Everything is "retro" nowadays...even the Muppets. Not much has been seen of them for a dozen years so this is definitely a "reboot." We actually own a couple of the videos, including our favorite, Muppets in Space.
This new movie was a welcome movie and funny at times and always "watchable." The premise within a premise is that Kermit and the new Muppet (Walter) with Walter's "brother" Gary (Jason Segel) and his girl friend Mary (Amy Adams) must raise $10 million dollars to save the Muppets theater/museum and prevent Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) from demolishing the theater to dig for oil. I like subtle humor in movies like this and that was the reason I hated the Puss in Boots movie because one had to dig pretty deep to find any humor there. In the Muppets there is underlying humor such as Gary and Walter's unique relationship and the fact that Gary is such a dolt with Mary. Even the "evil" people in this movie (even the Moopets) are funny and redeemable. The movie doesn't take itself very seriously and offers some innovative and silly updates on what the Muppets have been doing the last dozen years. Even the theater trailers six months ago poked fun at the premise of this movie.
Of course, the theater is saved and the Muppets will thrive and even Gary and Mary will become an item. But it doesn't really matter. It's just a nice "escape" movie.
I fear, however, that the movie didn't do as well as expected and I'm sorry that it took a month for me to write the movie blog. When I saw the announcement of the release date for the video in a few months I thought I better quickly offer my thoughts.
Hey...see it at the theater...or, if you have to, wait for the video. Either way, I don't think you will be disappointed and Disney should make some money on this one. I wasn't disappointed.
The Muppets is a 2011 American musical comedy film, the first Muppets theatrical release in 12 years,[6] as well as the first Disney-produced Muppets film since 1996's Muppet Treasure Island. In the film, Walter (performed by Peter Linz), the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his brother Gary (Jason Segel) and Gary's girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams) must raise $10 million to save the Muppet Theater from Tex Richman (Chris Cooper), a businessman who plans to demolish the Muppet Theater to drill for oil. The film is directed by James Bobin, written by Segel and Nicholas Stoller, produced by Martin Baker, David Furnish, Segel, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, and John Scotti, and features Bret McKenzie as the music supervisor.
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