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Title: The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Hugh Grant | ... | The Pirate Captain (voice) | |
| Martin Freeman | ... | The Pirate with a Scarf (voice) | |
| Imelda Staunton | ... | Queen Victoria (voice) | |
| David Tennant | ... | Charles Darwin (voice) | |
| Jeremy Piven | ... | Black Bellamy (voice) | |
| Salma Hayek | ... | Cutlass Liz (voice) | |
| Lenny Henry | ... | Peg Leg Hastings (voice) | |
| Brian Blessed | ... | The Pirate King (voice) | |
| Russell Tovey | ... | The Albino Pirate (voice) | |
| Anton Yelchin | ... | The Albino Pirate (voice) | |
| Brendan Gleeson | ... | The Pirate with Gout (voice) | |
| Ashley Jensen | ... | The Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate (voice) | |
| Al Roker | ... | The Pirate Who Likes Sunsets and Kittens (voice) | |
| Ben Whitehead | ... | The Pirate Who Likes Sunsets and Kittens (voice) | |
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Mike Cooper | ... | Admiral Collingwood (voice) |
Always outclassed by fierce opponents such as Cutlass Liz, Peg Leg Hastings, and Black Bellamy, the hopeless, Pirate Captain, decides it's high time he won the prestigious 1837 "Pirate of the Year Award". However, this is easier said than done, as the determined captain embarks on a foolhardy quest along with his ragtag crew of misfits which involves Queen Victoria herself, an extremely rare dodo bird, and a brilliant young scientist named Charles Darwin. Will Pirate Captain manage to pull off a surprise victory? Written by Nick Riganas
Pirates! Band of Misfits is another fun romp from Aardman with the top class acting, animation and all round production values we've come to expect from the studio.
Unfortunately Pirates was missing one key ingredient usually found in Aardman productions and that is a rock solid story. There wasn't anything particularly wrong with the story, it's just that there wasn't really anything special about it either and as such it failed to engage me as it plodded along very predictably.
There's some nice action pieces as you'd expect but again these just felt like they were shoved in because 'that's what you do' and there was more than a bit of 'let's top our last chase sequence' going on behind the motivation as well.
Ultimately Pirates! Band of Misfits was an enjoyable way to spend an evening but it's not going to leave a lasting impression the way Wallace and Gromit or Chicken Run did.