Pirates! Band of Misfits

Pirates! Band of Misfits is based on Gideo Defoe's The Pirates! An Adventure with Scientists. The book is a very silly pirate story. Several reviewers liken the humor to Monty Python. Or maybe Terry Pratchett. Here's a taster from the publisher's description:

"While searching for some major pirate booty, he mistakenly attacks the young Charles Darwin's Beagle and then leads his ragtag crew from the exotic Galapagos Islands to the fog-filled streets of Victorian London. There they encounter grisly murder, vanishing ladies, radioactive elephants, and the Holy Ghost himself. And that's not even the half of it."

Now that sounds like fun. 

There's a new movie-tie in version of the book available with a cover that matches the movie. 

Aardman Animations is a British animation studio based in Bristol. They are famous for Wallace & Grommit and more recently Chicken Run. I have enjoyed their shorts and films since Creature Comforts. 

The films are made using painstaking stop motion animation with clay models, moved a tiny amount in each frame. If you haven't watched Aardman's earlier films why not check them out while you wait for Pirates! Band of Misfits to be released? 

If you're looking for another pirate family movie to watch while you wait for Pirates! band of Misfits then we recommend Playmobil: The Secret of Pirate Island. This movie is set in the Playmobil universe and is a great family movie full of adventure on the high seas. 

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