Michael Gambon will be Haddock by Mgmax	Mar 21st, 2008 11:27:41 PM
He's the crusty Brit du jour. Just like I knew he'd replace Leo McKern in the Omen remake.
love actually was mean to fat people by BadMrWonka	Mar 21st, 2008 11:31:04 PM
richard curtis has some obsession with riduling anyone who's even slightly chubby. think about it, the "chubby" assistant to hugh grant, all the jokes about the portuguese girl's heavy sister, the jokes about colin firth gaining weight, etc. etc. etc. it's really a shame...
JESUS!! by Monty Moth	Mar 21st, 2008 11:38:24 PM
That picture! It's a man with the head of a toddler!! fuck...
OUTRAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! by BOLOSH	Mar 21st, 2008 11:52:24 PM
Talk about bad casting. Promising actor, but TOO YOUNG as TINTIN and no resemblance at all to the comic books. I was excited about the project, NOW I AM NOT ANYMORE. VERY SAD.:(
Wasn't Tin-Tin supposed to be a teenager? by Yeti	Mar 21st, 2008 11:52:46 PM
I am getting very very very old.
CREEPY... looks like someone stuck a 6-year old's head by TheGhostWhoLurks	Mar 21st, 2008 11:54:25 PM
...on a gangly 17-year-old's body. That said, I've never heard of the guy, so he's probably a perfectly fine choice. I just hope they give him that frosted flip-do in the front that Tin-tin has that's been all the rage for the past several years. I wonder if they'll make him French?
Oh, he was the kid from "Family of Blood"? by TheGhostWhoLurks	Mar 21st, 2008 11:58:25 PM
Good choice. The guy's a good actor. But his head still looks like a bad Photoshop cut-n-paste job. Hopefully, his face will eventually catch up in age with the rest of his body. :)
so, he plays the dog? by aboriginal	Mar 21st, 2008 11:59:04 PM
honestly, I have no clue here
The Douchebags have spoken... by TroutMaskReplicant	Mar 22nd, 2008 12:01:46 AM
I hope someone involved in this film reads this talkback and sees that they're guaranteed none of the young males over 13 market...which financially is bad news wouldn't you agree?
... He kinda looks like Tin Tin by The Chosen	Mar 22nd, 2008 12:10:05 AM
Doesn't he? Even with the nose...
better than getting Simon Pegg to do it.... by Seph_J	Mar 22nd, 2008 12:39:24 AM
... as the wankers on his board at IMDB were blabbing about. Can you imagine how embarassing that would have been... to everyone...
Love Actually was a mess... by Neosamurai85	Mar 22nd, 2008 12:42:06 AM
But I laughed a hell of a lot watching it. Bill Nighy makes everything better. And I would have loved to have seen a whole movie made out of the bit with this kid and Neeson. It would have been like Sleepless in Seattle injected with Cuite Honey joy... than Neeson would tell the kid he was fucked... to his face. God I loved that part. Shit. You got me admitting to liking this crap. Damn you HARRY! DAMN YOU!!!
Tin Tin? Will send most Americans by Dingbatty	Mar 22nd, 2008 12:42:28 AM
(well the few who are curious) to Wikipedia, or to downloading CBRs. Few here know or care about this character.
Still by Neosamurai85	Mar 22nd, 2008 12:42:31 AM
Bill Nighy is a god. Just saying.
Dingbatty by Neosamurai85	Mar 22nd, 2008 12:48:33 AM
Not me. I'll admit to not being cool enough to have read the comics, (actually I think I did have the moon adventure one when I was little but wouldn't have read it myself) but I totally hit up the toon. Love the Tin-tin.
WAIT FOR OFFICIAL DENIAL! DAILY MAIL DON'T KNOW by Proman1984	Mar 22nd, 2008 12:58:51 AM
What they are talking about. Consider this a rumour at best.
