- I was starting to get sick of Amy Adams’ too-cute-for-words schtick thing but it’s quite delightful when the rest of the movie operates on the same level. She’s adorable, as were her costumes and her class of eager and excitable school children. Jason Segel was also similarly adorable and I’m really glad his Dracula puppet rock opera in Forgetting Sarah Marshall is what prompted this movie getting made. Yay.
- Walter and Gary have an unhealthy, co-dependent relationship but I don’t think that’s how it was supposed to come across.
- Truly depressed at the lack of Rizzo the Rat. He appeared in the scene in Rashida Jones’ office and then possibly as one of many rats when they were cleaning up the theatre, but no speaking parts. However, they did bring back Uncle Deadly, and I feel like he’s a fun rare Muppet you don’t see often enough.
- The Chris Cooper rap scene should feel like it panders to a juvenile audience and is too outdated to be considered funny, but I kind of enjoyed it. Chris Cooper is kind of the best. (For a fantastic and hilarious Chris Cooper performance, please also see Interstate 60, which I’m pretty sure went straight to DVD but is kind of fun nonetheless. Also features James Marsden and Gary Oldman, amongst others.)
- The voices are all slightly off, obviously, and it’s kind of disorienting.
- Jim Parsons was kind of perfect as the human version of Walter.
- I enjoyed Dave Grohl’s cameo best because it wasn’t “Hey, this is a cameo!” so much as “Wait, is that Dave Grohl?”
- Walter’s Kermit costume was priceless, oh my god. I was nearly in tears when he started waving his arms around.
- I like when they call Kermit “Mr The Frog”.
- As far as I’m concerned, this is a perfectly decent Muppets movie done in the way that you’d want it to be done. Good times.
Categories: 3 Stars