Anyway, I suppose the Muppets should be allowed to borrow ideas fromThe Muppets.
They certainly have before (see below).
What follows are some thoughts on the eight Muppet movies made for cinemas to date.
What all of these films have in common is the Muppets.
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Anyway, enough of that froofy talk.
Muppet continuity is liquid stuff.
Are Kermit and Piggy married?
One that was, to all intents and purposes, Gonzo if Gonzo were actually to be an alien.
Except when he is because its funnier or more touching that way.
And then he isnt again, for the sake of the next joke.
How absurd that not one of the Muppets has a Best Actor or Actress Oscar.
I sawMuppets From Spacein the cinema.
And Ive seen it several times since.
And there really was no good reason for the 12-year hiatus in Muppet cinema that followed this film.
That long fallow period reflects very badly on whoever at Disney was making all of the daft decisions.
One key conceit with these adaptations is employing Gonzo and Rizzo as narrators.
Robins too young and Kermits too old and definitely too wise.
Where was Walter when we needed him, eh?
Anyway, a Muppet movie with a central human protagonist seemed rather out of joint.
Theyre just too darned straight, for one thing.
Mini Rowlf is eminently adoptable, but even hes trumped by Kermit on his rocking horse and trike.
Thus Kermit and Fozzie are introduced to us not as entertainers or theatrical entrepreneurs, but journalists.
Theres a lot of depth inMuppets Most Wanted, even if it isnt consistently apportioned throughout the film.
The story is well told too, with a crisp and typically tightly structured script.
Or thats how it goes with me, anyway.
This was the first Muppet movie produced after the death of Jim Henson.
Its always a measure of sleeps now.
The protagonist this time is a Muppet, but not one we had met before.
Its just the first tiny detail in a list of thousands that underscore the storytelling elegantly.
Not many films have ever impressed me as much as this one.
But still, above all else, its my heart thatThe Muppetstouches most powerfully.
