Starring: Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, David Tennant.
Director: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt
If you are into Aardman Animation, those wonderfully clever people that do Wallace and Gromit, then you will love this.
The Pirate Captain, voiced by Hugh Grant, is a bit of a poor excuse for a pirate really. He tries hard and his crew do encourage him, but his crew really aren't up to scratch either. Poor Pirate Captain starts to get a bit down as the Pirate of the Year Awards are edging closer and he's way behind in the Pirating handbook. Every year he enters, but every year it goes to someone else, so this year, he's determined to win!
This sets him and his crew off on a rollicking adventure, trying to plunder gold from various ships that they attack on the high seas. Unfortunatley, each ship they attack has no gold on board and they end up penniless, until they meet Charles Darwin (David Tennant).
Darwin has been searching for something that will earn him high praise in the Science arena but alas, months at sea have left him empty handed. Enter The Pirate Captain and his parrott, Polly, well at least he's mistaken Polly for a parrott, for indeed, Polly is the rare and elusive Dodo Bird!
This chance meeting see's Charles Darwin, The Pirate Captain and his crew off on a dangerous mission to London where Queen Victoria lurks around every corner, making sure no pirates enter her city.
This was 88 minutes of good old fashioned pirating fun. The kids enjoyed it and laughed a lot. Definately worth a look, especially for the monkey. :)
The Pirate Captain, voiced by Hugh Grant, is a bit of a poor excuse for a pirate really. He tries hard and his crew do encourage him, but his crew really aren't up to scratch either. Poor Pirate Captain starts to get a bit down as the Pirate of the Year Awards are edging closer and he's way behind in the Pirating handbook. Every year he enters, but every year it goes to someone else, so this year, he's determined to win!
This sets him and his crew off on a rollicking adventure, trying to plunder gold from various ships that they attack on the high seas. Unfortunatley, each ship they attack has no gold on board and they end up penniless, until they meet Charles Darwin (David Tennant).
Darwin has been searching for something that will earn him high praise in the Science arena but alas, months at sea have left him empty handed. Enter The Pirate Captain and his parrott, Polly, well at least he's mistaken Polly for a parrott, for indeed, Polly is the rare and elusive Dodo Bird!
This chance meeting see's Charles Darwin, The Pirate Captain and his crew off on a dangerous mission to London where Queen Victoria lurks around every corner, making sure no pirates enter her city.
This was 88 minutes of good old fashioned pirating fun. The kids enjoyed it and laughed a lot. Definately worth a look, especially for the monkey. :)
1 comment:
The Pirate Captain sounds a little like the Robert de Niro character in Stardust.
"We always knew you was a whoopsie!"
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