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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 443910" data-attributes="member: 8">The Muppets (2011)[ATTACH=full]59555[/ATTACH]A Reunion Movie in every sense of the word, and it&#039;s not the kind of film I&#039;d seek out to watch but when I noticed the thumbnail I knew it was what I needed: an overdose of wholesomeness and nostalgia. Just to make life a bit more simple for 90 minutes.There&#039;s a lot of self-referential humour about both the Muppets fame and reunion/retro movies in general and I&#039;m sure that was the only way to do it.From a slightly more cynical point of view it comes across as a big marketing ploy and you could do a drinking game for every time someone mentions&nbsp; &quot;how awesome the Muppets are&quot;. If you can put that aside and if you like to indulge your inner-eighties kid then this film will feel like a warm blanket. Naturally this has a lot to do with the iconic characters especially Kermit and Miss Piggy.The voice of Kermit is very soft-spoken and it&#039;s especially that kind of understatement that gives the film some heartfelt confidence. The songs are nice, mostly in a retro 70s Gilbert O&#039;Sullivan style, and Jason Segel and Amy Adams are serviceable as the super-nice humans.Actually the film starts with a naff human musical sequence and I almost instantly regretted my choice to watch this. It also ends with musical-humans dancing in the street and it&#039;s unfortunate that the film ends on a sucky note. But everything in between is great.The Special Guest Stars are Jack Black (super un-funny as always) and Chris Cooper as the oil tycoon villain (nothing special but it works for the plot).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 443910, member: 8"] The Muppets (2011) [ATTACH type="full"]59555[/ATTACH] A Reunion Movie in every sense of the word, and it's not the kind of film I'd seek out to watch but when I noticed the thumbnail I knew it was what I needed: an overdose of wholesomeness and nostalgia. Just to make life a bit more simple for 90 minutes. There's a lot of self-referential humour about both the Muppets fame and reunion/retro movies in general and I'm sure that was the only way to do it. From a slightly more cynical point of view it comes across as a big marketing ploy and you could do a drinking game for every time someone mentions "how awesome the Muppets are". If you can put that aside and if you like to indulge your inner-eighties kid then this film will feel like a warm blanket. Naturally this has a lot to do with the iconic characters especially Kermit and Miss Piggy. The voice of Kermit is very soft-spoken and it's especially that kind of understatement that gives the film some heartfelt confidence. The songs are nice, mostly in a retro 70s Gilbert O'Sullivan style, and Jason Segel and Amy Adams are serviceable as the super-nice humans. Actually the film starts with a naff [I]human[/I] musical sequence and I almost instantly regretted my choice to watch this. It also [I]ends[/I] with musical-humans dancing in the street and it's unfortunate that the film ends on a sucky note. But everything in between is great. The Special Guest Stars are Jack Black (super un-funny as always) and Chris Cooper as the oil tycoon villain (nothing special but it works for the plot). [/QUOTE]

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