Who's playing the scarecrow? by Underoos Hero	Mar 22nd, 2008 01:07:39 AM
And who will be playing Lion O? Or was that Thundercats?
Wasn't this supposed to be an animated movie? by Johnno	Mar 22nd, 2008 01:12:31 AM
Or something... I don't remember...
Oh yeah, him by Tourist	Mar 22nd, 2008 02:00:41 AM
He seems okay, maybe. He was alright in that film. Really not how I pictured Tintin. Not junior uber-mensch enough, but he seems like he can act.
IT'S KYLE REESE FROM T4! by Mullah Omar	Mar 22nd, 2008 02:28:00 AM
I guess the role of Tintin was never meant to be badass, so casting some boy-waif in the role makes more sense than in T4.
WTF is a TIN TIN!! by skywalkerfamily	Mar 22nd, 2008 02:30:00 AM
All these articles and I still don't know what a Tin Tin is!!
Yeah, it seems like I'm in the minority here... by DarthCorleone	Mar 22nd, 2008 02:34:17 AM
What the hell is Tin Tin? Is this like Gabbo?
motion capture by funkyknitwear	Mar 22nd, 2008 02:42:37 AM
now i don't get why people are complaining... if it's cgi mo-cap then why doe is matter what he looks like? i don't remember anyone complaiing that crispin glover wasn't a deformed 12 ft mutated beast when they cast him in beowulf... and another thing - andy serkis isn't a 24 ft gorilla in real life - tell jackson i want my money back!
WTF IS A TIN TIN!!!!! by skywalkerfamily	Mar 22nd, 2008 02:51:17 AM
And will it suck harder than Charlie and the Chocolate factory?
Also, Crispin Glover ruined Beowulf. by skywalkerfamily	Mar 22nd, 2008 02:54:59 AM
Actually, that entire cast ruined Beowulf.
Peter Jackson just called... by TroutMaskReplicant	Mar 22nd, 2008 02:55:24 AM
He says "What the fuck is a Tin Tin?!" is going to be used in a promotional teaser for the film. Congratulations!
Teh Fuck? by Motoko Kusanagi	Mar 22nd, 2008 03:12:51 AM
???
Bad Choice? by DonRivella	Mar 22nd, 2008 03:22:41 AM
Tintin is supposed to be in his mid to late 20ies, not a teenager. I just hope they don't bastardize the source material too much.
I shanked her pink ass and she LOVED it!! by Han Cholo	Mar 22nd, 2008 03:41:25 AM
Thought Tintin was supposed to be a big black dude with knives and shit.
He was also in "The Last Legion" by rubbiboy	Mar 22nd, 2008 04:09:03 AM
... and that was not the best film... anyone ever seen it, actually?
What, not Shia? by HornOrSilk	Mar 22nd, 2008 04:59:18 AM
Can this be true? Shia missed out of this role? Actually, it's a very good choice here. He was great in Doctor Who, and he looks older than in this picture.
WHATS A TINTIN? by alice 13	Mar 22nd, 2008 05:08:48 AM
is it like a cancan for kids?
TinTINO by random dude	Mar 22nd, 2008 05:32:04 AM
How funny is that?
Gimme a break by Toby___Wong	Mar 22nd, 2008 05:45:42 AM
I never heard of that snotnosed spooner punk Thomas Sangster. You can't be serious he will be Tin Tin. The only cool thing in Tin Tin comics was the dog. The rest of the characters sucked. If you do a live action at least cast someone who looks the part and not some McAwfully Cutekin lookalike. JFC, do movies suck these days.
A cure for peodophiles by Finklestone	Mar 22nd, 2008 05:51:09 AM
This guy has the body of a little boy but he is of legal age. Instead of making movies he should be performing a public service of catering to the sexual needs of Peodophiles so they don't go out raping real kids.
Should be cast as Batman in Justice League. by HarryBlackPotter	Mar 22nd, 2008 05:57:40 AM
Looks pre-pube enough for George Miller alright. Funny comment about Arthur C Clarke. Didn't know he and Jonathan King were FaceBook pals?
