Films like The Pirates! Band of Misfits.

The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) reads as Cosy, kinetic, measured animation / family, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Flushed Away (2006) (2006) poster
1. Flushed Away2006

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Monsters University (2013) (2013) poster
2. Monsters University2013

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) poster
3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs2009

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Love & Peace (2015) poster
4. Love & Peace2015

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

CJ7 (2008) poster
5. CJ72008

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Wreck-It Ralph (2012) poster
6. Wreck-It Ralph2012

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Megamind (2010) (2010) poster
7. Megamind2010

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Shrek 2 (2004) poster
8. Shrek 22004

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Puss in Boots (2011) (2011) poster
9. Puss in Boots2011

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

The Emperor's New Groove (2000) poster
10. The Emperor's New Groove2000

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) poster
11. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World2010

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the running vein of humour; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Shaolin Soccer (2001) poster
12. Shaolin Soccer2001

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

These are The Pirates! Band of Misfits’s neighbours — where are yours?

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