The Adventures of Tintin by Steven Spielberg

The Adventures of Tintin

Animated movie by Steven Spielberg based on the wonderful series of Comic Books by the Belgian Artist George Remi (1907 - 1983) who was the author who went by the pseudonym Herge (his initials reversed; "RG" pronounced in French). The Tintin comics are seen as the most successful European comic strip books and has been translated into more than 50 languages.

Tintin was the first comic book series I fell in love with, then came Asterix and Obelix, these days there are many. These comic books are for all children aged 7 to 107, and the young at heart.

Tintin is a young reporter always on the lookout for stories.  He always gets into trouble with unsavory characters; spies, drug dealers, slave traders, and many others.  His adventures take him all over the world, from Russia, to America, China, from the deepest ocean to the highest mountains. Tintin is the hero in the stories and gets into all kinds of experiences with his white dog Snowy, a wire fox terrier, who often saves the day. He has a few characteres that come up time and again in his books like, the mad, cussing and swearing old Captain Haddock, the scatty and almost deaf Professor Calcullus, the twins Thomson and Thompson, and the opera singer Bianca Castiafore who shatters glass with her voice. Aparently these characters were all based on real people. The characters of the twins were based on his dad and his twin brother who wore bowler hats, the professor was based on the Swiss physicist Auguste Picard, and Bianca Castiafore on Maria Callas.

In Afrikaans, Tintin is called Kuifie (which refers to his fringe that stands straight up into the air), Captain Haddock is called Kaptein Sardyn.  Thomson and Thompson are called Uys en Buys in Afrikaans, and in French Dupont and Dupond. His dog Snowy is called Milou in French.

Captain Haddock	Professor Calcullus
Thomson and Thompson

Tintin DVD-set Competition
If you send in an sms to 33844 with the Keyword "Tintin" followed by your name, you may be able to win a DVD boxset worth R250. Send in before Monday 19th December 2011 at 12:00

The animated film will be released in Cape Town Next week.


Here is a preview of the Steven Spielberg Tintin movie: Secret of the Unicorn



Tintin comic books:
The Adventures of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
Prisoners of the Sun
The Red Sea Sharks
Cigars of the Pharoah
The Blue Lotus
Red Rackham's Treasure
Tintin and the Shooting Star
The Black Star
Tintin in Tibet
The Castafiore Emerald
Tintin and the Lake of Sharks
The Calculus Affair

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Tintin and the Picaros
The Crab with the Golden Claws
Tintin in America
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Ice Age Trilogy

Ice Age Trilogy

This is a delightful story of three unlikely animals that form a troop; a sable-tooth tiger, a mammoth, and a sloth and their shenanigans. Between their adventures is woven a story of a squirrel-like creature that has an acorn and wants to conserve it, and how he gets into all kinds of trouble because of this.

Ice Age Video 1
Ice Age 2 - The Meltdown, DVD
Ice Age 3 - Dawn of the Dinosaurs, DVD Blue Ray also available

The Matrix Movie DVD

The Matrix

The Matrix has the most fascinating scenes of cinematologic genius. They used innovative techniques to depict the science fiction scenes. One would think that Philosophy would be difficult to make exciting and interesting, and yet, they have created a masterpiece with this film; gripping, tense, intense, and very engrossing.
The Matrix Trilogy: The Matrix, Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions

Loot online Shop has the best prices

Kalahari onine shop has a greater variety of movies, DVDs, CDs and other electronic equipment The Matrix Trilogy DVD box set The Matrix DVD The Matrix Revolutions DVD The Matrix Reloaded DVD

The Matrix box set (Blu Ray) containing the trilogy

Youtube discussion on Matrix

See the Youtube discussion on the Matrix. It is an hour-long discussion of the philosophy behind it and what makes it so fascinating. It covers a number of subjects ranging from religion, anthropology, and philosophy.

Ratatouille Movie DVD

Ratatouille, the DVD Movie

The story of a rat that becomes a famous chef in Paris by some devious means. Fun for adults and children. My Ratatouille doesn't look anything like the Ratatouille in the movie, but it tastes alright.  See link to recipe below.

Kalahari Online Shop Buy Ratatouille DVD or Ratatouille Blu-ray or Ratatouille Wii Nintendo

Also have a look at the recipe of the same name Ratatouille in my Sonies Favourite Recipe Blog.

Enjoy!

I love animated Movies

I suppose it is the 'child' in me that loves the sheer magic of animated movies where the imagination is tantalized...mine is anyway.

This weekend I watched Guardians of Ga'Hoole
A story about owls, obviously, as all American movies, a fight between good and evil.  Guess who wins.  The movie is based on stories by Kathryn Lasky Legend of the Guardians, The Owls of Ga'Hoole.

Another absolute favorite of mine is Ice Age about a friendship between an unlikely pack; a mammoth, a saber-tooth, a sloth, and how they look after a human baby, the weird things they get up to on their adventures, and then the really funny squirrel-like creature with his acorn. I won't say any more because that will be giving away the story.

The other movie I watched was Take the Lead with Antonio Banderas. This is not an animated film, but a dance film; another passion of mine. The film is about  a new form of dancing that is fusion between the classical and avant garde that develops when the the students and teacher work together to create something that everyone can enjoy.

Loot Links to Buy books and DVDs

Kalahari Links to buy books, Cds, Videos, and DVDs Guardians of Gahoole by Kathryn Lasky Lost Tales of Ga'Hoole, Soft cover The Hatchling: Guardians of Ga'Hoole book 7, Audio CD The First Collier: Guardians of Ga'Hoole book 9, Audio CD Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Gahoole: Guardians of Ga'Hoole Books one, two, three, Audio CD (Casette versions also available for a number of the products) The Journey: Guardians of Ga'Hoole, paperback Guardians of Ga'Hoole box set, 1-4 Guardians of Ga'Hoole bk03 - The Rescue The Burning, Audio CD The Rescue, Audio CD The Siege, Audio CD The Journey, Audio CD The Shattering, Audio CD The Hatchling, Audio CD The Coming of Hoole, Audio CD The Outcast, Audio CD The Capture, Audio CD The First Collier Audio CD Legend of the Guardians - The Owls of Ga'Hoole (Video Game) Legend of the Guardians - Owls of Ga'Hoole - Blue Ray Feature Film Ice Age Ice Age Video 1 Ice Age 2 - The Meltdown, DVD Ice Age 3 - Dawn of the Dinosaurs, DVD Blue Ray also available

Other Movies:

Ratatouille