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Topic	Movie Club Topic 3 - Murder by Marnie: Hunt for the Blue Hand Stalker Lobster
Seginustemple 05/11/21 6:22:56 PM #215:	The Muppets I'm glad we did this in between Enter the Void and Saint Maud, this was a good palate cleanser. I liked The Muppet Show as a kid, Muppet Treasure Island was my jam so this works on a base nostalgic level even if I don't have kids of my own. It's charming and mildly funny with some hit-or-miss musical numbers. Although one thing I don't get is casting Jack Black as the celebrity guest and not having him participate in any musical numbers. Let the man do his thing! My favorite bit was Kermit's sad song looking at the paintings, classic Kermit shit. The reflection on being outdated really got to me ("would anyone watch or even care/or did something break we can't repair"). I was surprised the Kermit hand-at-rainy-window meme didn't show up here, they even did one with Amy Adams earlier in the movie. She was great, made the most of her role. Segel was decent, I thought he could have been more grounded but apparently this was his brainchild so maybe his saccharine earnestness is...kinda legit? Funny that this is clearly seeded in Forgetting Sarah Marshall where his character writes a Dracula musical with puppets. Making the villain rap was pretty cringy, on top of the Muppet doppelgangers being uncomfortably black. Maybe they didn't mean anything by that but it combines to send a pretty awkward message. Also, why the hell is James Carville working the phonebanks? Does he have some real-world financial stake in the property? What a strange cameo choice. One thing I never realized was that Kermit is the only crossover character between Sesame Street and the Muppets. He really likes to keep his friend groups separate, doesn't he? Can't have Grover at a Gonzo party. But I have a theory about this: Statler and Waldorf are just old Bert and Ernie. Their full names are Bert Statler and Ernie Waldorf and the reason the Muppets and Sesame Street never hang out is because they're in different eras of the Muppetverse. Meaning Kermit is actually an ancient Muppet. 6/10 --- You bow to no one, azuarc <cite>Seginustemple posted [p:953802259] in Movie Club... [t:79402657]...</cite> <quote>The Muppets I'm glad we did this in between Enter the Void and Saint Maud, this was a good palate cleanser. I liked The Muppet Show as a kid, Muppet Treasure Island was my jam so this works on a base nostalgic level even if I don't have kids of my own. It's charming and mildly funny with some hit-or-miss musical numbers. Although one thing I don't get is casting Jack Black as the celebrity guest and not having him participate in any musical numbers. Let the man do his thing! My favorite bit was Kermit's sad song looking at the paintings, classic Kermit shit. The reflection on being outdated really got to me ("would anyone watch or even care/or did something break we can't repair"). I was surprised the Kermit hand-at-rainy-window meme didn't show up here, they even did one with Amy Adams earlier in the movie. She was great, made the most of her role. Segel was decent, I thought he could have been more grounded but apparently this was his brainchild so maybe his saccharine earnestness is...kinda legit? Funny that this is clearly seeded in Forgetting Sarah Marshall where his character writes a Dracula musical with puppets. Making the villain rap was pretty cringy, on top of the Muppet doppelgangers being uncomfortably black. Maybe they didn't mean anything by that but it combines to send a pretty awkward message. Also, why the hell is James Carville working the phonebanks? Does he have some real-world financial stake in the property? What a strange cameo choice. One thing I never realized was that Kermit is the only crossover character between Sesame Street and the Muppets. He really likes to keep his friend groups separate, doesn't he? Can't have Grover at a Gonzo party. But I have a theory about this: Statler and Waldorf are just old Bert and Ernie. Their full names are Bert Statler and Ernie Waldorf and the reason the Muppets and Sesame Street never hang out is because they're in different eras of the Muppetverse. Meaning Kermit is actually an ancient Muppet. 6/10 --- You bow to no one, azuarc</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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