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Movie: A veggietales movie
Strange thoughts can occur when watching a movie populated entirely by vegetables. To the legion of long-time fans of the VeggieTales video series, The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything — A VeggieTales Movie, is a gentle adventure-comedy. Writer Phil Vischer and director Mike Nawrocki — the brains behind all things VeggieTales have a lot of fun spoofing the pirate craze of recent years.
The pirates are actually busboys, or rather cabin boys, at a buccaneer-themed dinner theatre. Elliot (the Cucumber) is afraid of everything but longs to appear onstage in the pirate show. Sedgewick (a gourd) is a slacker, one pay check away from having to move back into his parents’ basement.. George (Pa Grape) is a milquetoast but really smart; he just can’t act upon his ideas, so great is his lack of confidence.
They are hardly heroic material at this point, and their situation gets even worse when they ill-advisedly audition to be performing cast members at the restaurant. They inadvertently wreck the ship with their ineptitude and are quickly fired from even the cabin boy jobs. However, while sitting in the alley behind the restaurant feeling sorry for themselves, they come across a golden orb straight out of Jules Verne, which calls them for adventure. Here the fun begins. . .
The film has an utterly predictable plot and the depth of an inflatable kiddie pool. Yes, it is typical children’s fare in that it communicates morals and values in rather obvious ways. The pace of the story is quick, there are catchy, silly songs, including a delightful parody, to keep the littlest Veggie fans happy, and the CGI animation is pleasingly colourful and amusing.
Moiz Kazmi
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