A "Tin Tin" is what you keep Beans Beans in. by pokadoo	Mar 22nd, 2008 05:58:36 AM
So in the US, It'll likely be called "Can Can".
bollox to tintin gimmi a jackson hobbit film by DanboJohnJ	Mar 22nd, 2008 06:15:14 AM
who cares about tintin?no one i know,not in britain and i guess america aswell.jackson should fuck this off and direct the hobbit.
I fucking HATE Love Actually. by Cpt Kirks 2pay	Mar 22nd, 2008 06:30:54 AM
I WANT TO FUCKING KILL THAT FILM!!!!!!!!!!!!! DIE RICHARD CURTIS, YOU CONDESENDING DIRTY OLD MAN, DIIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'D NEVER WORK ON YOUR FILM AS EVEN AN EXTRA, NEVER!!!!!! NEXT YOU'LL BE TELLING US THAT DIRTY OLD GITS LIKE STEPTOE FROM STEPTOE AND SON CAN COP OFF WITH THE LIKES OF, DARE I SAY IT (BUT ONLY 'COS OF COURSE, YOU WOULD!), ELLEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNN PAAAAAAGE AND MAN EATING SLIPPERY WHEN WET FREAKING SHAAAARRXXX!!!!!!!! GET A REAL JOB YOU FACKING PREEEVREEEEERRRRRRTTTTTT!!!!!! !!!!!!!
See him talking about Doctor Who by HornOrSilk	Mar 22nd, 2008 06:31:50 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =iQ9a3sCZy-8
Haddock by mulberry	Mar 22nd, 2008 06:34:06 AM
BRIAN BLESSED! SHOUTING! INSANE! BEARD! Unfortunately he's too old now, they'll probably go for someone a lot younger - a sort of low-rent Liam Neeson/Gabriel Burne type. With a big beard. GORDON'S ALIVE? DIVE!!!!
Great Choice! by Otter	Mar 22nd, 2008 07:14:25 AM
I'm also a fan of Love, Actually: not just as a rom-com, but as a great holiday movie as well. As for this kid, he'll be great in it. I found out about Tintin when I used to visit my cousins in Montreal, and Tintin was huge there, sort of a Young Indiana Jones character. I'm looking forward to it.
121st hell yeah!! by daddyfatnads	Mar 22nd, 2008 07:50:24 AM

122 as well!! by daddyfatnads	Mar 22nd, 2008 07:50:57 AM
beat that bitches
123> 122 by HornOrSilk	Mar 22nd, 2008 08:00:36 AM
yeps
I have no idea if he was In Last Legion by JackRabbitSlim	Mar 22nd, 2008 08:08:24 AM
Because i would never admit to seeing that loathsome, pox-rotted oozing pustule of a movie. Yeah he was in it - along with a whole bunch of other shilling for the cash actors - I'm looking at you John Hannah, Ben Kingsley, Kevin McKidd and all the others grabbing that filthy lucre. BTW - what happened to that little moppet that appeared in Gladiator? I mean since Mystic River. Cant be bothered to IMDB him...
What a handsome young boy. by alucardvsdracula	Mar 22nd, 2008 08:21:05 AM
I've already copied that jpg to my PC and will use it when necessary. Thanks a million for that Harry.
Sorry, I meant Quint. by alucardvsdracula	Mar 22nd, 2008 08:22:49 AM
Didn't mean to call you a pedophille Harry, only Quint.
