Saw The Muppets (no subtitle, just The Muppets) It was a lot of fun. The film has some great gags and a lot of squirmily on-the-nose jokes involving celebrities ("Did somebody say something about a career opportunity or something?" asks Whoopi Goldberg) The film makes a lot of fourth-wall breaking jokes where they travel "by map" or sadly say "this is gonna be a really short movie" when faced with an obstacle. This is good fun and reenforced the idea that it's all a big show and all in good fun, but it's also my main complaint with The Muppets.
They're always super-sincere and sweet but at the same time kind of glib in a show-biz-ish way. I never get the sense that anything bad will happen or even could possibly happen. It doesn't matter how Piggy reacts to Kermit because we know it'll all work out eventually. So okay, this children's film does not delve deep into the human psyche. I enjoyed it anyway. It's a little inconsequential and goofy, but entertaining. I liked the 80's bot best of all.
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