It’s been years since the Muppets have done a show together, but although they’ve been off the stage for a while, they have not been forgotten. When Walter and his brother Gary, both massive Muppet fans, take a tour of the abandoned and condemned Muppet studios, Walter overhears an evil oil philanthropist’s plans to tear down the studio and dig for oil, that is unless the Muppets can raise the $10 000,000 they need to keep the theatre. So it’s time to raise the curtain, it’s time to light the lights, it’s time to bring the Muppets back together for the Muppet Show tonight!
Well, as we all know, I AM A MASSIVE MUPPET FAN! So it would have been so completely and utterly blasphemous of me if I did not go to see the new Muppet movie! The Muppets are back man! Back with a vengeance! And life could not be better! Seriously, growing up with the Muppets was possibly the best thing about growing up and I am so glad that a new generation of younglings can have the same wondrous experience that I did. So without further ado…
It’s time to play the music. It’s time to light the lights. It’s time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight. It’s time to put on makeup. It’s time to dress up right. It’s time to get things started. Why don’t you get things started? It’s time to get things started on the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational; this is what we call the Muppet Show!
It’s been years since the Muppets have done a show together, but although they’ve been off the stage for a while, they have not been forgotten. When Walter and his brother Gary, both massive Muppet fans, take a tour of the abandoned and condemned Muppet Studios, Walter overhears an evil oil philanthropist’s plan to tear down the theatre to dig for oil unless the Muppets can come up with the $10 000,000 they need to keep the theatre. So Walter and Gary go to find Kermit and beg him to get everyone back together to do one show that could save the theatre. And so it’s time to play the music, it’s time the light the lights, it’s time to bring the gang back together for the Muppet Show tonight!
Admittedly the story is a bit cheesy and the movie began as camp and as any musical in history, but who cares? IT’S THE MUPPETS! The entire thing is a trip down memory lane for most people and theatres across the world are probably thick with nostalgia when Fozzie’s bad jokes, Animal’s drumming, Gonzo’s stunts, and Kermit’s hosting is on the screen.
All our favourite characters are back, as well as a few new ones, and there are new songs to be sung and new acts to be seen.
Not to mention the amount of cameos that this film has. Even if they did not get a line, celebrities were popping up left, right, and centre just to be in this movie and it was this, for me, that was the real clincher, because it just goes to show that the Muppets have been a major influence and had such an effect on so many lives. They are so loved! SO LOVED!
The script is very heart-warming as well as balanced with drama and comedy, featuring quite a few in-jokes from previous films and, of course, the Muppet Show itself. The entire thing was just wonderful.
Starring Amy Adams, Jason Segal, Rashida Jones, and Chris Cooper, and featuring cameos from Jack Black, Whoopee Goldberg, Selena Gomez, Alan Arkin, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, Sarah Silverman, Emily Blunt, James Carville, Leslie Feist, David Grohl, Neil Patrick Harris, Judd Hirsch, and John Krasinski, The Muppets is a wonderful trip down memory lane for adults and a new experience of wonder for kids. Filled with songs, comedy, drama, romance, and a heart-warming story of believing, I just loved it and will be buying a copy as soon as it comes out on DVD.
Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection. The lovers, the dreamers, and me.
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