The main reason why lots of people will still end up feeling
disappointed with this movie is because it's not up to par with
Aardman's other work, such as the Wallace & Gromit series and "Chicken
Run". But really, the movie in itself is far from a terrible one,
though it still definitely has its weaknesses.
Good news is that the movie still features some of the very typical
Peter Lord and Nick Park humor in it (though Nick Park wasn't involved
with this particular movie). It features lots of very quick and clever
visual jokes and some often great and funny dialog, all done in a very
British style. And that's also a joke this entire movie relies heavily
one; the fact that the pirates in this movie are all being very
British, with their mannerisms and accents. This was something that I
appreciated but I still did wish that the movie would had done some
more stuff with it all.
For a pirates movie, that besides is also made for a younger audience,
the story doesn't really ever feel adventurous enough. It doesn't take
you to far off or exotic places and the action, which is something I
normally really love in Aardman's movies, is mostly missing in this
movie. Not that the movie is boring or anything, it's too short and
fast paced for that but it still is all a bit lacking and prevents this
movie from ever truly becoming a great one.
There just isn't really anything that stands out about this movie at
all. Also its characters are being somewhat shallow and you just don't
ever feel involved enough with them, or the overall movie. Some of the
characters besides get terribly underused and the movie also really
could had used a good, fun, strong villain in it.
But oh well, most important thing is that I at least was entertained by
it, for almost its entire duration and the movie genuinely made me
laugh. In that regard you simply just can't call this movie a bad one,
even though it's being sort of disappointing still, in some
departments.
7/10
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