The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists details
| Formats: | U DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Hugh Grant, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Martin Freeman, Jeremy Piven |
| Director: | Peter Lord |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure - Sci-fi/Fantasy, Animated - Family |
| Collections: | Family, latest releases, October - Action/Thriller, October - Drama |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists |
U Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 24 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 08 Oct 2012 |
| Main languages: | English, English Audio Description |
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Warm hearted quirky and very English
By a customer , 01 Jan 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
I haven't seen the very final cut but have seen the work in progress (repeatedly) at crew rushes and showings of the film in it's later stages.
It's funny, the characters are endearing and it's visually incredible - a level of detail and sense of reality that fully justifies the long process of stop motion animation.
The relationship between the Captain blundering through life and his second in command trying to keep him on course forms the backbone of the film, but behind them are a cast of eccentrics and larger than life characters that keep the interest on 2nd, 3rd and umpteenth viewings.
I enjoy the complete contempt for historical fact and the weird twisting of famous characters, play spot the anachronism!
What I don't like.. not much, one or two jokes seem a bit 14 year old boyish, but that's being picky.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(112)Shiver me timbers
By stevieboy55 (13 reviews) , 03 Jun 2013Aardman Animation go to sea with this funny and amusing pirate tale about The Pirate Captain and his quest to become Pirate of the Year. Being Aardman is full of quirky humour (you have to pay attention to the background to pick up all the jokes), not quite in the same league as Wallace and Grommit, and the voice overs are rather disappointing. But that shouldn't stop you seeing it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Good fun
By smellie (31 reviews) from Birmingham , 27 May 2013This was entertaining but a bit on the silly side. However, it did hold my interest and found it to hold my interest.- Was this review helpful to you?
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You need to see it twice - at least
By JacobTonson (13 reviews) from Richmond , 23 May 2013This is a brilliant film, so beautifully designed and wittily written that I had to watch it twice, and could easily have watched it again. The 'bath chase' sequence is hilarious and technically dazzling. Another triumph for Aardman.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Worth watching with the family
By letalou (11 reviews) , 12 May 2013Rented this for my 7 year old boy, he enjoyed it, I kept my eyes open, thats a good sign for a kids film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Aardman never fail
By Fussypot (54 reviews) from Wales , 10 May 2013Funniest film I have seen in ages. Really clever, you need to see it at least twice to be able to observe all the clever parodies and funny sayiings. Like the dots appearing on the map where the ship sales, which are actually being thrown out of the ship by the crew! Hilarious! Some characters look awfully like others in the Aardman range only in disguise, but apart from that well worth watching whatever your age. Do have a go at Bobo the chimp butler's word game on the DVD, it is an extra bit of fun. If you haven't read what the story is about it is basically about a pirate who wants to win the cup for the best pirate of the year, by fair means or foul, and his encounter with Darwin, who is after the pirate crew's parrot for his own scientist of the year credits, as the parrot they are all so fond of is really a Dodo! Madcap mayhem ensues. A must watch feelgood film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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