DVD : Scooby-Doo in Pirates Ahoy!

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Rating:

- Scoob and the Pirates
These are later DVD's and they are still good. My grandson and I enjoyed this a lot...watched it 26 times if there are any questions.

Rating:

- Scooby-Doo Pirates
If your kid loves pirates he will love Scooby-Doo in Pirates Ahoy! Captain Skunkbeard seems to be a kid favorite. My son loves Pirates of the Caribbean so I rented him this movie and he loved it.

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- Recycled Elements, But New Tensions.
Giving you a brief rundown of where I stand, my favorites are (# 1) "Scooby Doo On Zombie Island," (# 2) "Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost," and (# 5) "Scooby Doo and the Legend of the Vampire." I consider (# 8) "Aloha Scooby Doo" and (# 9) "Where's My Mummy?" the healthy runnerups. I have respect for (# 7) "Loch Ness Monster." (# 6) "...Monster of Mexico" has its moments. I don't much care for (# 3) "...Alien Invasion" or (# 4) "...Cyber Chase." This 10th chapter is surprisingly good. Along with Fred's parents, Scooby Doo and the gang go on a cruise featuring entertainment mysteries. It all seems in good fun at first, but reality enters when the ship wrecked Rupert is rescued. (You'll probably notice that he has a resemblence to Johnny Depp.) One thing that will occur to most people is that in the event something does happen, the reality is our heroes are at sea, and escape will not be so readily available. Not much later, what appears to be a crew of ghost pirates appears. And even if we can readily suspect that they are just 'bad guys in masks,' the element of horror stays in tact when these pirates abduct Fred's parents. Fred cleverly avoids the cliche: "This time, it's personal." It is interesting that our favorite cowardly hero Scooby does not even demand any Scooby snacks before helping Fred try to find his parents. In fact, Scooby even gets disappointed with Shaggy for wanting the usual Scooby snack bribe. (Nice new element!) At the risk of over simplifying, Fred manages to find his father. But he is still weighed down with the emotional burden of trying to find his mother while also trying to figure out what the ghost pirates are up to. (Another nice new element!) Fred is no stranger to solving mysteries that are linked to criminal activity. BUT, this time he has to use a certain amount of care if he hopes to find his mother. And of course since they are at sea, there is no help to run to. Except for the gang, Fred is in fact on his own this time. If I say much more, I'll probably ruin the movie for those of you who haven't seen it. But I will say that while this 10th chapter of Scooby Doo brings back some elements from past episodes and movies, it ALSO adds new twists and elements. It is interesting that Hollywood seems to pour out more and more shoot em up filth, and yet this 10th chapter of Scooby Doo is able to hold our attention with Fred trying to save his parents. Thanks for the great movie Scooby, and I hope to see you in chapter 11 really soon!

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- beware--deceiving description! no foreign languages...
the description reads : "languages and subtitles: English, Francais and Espanol";
At the bottom, you will see "english: dolby surround, Francais: dolby surround stereo, Espanol: dolby surround stereo"
Well, once you've opened the DVD (so cant return it), you will find out that the French and Spanish are only offered as subtitles choices.

Rating:

- Scooby Doo Pirates Ahoy
I was pleasantly surprised with this DVD. The movie is much better than the recent "What's new Scooby Doo" episode collection DVDs. This is a stand alone movie rather than a collection of 22 minute episodes.

The film has humor that adults/ parents will catch that may escape the kids. The movie is entertaining and fun for the whole family. The animation is better too with some CGI water and ocean shots added to the normal quality animation.

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