The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists

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Re: The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists

#41 Post by soonforgotten » Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:52 pm

Finally got around to my review: http://londonfilmfanatiq.com/2012/03/26/the-pirates/

Stupid embargo kept me totally unmotivated to write it in a timely fashion.

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Re: The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists

#42 Post by superhero » Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:07 pm

But there were quite a bit of CGI in this film too, although they made it look seemless.
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#43 Post by sikmansam » Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:10 pm

Oh yes! the embargo's finally been lifted:
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Re: The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists

#44 Post by prettyxcool » Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:23 pm

Was there an embargo? I did not even know! :blink:
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Re: The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists

#45 Post by superhero » Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:27 pm

The embargo was for people who went to the SFF screening a few weeks back (or rather it was a press screening)
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#46 Post by Beate » Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:28 pm

I never signed anything so I guess it was for press only.
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Re: The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists

#47 Post by funthing29 » Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:37 pm

I don't even remember them mentioning an embargo. :blink:

Sometimes they verbally tell you it's embargoed (like at the Woman In Black), but I honestly can't recall them talking about an embargo when the film was introduced. Then again...I was rather ill that day.
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Re: The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists

#48 Post by canadian_turtle » Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:58 pm

I believe the tickets or SFF page mentioned the embargo, but it was never said during the screening
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Re: The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists

#49 Post by valda » Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:01 pm

prettyxcool wrote: The film was fun and amusing but felt very much aimed for young children. It was good natured and very Aardman,[spoiler](scenes like the bath tub and hiding the parrot in the beard)[/spoiler] entertaining and definitely very detailed. Thought Queen Victoria was the best bit. Really livened up the film and story. We got some really heavy 3D glasses, but I brought my own, did not make any difference to enjoying the 3D. The 3D was useless, added nothing to the film, except made it darker, and I think our projection was really bad, did anyone else see it get brighter than darker and brighter and darker throughout, and the 3D not working properly in some places where it was supposed to be 3D?

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Re: The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists

#50 Post by Celini » Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:06 pm

I don't remember SFF tickets ever mentioning an embargo, but usually the invited press receive an email where the embargo is notified ;)
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