The Muppets

Last week Kristie won two tickets to an advanced screening of The Muppets.  As I was pretty much raised on Cartoons and The Muppets as a child, I was very anxious to go. Even before winning the tickets, I was hearing really good things about the movie, especially from The Morning Stream podcast, which discussed the movie over the course of three separate days in one form or another.

We got to watch it in a new cinema, within The Embassy theatre. The Embassy might be familiar to those who know of The Lord of the Rings, as it is where the world premiere took place as well as will be the premiere for The Hobbit as well.

Ok, this isn't a review of the cinema, but I'll just quickly say that it was absolutely amazing! Small theatre, huge leather chairs, intimate setting...amazing. And now, back to the movie review.

WE LOVED IT!

I'll be honest, the last Muppet movie that I watched was The Muppets Take Manhattan; I had seen bits and pieces of some of the later ones when they aired on television, but I thought that they had jumped the shark. It seemed to be all about Rizzo the Rat and Gonzo...Kind of like when Bloom County became all about Opus, Bill The Cat, and Milquetoast the cockroach.  Sure it had some funny bits, but it seemed to have lost its edge. This movie however, despite not having the Late Jim Henson or even Frank Oz as the puppeteers, seemed to dig way back into its roots and come up with a story that was both funny, heartwarming and filled with jokes that would appeal to both children and adults.

After the movie, Kristie and I were talking, and she mentioned that there are many films/television shows from our youths that we use to love, but wouldn't pass the test when it came to relevance now-a-days. The Muppets, thankfully are just as relevant now as they were when we were kids. So, go to the movie, take your kids, and enjoy a bit of nostalgia.

5/5