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Ten Things I Learned From Watching The Muppets

posted 13 years ago by jojozlo
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Where to start. I have a love hate relationship with this movie. First off, why Jason Segel? I mean he's great, I love him. But did anyone see Forgetting Sara Marshall? His frigging shmeckel was hanging out for like a minute and he's in a Disney Muppet movie? Yes there was a puppet Vampire thing at the end that ruled and I'm not forgetting that. Anyhow, strange casting in this one, which we'll get to in a minute. But I digress... Here we go..

OH PS SPOILERZ!!! DO NOT READ TILL YOU SEE THIS CRAZY MOVIE!!!

1. Somehow, normal human sperm can carry Muppet genes.

2. Alan Arkin must be 90 years old and in need of series Muppet cash.

3. Chris Cooper also needs money, and can flow.

4. Kermit is dead. That is not Kermit. Sorry. The voice blows.

5. Jack Black is capable of being very unfunny and in need of Disney cash. Barber scene? Bemet? (Really? In hebrew.)

6. Miss Piggy is kinda hot and makes me want sweet and sour pork.

7. Why aren't there so many songs about Rabbis?

8. Piece's of crap can still make me teary sometimes.

9. Animal needs to join a death metal band soon, or Tenacious D.

10. Zach Gallifianikis and N.P.H., are not the life of every movie.

[–] repo136 13 years ago

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why Imdb needs age-restriction.

[–] jojozlo 13 years ago

so 34 is the cut off? Have anything intelligent to add for all your age?

[–] ryuheikitamura 13 years ago

Jason Segal is a huge fan of the Muppets, and for all we know Chris Cooper could be a big fan. I'm actually sure none of the actors in this movie were hurting for any kind of cash and most people are just fans of the original show and movies. After all, it's a franchise that has appeal for all ages.

And what do you mean? Jack Black was more amusing in this movie than he has been in the past. Nacho Libre, anyone? He was hilarious during the whole kidnapping scene and I loved his reponse to Fozzy's joke. "OH GOD! Those jokes are like 50 years old." The delivery was great, and the butchering of Nirvana part was hilarious.

The whole Muppets being produced through regular mating has been mentioned in the past with other movies. Kermit mentions a few time in other Muppets features that came up from being a tadpole. Sure, it's weird but it's quite frankly a small gripe.

Honestly, I loved this movie and I thought it was one of the most inspirational films of the last few years. I'm sorry you didn't get the same amount of enjoyment out of it but it was a very well done movie that covered a lot of ground while maintaining the classic Muppets feel.

By the way, have you like Kermit's voice since Henson died? It's the same guy who's been doing the voice for years in the movie. I thought he did a great job and even deserves extra props for doing a tremendous job on the redo of "Rainbow Connection."

[–] jojozlo 13 years ago

I did like it, I just had issues and some interesting thoughts. The rainbow song was awesome.