I never watched The Muppet Show when I was a kid. I even hated Sesame Street with a burning passion, which is something I’ve never been able to figure out why exactly. But boy do I love Muppet movies. My favorite Christmas movie is A Muppet Christmas Carol. I watch it every year. So when I saw that a new Muppet movie was poised for release and potential greatness, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity.
What I love about this film is that it is lays everything on the table. It doesn’t try to just rekindle that fire of old, trying to turn a cheek to the troubles the franchise has found over the last twenty years. It shows the audience that times have changed, yet people still want Muppets if Muppets can be done right. What I also loved was the fact that the writers of the film didn’t try to make the movie hip or create a “modern Muppets”. They distinctly played off of the aged franchise, projecting charm onto the theme of relics rather than garbage. This was the most respectable part of the film, but at the same time it just didn’t feel quite like a Muppet movie. Sections screamed the dry Muppet wit, but other segments screamed a little too loud and obnoxiously for me to care. In the end it gives me hope for another film, but they can’t go down the charming relic path again. This time they’ve got to be obviously fresh and not wholly rely on the hearts of fans of the past.
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