JumpinJehosaphat by gotilk	Mar 22nd, 2008 09:13:27 AM
I second the motion. But it should go to a real charity.
too soon by ikkyu	Mar 22nd, 2008 09:20:27 AM
like, why the hell would anyone want to remake this? http://tinyurl.com/38oeo6
He's always slated to play Arthur C Clarke's lover in upcoming b by Suckitdorks	Mar 22nd, 2008 09:40:01 AM

Thought it was gonna be CG? by FILMFUNK	Mar 22nd, 2008 09:43:25 AM
He's a funny lookin Spud! All stretched and Gangly
Rumours of Arthur C. by nightmute	Mar 22nd, 2008 09:55:49 AM
I heard this years ago, that Arthur C. Clarke moved to Sri Lanka to gain easier access to young kids. Was this guy really a sicko freak?
TheGhostWhoLurks by Nice Marmot	Mar 22nd, 2008 10:24:40 AM
You beat me to it. I can't get over how creepy this guy looks w/ his little boy's head on adult body. Reminds me of some crazy character on Dick Tracy or Seinfeld. Juvi-Head.
Anthony Hopkins as Capt. Haddock! by Xeniten	Mar 22nd, 2008 10:31:54 AM
Bring on the good Captain and his colorful cursing.... Belemnite! Hydrocarbon! Rhizopods! Pirates! Balkan Beetle! Ectoplasmic Byproduct! Fancy-dress freebooters!Blackguards! Bashi-bazouks! Breathalyser! Two-timing Tartar Twisters! Psychopath!Cercopithecus! Pithecanthropuses! Gibbering ghost! Kleptomaniacs! Slubberdegullions! Egoists! Anthropophagus! Scoffing braggart!
Will we at least get the HBO animated series by Detective_Fingerling	Mar 22nd, 2008 10:34:44 AM
on DVD when this comes out? I remember as a kid being so obsessed with the animated series on HBO, that I'd miss the bus for school and have to have myh grandmother take me in every morning.I remeber this came on back to back with Encyclopedia, then it was Fraggle Rock and Babar. I haven't been able to find vcr rips or dvds of that wonderful show.
I love the idiots who pretend not to know who Tin Tin is by slone13	Mar 22nd, 2008 11:25:48 AM
You amuse me with your feigned ignorance.
Seriously??? by dopepope	Mar 22nd, 2008 11:26:09 AM
This is Spielberg and Jackson's next project??? Crime solving dog???
WFT. by Odeonandthekid	Mar 22nd, 2008 12:35:25 PM
Is this fo real? Please tell me this isn't real.
Tin Tin is Indy 5! by MonkeyManReturns	Mar 22nd, 2008 12:40:49 PM
That what it will be! Tin Tin was a great read when you were a kid...Investigative reporter (why do some of you think he was a kid - what drugs were you smoking - or injecting as the case may be) on Indy style adventures around the world...solving murders and mysteries...I really think this could work! Okay, stay away from the racist/fascist/and nazi stuff, and we may have a winner! This could be fun! You guys seem to hate on everything! Are you that angry? Did momma not love you? Were you never given breast milk? Do you want a hug? Awwww its sooo sad. Love, people...love. The actor they have chosen for the role? Actually does worry me - too young for a reporter. Which means this might be some teen Indy rip off which means it will suck which means I HATE THE FUCKING IDEA AND HATE ALL OF YOU, YOU HEAR ME?!?!?!?!
Ok by Odeonandthekid	Mar 22nd, 2008 12:43:35 PM
Ok that was creepy.
LOL@MonkeyMan by dopepope	Mar 22nd, 2008 01:23:29 PM
I love how he's so full of rage and a TinTin fan at the same time.
Alright... by GravyAkira	Mar 22nd, 2008 02:03:10 PM
I guess this is ok news. I hope the best for this project because I liked the show during the brief stint when i watched it. Just please dont release Akira in "Neo New York". Please dont!!!
watch this... by Pukenshette	Mar 22nd, 2008 02:04:00 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YHg QzluYzNw
Did Michael Jackson cast this movie? by skywalkerfamily	Mar 22nd, 2008 02:26:00 PM

Dakota Fanning isn't innocent? by Drath	Mar 22nd, 2008 04:42:34 PM
What the hell, because she's articulate she must not have the innocence of a child anymore? Precocious means you stop being a kid? What a load of shit. Unless you know something about her that isn't common knowledge, that's a stupid statement. She must be a woman though to scare frustrated virginal men so much.
