"The Pirate Fairy"

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"The Pirate Fairy" is the second to last film in the Disney Fairies franchise. The movie begins with the story of Zarina, a dust fairy whose thirst for knowledge ends up causing chaos in Pixie Hollow. When Fairy Gary, her supervisor, prohibits her from working with pixie dust, she runs away. 

The movie then fast forwards to one year later at the Four Seasons Festival when Zarina flies in and wreaks havoc on the celebration. Tink and her friends realize she has stolen pixie dust, which by now we know is needed for fairies to fly. Tink and her friends follow Zarina, only to find out she has become the captain of a crew of pirates. The fairy friends set out to retrieve the pixie dust...and Zarina.

I was almost immediately turned off from this movie when Fairy Gary prohibited Zarina from working with pixie dust and didn't offer her any other options. As a dust fairy, this is what she does. What's a fairy to do when her entire livelihood is taken away from her? Of course she's going to be lost in life.

I was able to put that shortcoming aside and enjoy the rest of the movie, though. It's an action-packed adventure unlike any of the previous movies in the franchise. It doesn't have the "it factor" that some of the others have, but it's still a well-made movie with all of the main characters, impeccable (though not as vibrantly striking) animation, and a well-developed plot. This one is a little darker than the previous movies, which is one reason it doesn't resonate with me as much as the others.

In this movie, the one character who stood out to me the most was Captain Hook, voiced by none other than Tom Hiddleston! Marvel fans will remember him as Loki. He makes the perfect Captain Hook. The other characters are well-voiced as well, but Captain Hook is new to the Disney Fairies franchise and it was a good choice to add him.

So, this movie is not up to par with the others, but it's still worth watching if you've been enjoying the rest of the feature length Disney Fairies films.

One more Disney Fairies movie to go. Stay tuned!