Review of The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012) by Luke B — 28 Jul 2012
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists is the latest film from Aardman animations. It mixes mostly stopmotion with some CGI backgrounds. The film sees The Pirate Captain looking to win Pirate of the Year Award, only problem is him and his band of misfits are the most useless pirates around.
After bumping into Charles Darwin, he idnetifies their 'parrot' as a dodo and promises them riches back in London. Pirates has a very quaint sense of humour, with jokes that elicit gentle chuckles rather than full blown belly laughs.
The jokes range from plays on words, to daft sight gags. The animation is typical Aardman and lends itself surprisingly well to the action genre. The vocal work is wonderful with Gleeson and Tovey being particular standouts.
I wasn't really impressed by the use of modern songs, a sthey often seemed very obvious (London Calling) or just out of place (Flight of the Conchords). The story seems a bit mixed in terms of both pacing and plotting, which makes sense as it was based on two books.
I would suggest watching the original British version as some actors have had their lines dubbed over, and some of the 'ruder' jokes have been changed.
This review of The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012) was written by Luke B on 28 Jul 2012.
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! has generally received positive reviews.
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