Today, I went to Harkins to see The Muppets with 2 of my friends.
I am warning those who haven’t seen it yet, there are spoilers in this post, so come back and read this review once you’ve seen it!
Before I go into my review of Muppets, I have to express my love for the Toy Story short, ''Small Fry''.
The short was played right before the actual began.
The plot line was simple: the 3-inch tall Buzz Lightyear in the display window at the fast food joint wanted to experience 'play time'. While Bonnie (the little girl who was given Andy’s toys in Toy Story 3) is playing in the ball pit, the mini Buzz takes Tim Allen’s Buzz Lightyear’s place, so Bonnie accidentally takes the little guy home. This leaves the original Buzz trapped in the ball pit for many hours!
Now Rex, being oblivious, doesn’t realize anything is different about the mini Buzz (voiced by Teddy Newton), while the rest of the gang thinks otherwise. All of that part is funny, but the best part of the short is the when the original Buzz ends up in a support group full of discarded fun meal toys! This scene has so many puns, puns that are actually punny! *I apologize, couldn’t resist myself*.
Now onto the main movie: The Muppets.
First: The stars, the ones we were all waiting for, the Muppets themselves!
They were all hilarious, even better than I remember as a kid. Kermit was his wholesome self, Miss Piggy was her dramatic self, Animal was his crazy self (at least, at the end he was!). It was a reunion for me, and for the Muppets!
The original Muppet theatre was to be closed down and destroyed by Tex Richman (played by Chris Cooper), who just wanted the oil underneath the studio. But Walter (a new character, who is obsessed with the Muppets in the movie) overheard Richman’s plans, and went straight to Kermit with the issue. They need to raise $10 million, and to do this, they decide to reunite the gang, and have a variety show telethon.
It is pretty hilarious where some of the Muppet characters had ended up (some more successful than others). Ultimately though, they all ended up back at their old performance space, and with a little music (“We Built This City”), they cleaned the place up and made it TV worthy.
Jason Segel and Amy Adams play a huge factor in the movie as well.
Their characters, Gary and Mary, have been dating for almost 10 years. For their 10th year anniversary, Gary is taking Mary to Los Angeles, bringing his little brother (Walter) along with them. On their 1st day in L.A, they go to the old Muppets studio, where the plot starts to unfold in Kermit’s old office. The pairing of Segel and Adams was an unexpected casting win, but the 2 of them together were perfect for this movie.
This movie is quirky, and hilarious. It has so many quotable lines in it, I can’t even count how many! The credit goes all to Jim Henson (creator of the original Muppets), Segel, and Nicholas Stoller, the screenwriters of the movie. James Bobin did a great job helping bring this script to the big screen. It could’ve easily looked really bad, with the Muppets being puppets, but it was so cleverly shot that you never really thought about the fact that they were being controlled by another person.
Muppets had many unexpected celebrity cameos, including Jack Black, Zach Galifianakis, Alan Arkin, Mickey Rooney, Sarah Silverman, and Ken Jeong. It was kind of a little game, paying close attention to see which famous person would be in the next scene!
The story was very predictable, but that didn’t bother me as much.
The characters would bluntly break the 4th wall and tell the audience what was going to happen, or it would just be super obvious.
The Muppets is a feel good movie, and perfect to go see with your family or friends. It has rapping villains, classic childhood characters, great musical numbers, transvestite muppets. What more could you want!?
I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a light-hearted comedy.
I am warning those who haven’t seen it yet, there are spoilers in this post, so come back and read this review once you’ve seen it!
Before I go into my review of Muppets, I have to express my love for the Toy Story short, ''Small Fry''.
The short was played right before the actual began.
The plot line was simple: the 3-inch tall Buzz Lightyear in the display window at the fast food joint wanted to experience 'play time'. While Bonnie (the little girl who was given Andy’s toys in Toy Story 3) is playing in the ball pit, the mini Buzz takes Tim Allen’s Buzz Lightyear’s place, so Bonnie accidentally takes the little guy home. This leaves the original Buzz trapped in the ball pit for many hours!
Now Rex, being oblivious, doesn’t realize anything is different about the mini Buzz (voiced by Teddy Newton), while the rest of the gang thinks otherwise. All of that part is funny, but the best part of the short is the when the original Buzz ends up in a support group full of discarded fun meal toys! This scene has so many puns, puns that are actually punny! *I apologize, couldn’t resist myself*.
Now onto the main movie: The Muppets.
First: The stars, the ones we were all waiting for, the Muppets themselves!
They were all hilarious, even better than I remember as a kid. Kermit was his wholesome self, Miss Piggy was her dramatic self, Animal was his crazy self (at least, at the end he was!). It was a reunion for me, and for the Muppets!
The original Muppet theatre was to be closed down and destroyed by Tex Richman (played by Chris Cooper), who just wanted the oil underneath the studio. But Walter (a new character, who is obsessed with the Muppets in the movie) overheard Richman’s plans, and went straight to Kermit with the issue. They need to raise $10 million, and to do this, they decide to reunite the gang, and have a variety show telethon.
It is pretty hilarious where some of the Muppet characters had ended up (some more successful than others). Ultimately though, they all ended up back at their old performance space, and with a little music (“We Built This City”), they cleaned the place up and made it TV worthy.
Jason Segel and Amy Adams play a huge factor in the movie as well.
Their characters, Gary and Mary, have been dating for almost 10 years. For their 10th year anniversary, Gary is taking Mary to Los Angeles, bringing his little brother (Walter) along with them. On their 1st day in L.A, they go to the old Muppets studio, where the plot starts to unfold in Kermit’s old office. The pairing of Segel and Adams was an unexpected casting win, but the 2 of them together were perfect for this movie.
This movie is quirky, and hilarious. It has so many quotable lines in it, I can’t even count how many! The credit goes all to Jim Henson (creator of the original Muppets), Segel, and Nicholas Stoller, the screenwriters of the movie. James Bobin did a great job helping bring this script to the big screen. It could’ve easily looked really bad, with the Muppets being puppets, but it was so cleverly shot that you never really thought about the fact that they were being controlled by another person.
Muppets had many unexpected celebrity cameos, including Jack Black, Zach Galifianakis, Alan Arkin, Mickey Rooney, Sarah Silverman, and Ken Jeong. It was kind of a little game, paying close attention to see which famous person would be in the next scene!
The story was very predictable, but that didn’t bother me as much.
The characters would bluntly break the 4th wall and tell the audience what was going to happen, or it would just be super obvious.
The Muppets is a feel good movie, and perfect to go see with your family or friends. It has rapping villains, classic childhood characters, great musical numbers, transvestite muppets. What more could you want!?
I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a light-hearted comedy.
You nailed it, Alexis! I loved this movie!
ReplyDeleteYou forgot to mention Jim Parsons. :P Just saying. Love ya Alexis! :) <3
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