In my April ’22 Roundup & Ramblings post I mentioned that I’d heard this was a really bad Muppet’s movie, possibly the worst ever. After the struggle it was to write the Sherlock Posts I felt it would be a relief to really dig into something and eviscerate it mercilessly.
Unfortunately, this didn’t turn out to be THAT kind of bad movie. This was exactly in the same vein as Muppets from Space, ie, childish, stupid and not one whit funny. But this was even more vanilla and even more boring than From Space. From Space at least had a few laughs. Wizard of Oz? I don’t think I cracked a smile even once.
Ashanti, playing Dorothy Gale, had ZERO chemistry with the muppets. This was the first movie where every single original Muppeteer was gone (as far as I can tell), so that might have played a part, but it was evident that Ashanti was used to being the center of attention and to diminish that by allowing the Muppets to be the stars was more than she could handle.
There were things that SHOULD have been funny. Miss Piggy as the 4 Witches, each with their own costume and personality, well, it should have been funny. It wasn’t. Like I noted before though, nothing was outright bad. It was just boring as all get out. I usually watch these movies 2-3 times to make sure I’m not missing anything (I watch it the first time to just enjoy it. The second time to get ideas about reviewing and a 3rd if I need clarification on something). With this one, I watched it once and said “good enough” because any more would be interrogating myself enhancedly! and as I’m a bona fida genuina Americhino Citizen, we simply can not have that.
I would only recommend this to a Muppet Completionist. Every one else? Go watch something else, ANYTHING else. If I may make a suggestion? Go watch Tron. Broaden your lumpy modern mind with something classic and good.
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Do not go watch Eternals…. anything but Eternals
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I’m actually looking forward to The Eternals. But I like bad things.
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😂
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Wut?!? Since when is Charlie Chan bad?
😉
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I like good things too!
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Glad you clarified that. I was worried for a second…
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You won’t be disappointed.
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I may be. If I go in with expectations really, really low then I almost end up thinking it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. I mean, I’m really looking forward to a hatefest.
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Pretty sure you’ll have that!
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That bad eh? Well, no fear. I’m done with superhero movies as a whole now…
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The original Tron or the later one?
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I was referring to the original, but once someone has seen that they should go watch Legacy imo….
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Well that sounds meh, stick with Fraggles.
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I’m a man on a mission. The Muppet oeuvre must be conquered. If Alex can be a Chanophile, then I’m on the hunt to become the Greatest Muppet watcher ever.
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Good to have goals!
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That goal will keep me going through the rest of this year anyway 😀
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What is Michael Caine like in this?
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If only he HAD been in this, it would have only helped 😦
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Is there any Muppet movie worth watching besides The Muppet Christmas Carol?
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The original Muppet movie and Muppet Treasure Island would be my recommendation.
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I can imagine the bad chemistry with Ashanti… I can imagine how they’d just put a celebrity in there in hopes that their presence alone garners views and gets them some success. Glad it wasn’t TOO bad though.
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I have to admit, I WAS hoping it would be horrendous so I could really bash it. Plain oatmeal is just impossible to bash. Try it sometime and see 😉
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ok
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