We saw The Muppets last night.
Major props to Jason Segel for championing the Muppets to Disney and using his star power to get this movie made. It took a lot of thought to make the Muppets relevant again in today’s CGI world and they did a wonderful job. The movie was clever and funny with an old-fashioned story that was the perfect vehicle for the slightly satiric, self-referential Muppet take on movies. The music and performances were great and the production values at the typical Muppet high level of artistry. Basically, the movie was a love letter to the Muppets and it worked.
Ben didn’t want to go at all but seemed to love it, laughing loudly (as he is wont to do) many times. There are a whole bunch of celebrity cameos and several of them were very important to Ben.
You know a movie is good when it can choke you up over the emotional turmoil of a character made of felt with a hand up his backside.
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