Also, what about LOVE, ACTUALLY 2? by Drath	Mar 22nd, 2008 04:45:36 PM
Come on, I can't be the only one who wanted Laura Linney to ditch her psychotic brother and find love too (although holy shit, that guy she was dating became Xerxes in 300!). And who doesn't want to see Snape and Trelawney get their inevitable divorce only to reconcile? Anyone? Hellooooo? Fuck.
Andy Serkis IS Captain Haddock, confirmed by performingmonkey	Mar 22nd, 2008 05:07:09 PM
He goes out there to start work on the series next week. He must have a real love of mocap! A solid year working on Kong and god knows how long he did Gollum for. And of course he'll be back for Del Toro's The Hobbit! But for now he IS Captain Haddock, PJ confirmed it and so did Serkis.
This is... by THT3000	Mar 22nd, 2008 06:12:35 PM
... actually some pretty good casting.
His body has grown BUT HIS FACE HASN'T AGED!!!! by IAmMrMonkey!	Mar 22nd, 2008 08:32:24 PM
Ohmygod! That is weird and I AM SO DRUNK!!! But that's just weird.
That child looks ODD by Rocklover79	Mar 22nd, 2008 08:49:58 PM
Seriously. He was a small little boy in Love Actually, and now he's grown up without actually aging, if that makes sense. Weird.
This is Tin Tin? by hiperaktiv	Mar 22nd, 2008 09:32:37 PM
What the fuck crack pipe are they smoking? he looks like a little boy...wasnt Tin Tin like mid twenties...?
And Captain Haddock will be: by Astrosquall	Mar 22nd, 2008 11:35:49 PM
A 40-something verbally abusive man with a drinking problem. If they stay true to the source material.
He is WAY older than he looks. by darthliquidator	Mar 23rd, 2008 01:43:20 AM
Check out his birthdate on IMDB ...he looks 11 or 12, but he's pushing like, 19. He's the Brits Ralph Maccio..or Gary Coleman.
Tintin? by pk68	Mar 23rd, 2008 04:44:09 AM
Who the fuck is Tintin? I had to look it up to find out. Next time post a pic or brief history, don't automatically assume everyone is as much of geek as you are Quint. Could have been Rin Tin Tin for all I know. Geezus.
Yeah by kolchak	Mar 23rd, 2008 08:40:08 AM
This is a goofy looking kid. I doubt he's going to win over the hearts of audiences.
WTF ? Next he plays Kyle Reese ? by stamper	Mar 23rd, 2008 10:37:28 AM
Tintin is the worst hero ever created.
He was in Nanny McPhee, too. by Lenny Nero	Mar 23rd, 2008 11:10:07 AM
Good kid.
Wow, you people really don't know Tin-Tin? by Lenny Nero	Mar 23rd, 2008 11:17:50 AM
It's huge. Like Harry Potter huge. Is America falling into an ignorance trap? And I don't say this often, but if you don't like "Love, Actually," that says a lot more about you than the film, and it tells me you have no heart or are afraid to actually feel feelings. Oh, and all the "fat people" that get "made fun of" in Love, Actually end up the happiest. Yeah, Curtis is such a bigot.
i have quite the PJ story by they call it the dip	Mar 23rd, 2008 05:12:38 PM
Some friends and I saw a screening of Beowulf at an IMAX outside philadelphia last fall and Peter Jackson was there with his posse including Fran Walsh. Us nerds snagged the seats right in front of him. It was funny when the trailers started and one came up for I Am Legend and one of the people in his entourage said, "oh, Andrew shot that". So anyway, 40 minutes in, we hear snoring, LOUD SNORING and sure enough it's PJ. I'm guessing he had been filming some long hours for the Lovely Bones in West Chester, but it's funny to think that maybe he was just that fucking bored. The snoring would subside and then come back, subside and then come back, again and again. It was twelve times more entertaining than the movie. I thought the movie was ok but when people ask how it was we always say "it's the movie that put peter jackson to sleep".
and to the inevitable jackasses... by they call it the dip	Mar 23rd, 2008 05:14:13 PM
.... who think i made this up, why the hell would I? It's such a weird and specific thing to make up.
