I’ve always loved the good-hearted and wry Aardman Studio films like Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run. Aardman’s Pirates! Band of Misfits doesn’t quite match up to Aardman’s past work. The claymation is exquisite and the jokes are smart, but the overall effect is merely amusing and guffaw-free. Silly pirate stereotypes should have been much richer fodder for the writers.
I saw this in 3D, but I wouldn’t pay the 3D premium if I were taking a bunch of kids to see it.