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THE PIRATE FAIRY ![]() ![]() The Pirate Fairy comes with the glassy plasticity that beset much early CGI animation. Pixar and co have evolved well beyond this but on the lesser, more cut-price budget that this film is being produced on (ie. the animation outsourced to India), it is much more obvious. That said, the film is produced to a modest level of 3D animation and does result in some occasional fine imagery notably the glorious image of the pirate ship taking off into the air with the application of fairy dust and gracefully banking and turning through the clouds. Still the material is bland and insipid. The film has the intriguing idea of offering up an anti-Tinker Bell in the form of Zarinas title character but even then there is little that has gone into the conception in any interesting way. It is only fantasy written for those in the single digit, if not pre-school ages, and there is little in terms of sophistication. Tom Hiddleston of Loki fame certainly has fun playing a cartoon villain.
The Pirate Fairy also comes with some cute pieces of fanservice that make it obvious that the events are a prequel to Peter Pan. The pirate known only as James (voiced by Tom Hiddleston) is clearly a young version of Captain Hook, even though the film never names him as such, and towards the end we see him losing his hand, while there is also an appearance from Smee among the crew. Elsewhere, the fairies are witness to the hatching of the most adorable young crocodile ever, which promptly emotionally bonds with Rosetta and regards her as a substitute parent, and is later seen to be swallowing a clock.
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