As an enormous fan of the Muppets, this movie has been long anticipated! As a fan of Jason Segel, I had very high hopes an expectations! Jason said his goal for this movie was to bring back the spirit and the feeling of the original Muppet Movie and the Muppet Show. If that's true, then I'm afraid he failed on pretty much every level.
This was NOT a Muppet movie. This was a love letter from Jason, to the Muppets. None of the characters were themselves. The mood was completely off. All but two of the many musical numbers were dry, pointless, unfeeling, and out-of-place.
The film actually started out great with the plot to raze the Muppet Studios causing The Muppets to reunite and put on a show - but the love affair between Jason Segel and Amy Adams' characters took up too much screen time and basically pushed the Muppets aside.
I was very disappointed in this movie. Even Muppets from Space was better than this. Its no wonder Frank Oz turned down the "opportunity" to direct the film. And its also obvious why Steve Whitmire wanted his name removed from the credits. This movie was laaaaaammmmmeeeeeeee.
This was NOT a Muppet movie. This was a love letter from Jason, to the Muppets. None of the characters were themselves. The mood was completely off. All but two of the many musical numbers were dry, pointless, unfeeling, and out-of-place.
The film actually started out great with the plot to raze the Muppet Studios causing The Muppets to reunite and put on a show - but the love affair between Jason Segel and Amy Adams' characters took up too much screen time and basically pushed the Muppets aside.
I was very disappointed in this movie. Even Muppets from Space was better than this. Its no wonder Frank Oz turned down the "opportunity" to direct the film. And its also obvious why Steve Whitmire wanted his name removed from the credits. This movie was laaaaaammmmmeeeeeeee.