So it turns out Jason Segel can't
dance. But Amy Adams can. As can
Kermit the Frog. And at the end of
the day The Muppets proves to be a
fantastic homage to what has been and what is yet to come for the classic Jim
Henson characters we all know and love.
Walter
(the newest muppet to the Muppet universe) is a long-time fan of "˜The Muppet
Show' and cannot wait to travel to Los Angeles with his brother Gary (Segel)
and Gary's girlfriend Mary (Adams).
Much to his chagrin, the Muppet Studios are closed, and The Muppets are
deemed irrelevant by today's budding society. An evil oil tycoon (Cooper) is trying to buy the studio, but
his intentions are that of drilling. Unless the clan can raise $10,000,000 before the impeding
deadline, The Muppet Studios will be lost forever! With the help of Walter, Gary, Mary, and a million and a half
celebrity cameos, the Muppets reunite to produce a telethon that closely
resembles their show of days gone by.
Filled
with nostalgia and beautifully choreographed dances, The Muppets brings back the characters that littered my childhood,
reminding me of how simple life's humor can be. What I appreciated most is the lack of vulgarity in this
film. Anyone who knows me knows I am all about dirty sex humor that is highly
inappropriate in most settings. But
I was pleasantly surprised and happy to see this film filled with the same style
of jokes that littered the original show and movies. It felt good to be eight again - if only for a few hours.
