Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Wow, was I ever disappointed with The Muppets. What did everyone else like about this lackluster film? I enjoyed the songs. And I liked the bit about Fozzie reduced to performing in Reno with a Muppet cover band (the Moopets, bwahaha) and being forced to change his song lyrics to shill for the casino he worked for. Everything about that segment was as funny as the rest of the film WAS NOT.

I think I said it here before, but I'll repeat my impression.

I can't argue with anyone for whom it didn't work as a movie. Even as I was tearing up at nearly everything, I could recognize that it was not a particularly good film, and not a particularly good showcase of Muppetdom.

But for me (and the others who liked it), it simply nailed the correct emotional tone. Likely aided by the fact that Jason Segel is very close to my own age, meaning the way we experienced the Muppets growing up was very similar. So even though I can objectively see what was lacking in the movie, something about it spoke directly to how I FEEL about the Muppets. It was 90 minutes of, "I know what the Muppets mean to you, they totally mean the same thing to me, and I totally want them to mean the same thing to people again. You should have brought tissues."

That, combined with the a slew of online and TV Muppet bits that HAVE been good, that DO contain the spark of the old Muppets. That whole package has me hopeful that a real comeback is on the horizon. It will have to improve upon this movie, but I'm currently encouraged and happy to be part of the positive reaction that will hopefully spur Disney to let whoever has been doing the good writing continue to do so.