The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie

The critics gotta chill out. This is just a nice fun movie for kids. Anyone who reviews this seriously need to rethink their life decisions.

A great anime based of the manga called The Bible, a true classic and worth purchasing for whatever cost. 11/10

While waiting for The Super Mario Bros. Movie to come out, which I'm cautiously optimistic for, I decided to watch and review Universal's ACTUAL first fully computer-animated film predating Despicable Me by 2.5 years, albeit a distribution-only film rather than in-house like Illumination's magnum opus. Here's the review: Departing from the Christian morals that make VeggieTales what it is, it was perhaps to be expected that The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything wouldn't be as good as Jonah but I didn't think this would be that underwhelming. Sure, the animation's nice despite the very small budget of $15 million*, the songs are enjoyable, I thought the villain's design looked cool and little kids will likely be distracted by the silly antics but this movie starring the fan-favourite trio was not good. The script is cheesy and lacking in wit, the story's a generic "chosen one" narrative that plays its clichés straight such as the "unsure of themselves" protagonists, a treacherous uncle and the father wanting to be a role model for their children to look up to and it's hard to root for our would-be heroes when only one of them actually has some semblance of a proper character arc. Their character development feels unearned when only one of them is actually motivated to be a hero. I don't think this film is obnoxiously bad or anything but, when compared to Jonah, this certainly felt like it went from VeggieTale to VeggieFail. *It is fairly obvious the animation studio didn't have much of a budget to work with since it largely takes place at sea and on scarcely populated islands which makes the world feel depressingly empty, outside of the present-day sequences. Jonah came out 6 years earlier with nearly the same budget but still managed to make two cities populated and full of life, although maybe I should give them some leeway since the animation was produced by a different company rather than in-house at Big Idea

I Love the Veggietales, the movie is so cool and funny, i Love so much, i Loved

Very, very good movie!

Wonderful movie! Great experience in the theater!

When I watched this film as a kid, it made up for my disappointment when The Bob and Larry Movie was cancelled. Despite what the other critics say, I believe this movie was a great Jonah spin-off, and was actually better! Screw you critics! I can't wait to see what the third film will be like!

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The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie is a fun watch especially for younger audiences, and teaches that ordinary, flawed people can do what is right and be heroes. The plot follows Elliot, Sedgewick and George: called out of their regular lives as "cabin-boys" in a pirate themed restaurant to help a princess. Throughout their journey it becomes clear the trio are not the heroes the princess was hoping for, but through overcoming various trials like sentient cheese-curls and rock monsters, the trio ultimately develop the courage to save the princess and are rewarded for their service by the King. They then come back to their world, but accidentally bring the main villain back with them. They defeat and send him back to his world, and are finally hailed by the people in their world as heroes. The movie uses a sort of anti-metaphor, in which things that seem like they might have a deeper or symbolic meaning don't. Near the beginning, the trio are given a prophecy that later in times of struggle "the crab will show you the light," and "when all hope is gone, help will come in the form of a donkey." Later in the film, the heroes are aided by a crab which points towards the light in a cave, and a decorative donkey chandelier falling. The movie also uses frequent juxtapositions to establish that the pirates are in fact not heroes by nature. On more than one occasion a character says, "the heroes" and the movie cuts to the trio doing nothing heroic. At the end of the movie the king who recognizes the trio's service is an illusion for God. He claims to have chosen them, despite their shortcomings, and that he orchestrated everything to work out. Overall, the theme of anyone being able to be a hero is developed in a way that feels cliche and in-your-face, but this is probably the correct amount of subtlety for a younger audience. Overall, the movie is light, and fun. The overall lack of subtlety to the theme and jokes might seem abrasive to older watchers but amusing to younger ones. Some of the moments as well might be worth a laugh to older viewers. The musical numbers are memorable, and the entire movie is very lighthearted. I would give this movie a 4/5.

A great anime based of the manga called The Bible, a true classic and worth purchasing for whatever cost. 11/10