It's time to get things started...
Few movies have gotten me more excited in recent years than the promise of The Muppets.
I grew up loving the Muppets. The primetime show, the characters, the everything. It was pure genius.
However, the excitement waned a bit with some of the more recent films. Muppet Treasure Island? Really?
When I heard that Jason Segel of How I Met Your Mother and Forgetting Sarah Marshall was planning to write it, I was both excited and scared. Excited because I knew he had a deep-rooted love of the characters and of puppetry in general. Scared because I knew him more for sex and drug jokes.
But I was willing to give it a shot anyway when it came out in theaters this holiday weekend.
The verdict?
Awesomeness, period.
Segel did a great job maintaining the purity of the Muppets characters while still managing to update things a bit with a new character, Walter, and music written by one half of Flight of the Conchords (don't ask me which half).
The story was well done and I really dug on Chris Cooper as the oil baron antagonist, Mr. Richman. There were a ton of great celebrity cameos, although I never did see Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters. And a vast majority of the original Muppets were hanging around as well.
I guess the real litmus test of cinematic success for me is asking if I would pay to see it again. The answer is a resounding yes. Walk, don't run, to your nearest theater and watch this film. Go. Now.
Well, with your endorsement, I guess I'll just have to go see it now. :)
Posted by: vahid | Sunday, 27 November 2011 at 11:59 AM
Got some plans to see it next Friday! Can't wait!
Posted by: Sybil Law | Sunday, 27 November 2011 at 12:04 PM
I'm totally the authority in such matters! ;-)
Posted by: kapgar | Sunday, 27 November 2011 at 12:18 PM
Tell me where Grohl shows up.
Posted by: kapgar | Sunday, 27 November 2011 at 12:19 PM
You know me...I LOVE the Muppets and always have. Jim Henson was such a creative genius. It was wonderful to see his vision carried on after his untimely death. Can't wait to see the latest.
Posted by: Suzanne Apgar | Sunday, 27 November 2011 at 06:17 PM
Go. Now.
Posted by: kapgar | Sunday, 27 November 2011 at 07:07 PM
I'm quite looking forward to taking our little one to go see this. I was a big Muppets fan as a kid.
Posted by: Kevin Spencer | Monday, 28 November 2011 at 02:55 PM
Anybody who didn't is not human.
Posted by: kapgar | Monday, 28 November 2011 at 03:27 PM