Director: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt
Year: 2012
Stars: Hugh Grant, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Martin Freeman, Ashley Jensen, Russell Tovey, Brendan Gleeson, Jermey Piven, Salma Hayek (voices)
Dan had been keen to watch this since he first saw the trailer for it (something to do with the Aardman/ pirates/ scientists combination I think), and I certainly didn't have any objections. The trailer made it look like a traditional, fun Aardman movie - something we've certainly enjoyed in the past.
Pirates! tells the tale of the Pirate Captain, a pirate who wants to win Pirate of the Year. The plot therefore, obviously, involves Darwin, a dodo and the Annual Science Awards.
The movie has plenty of enjoyable gags, both of the visual and narrative kind. I even found the stereotypical librarian joke mostly amusing, rather than offensive. Unfortunately, somehow Pirates! doesn't equal the sum of its parts. Whilst individual scenes/ lines/ moments are memorable, the film as a whole falls down. Perhaps it's the too-straight narrative (there are no puss-in-boots-Shrek type jokes here), or maybe it was just too-high expectations on our part.
Rating: 3 out of 5
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