Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Steven Moffat,
Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Hergé (comic book series)
Starring: Jamie Bell, Andy
Serkis, Daniel Craig, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Daniel Mays, Toby Jones, Joe
Starr
“The Adventures of Tin Tin”
is the second movie in the past week that I’ve revisited from the holiday
season of 2011. Both of which were good movies for the whole family, although
both also contained elements that we’ve come to think of as being unacceptable
for children. “We Bought a Zoo” had some fairly harsh language for a ‘PG’ rated
movie, although nothing that I didn’t hear in movies all the time as a kid. “Tin
Tin” includes a drunkard as one of the heroes.
As I watched the movie this
time, I watched my children processing the drunkenness of this character and
came to the conclusion that we all need to relax a bit. I think our children
learn much more from their real environment than from what they’re exposed to
in movies. In “Tin Tin”, Captain Haddock’s alcoholism is a storytelling device
rather than a real thing to the kids watching. True, it isn’t a realistic
depiction of an alcoholic, but it isn’t a realistic depiction of anything. It’s
a fun adventure for the audience to enjoy. And, it is the more than capable
hands of Steven Spielberg.
I was pleased to read
recently that Spielberg has said he regretted digitally altering his movie “E.T.:
The Extra-Terrestrial” upon its rerelease a decade ago. Spielberg removed the
handguns from all of the government officers when they were chasing the kids on
the bikes at the end of the movie and replaced them with walkie-talkies. This
seemed an unnecessary and paranoid precaution to me. It seems with “Tin Tin”
Spielberg has gotten over his fear of parents blaming him for their children’s
poor behavior and gotten back to giving us unfettered entertainment.
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