Dammit. Alright. I'll say it. by Neosamurai85	Mar 23rd, 2008 10:36:21 PM
He looks like Keira Knightley, with a penis. I mean he looks like Keira Knightley.
Lenny Nero, people can have feelings and hate Love Actually. by Neosamurai85	Mar 23rd, 2008 10:50:35 PM
Maybe they just prefer Kikujiro... or Charlie Chaplin movies. or hell, even My Big Fat Greek Wedding. I could think of others, but you get the picture. One doesn't have to accept that a slightly flawed film with Hugh Grant in it is good to have feelings. Let alone feelings other than hate.
Huh ? by Jaws Wayne	Mar 24th, 2008 10:22:30 AM
Alright Mr. Spielberg, I love you and all but this is just really silly. It appears you've never seen or read a Tintin comic in your life because Tintin is not a 6 year old kid, but an adult character. So, what's next ? The kid from The Ring films as Capt. Haddock ? Little Dakota Fanning as Bianca Castafiore ? Tell me, can't wait to hear about it.
I Could Be Wrong by Teddy Artery	Mar 24th, 2008 11:44:20 AM
But I was under the impression that the Tin Tin character was in his mid- to late twenties. Judging by the outrage in this thread, seems I'm not alone.
Neosamurai, my point was... by Lenny Nero	Mar 25th, 2008 12:24:48 AM
...that I never say that kind of stuff about movies, but Love Actually is sort of like a DePalma/Tarantino/PTA type of movie festish fuckfest that is made for anybody who has ever loved a really good romantic comedy. It's sort of a be-all-end-all of the genre, and it's hard to deny. Not sure why you used those examples as mutually exclusive to Love Actually.
RE: Lenny by Neosamurai85	Mar 25th, 2008 01:31:57 AM
I was responding to "And I don't say this often, but if you don't like "Love, Actually," that says a lot more about you than the film, and it tells me you have no heart or are afraid to actually feel feelings." That statement did not contain the point you are making now. One way of looking at Love Actually (and yes this overlooks the one story that doesn't end happily) is that it is a joyous romp. A mega happy film. Your statement read to me that if people didn't like this mega happy film than they must not have feelings. The film I gave as examples were to show a range of other mega happy films that people might love that do not like Love Actually. Kikujiro is a very sophisticated art house film that I find to be liquid joy. It is absolutely nothing like Love Actually, but it is a very happy story. Chaplin films like The Kid and Hard Times are also very happy films that go for different ideas than Love Actually. Finally, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a family oriented romantic comedy, but it is a very down to earth one that people are more likely to relate to than the story of the writer who asks a woman to marry him who to that point he had not been able to speak to or understand. My point was that people can still be sentimental without subscribing to this particular brand of sentimentality. Also, if this was supposed to be Tarantino cinema fetish fuckfest for romantic comedies, than where are the Annie Hall nods? What about Howard Hawks' Bringing Up Baby? The Apartment? Shop Around The Corner? I mean, where's my bowl of Orgasmic soup? They're not there. Love Actually is zombie Robert Altman overdosing on Prozac if anything. I did enjoy the film, but it was for select members of the cast, not for the stories or directing. The reasons I like it have nothing to do with the reasons I LOVE all the omega happy/romantic comedies I've listed. So all I was saying was... well... what I said.
TINTIN is a cover for TEMERAIRE! by skynetbauxi	Mar 25th, 2008 04:42:04 AM
and this kid will be the voice of Temeraire! I mean, come on... a movie trilogy, directed by at least two of the greatest fantasy directors ever, based on a french/belgian comic strip?? I don't buy it. Jackson owns the movie rights to TEMERAIRE, and it would make total sense that he won't be directing all the movies himself (see STAR WARS). come on, Pete and Steve, admit it already!
Neo, it's exactly what I said. by Lenny Nero	Mar 25th, 2008 08:47:46 PM
Read my first comment using my second comment. I didn't change any point. It's furthering what I said. If there was confusion, it wasn't in the statement. And since you admit to actually liking "Love Actually," you fit right into the lovers of romantic comedies liking the movie. The reason it's not a film full of obvious references is because it's not "Date Movie," nor is it as immature as Tarantino is on his worst day. It's not a spoof or a parody, but an emotional sense of, as you would say, "liquid joy." It makes itself its own classic, not surviving off of making direct homages off of other films. Tarantino is a talented filmmaker, and his best still are littered with winks and nods, but "Kill Bill Volume 1" and "Death Proof" go too far in my opinion. Since I'm not a martial arts film fan or a car flick nut, those don't work for me, but if I were, I would be all over them, I'm sure. "Love Actually" can be the mother of all romantic comedies without being "Not Another Romantic Comedy." Btw, this isn't a fight. Not at all.
Not to back track by Neosamurai85	Mar 26th, 2008 01:08:17 AM
There were 9 stories in Love Actually. The Rickman/Thompson bit I would have liked if were longer and shaped out; The Kid in love story I wasn't crazy about but had good jokes; the one sad one I thought was fractured but very good; Martin Freeman: stunt cock was funny as hell I'll admit, Nighy was the only reason his story worked as well as it did, the lost in translation story was cute but a stretch, Keira Knightley ruined the story of the crush, the American Girls are easy was a nice jab at Euro-trip... but still reeked of Euro-Trip. The film was a mixed bag for me that worked in some places and really didn't in others. Saying I liked it is only a little better than saying Cabin Fever was rubbish, but the bit with the pancakes kid made me laugh = Cabin Fever was good. At least 65% of the film did not resonate at all with the reasons I like other romantic comedies. Yes, you are right that I misread your adding to your original statement as changing it. Still, I disagree with the argument. It's like saying that if you didn't like Pulp Fiction then you must not like Shaft, The Bodyguard (The Sonny Chiba film), The Killers, Band of Outsiders and Chung King Express and everything else he has taken from over the years. And no, you don't have to make "Not Another Romantic Comedy" to capture the feel of those moments and themes. You gave Tarantino as an example and I used him as one. That doesn't matter though. My point is that liking romantic comedies does not determine if one is open about there feelings/has a heart/whatever. Liking straight dramas can be a sign of having feelings too. Crying at the end of Shadowlands seems like a good hint to me. You can call bullshit on Sleepless in Seattle and cry during Love Story and not be at any risk of being a soulless robot. Just because this movie celebrates Romantic Comedies doesn't mean people must like it. It has Hugh Grant being Hugh Grant in it and Keira Knightley going on about how pretty her boney ass is. Not being able to sit through those two is a sign that there is still hope for humanity if anything. I don't think we're fighting. We're not kissing ass, but we've kept it civil. But then again, after reading some of the folks over in the youtube message boards... AICN's worst fecal throwing trolls seem quant to me.
Damnit! by Neosamurai85	Mar 26th, 2008 01:10:08 AM
How do you guys get paragraph breaks?
Paragraph breaks... by Lenny Nero	Mar 26th, 2008 06:29:21 PM
...do a "
do a " by Neosamurai85	Mar 26th, 2008 10:11:59 PM
A simple accident or just being an ass... that was funny.
Aicn is stuck in some kind of weird time warp. by greenstyle92	Apr 8th, 2008 12:22:27 AM
Whah?
by troutpencil	May 31st, 2008 03:36:45 PM

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