The Muppets (2011)

I remember watching the Muppet show when i was a kid.
it was great I have many memories of it and how I enjoyed it
they were big when I was little. I remember watching the movies
"The Muppet Movie", "The Great Muppet Caper",
and of course The Muppets Take Manhattan

But as time goes on things do go out of style somewhat
I remember when Jim Henson died.. one of the images I'll
never forget is I think it was from either Life or Time Magazine
on the over it had a directors chair that said Jim Henson on it
and Kermit hang off the top of it.

In my opinion He was a great man and a true visionary
as well as a creative genius the world needs more people
like him. Also in the film this is a scene what plays
tribute to him that made me smile. I think he would
have loved this movie.

But as I said as time goes on things go out of style
the Muppets had a few features in the 90s but I think
they did poorly and alot of them were direct to video.

They were all but forgotten then a few years ago
the Muppet Show had a anniversary it was something
like 30th? I'm not sure but there was renewed interest
for a while and then it faded off again.

The Muppets were pretty much forgotten..Until now.

The movie basically centers around two brothers
(one who is apparently a Muppet) who are life long
fans who take a trip to LA to visit Muppet Studios
and find out that an evil oil tycoon is planing
to tear now the beloved studio which has gone
into disrepair. The young Muppet Walter (voiced by Peter Linz)
must gather the Muppets (who have disbanded) together
again for one final show and reintroduce them to a world that has
moved on and pretty much forgotten them.

The over all story for this is simplistic but at the
same time it works so brilliantly for this movie
becasue this movie focuses more on the comedy then
anything else and I would have to say that this
film is funny, there were so many good jokes and
gags in this film. I don't want to give away anything
if you haven't seen it yet, but its not short on the
hilarity there was very little time that I wasn't smiling
and/or laughing at this. This film was also filled
with plenty of fond happy memories.

Like always with the Muppets there is singing in this
and the songs are not over done but are well put together
and at the same time funny. also what would the Muppets
be with out Celebrity guests the the list of names are
very long with people like Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong,
Sarah Silverman, Whoopi Goldberg,Neil Patrick Harris,
Selena Gomez and on and on one person I thought for sure
who would be in this was Justin Bieber but he wasn't
I guess he doesn't like the Muppets..
The only thing I didn't like about this movie
was the scene from the Trailer featuring Danny Trejo

The acting was perfect the comedy was a hit each time
and funny, The Muppet puppeteering and effects were
the best and any and all visual effects were seamlessly
excellent

This film was nothing short of amazing! Like I said it was
filled with fun, laughs, plenty of fond happy memories.
It shares a lovely message about the importance of
family and friendships and what can be done when we work
together and introduces a whole new generation to what the world
need more of, which is togetherness. It also shows you that even if you
feel out of place there is always somewhere that you'll fit in and were
you feel like you belong.

So I highly recommend this film, if you grew up with them
or just want to introduce your kids to the zany wackiness
that you enjoyed at a kid then, take them to see this they'll
lovely it, and you will too.


but sadly not everyone likes the Muppets...

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 2010

Well I finally seen the 3rd Narnia Film.
I have to say I never read the books I had only seen the movies.
Now I did like the first one it was easy to follow, I liked pretty much everything about it I'd say. Also for the second I'd have to say I didn't really enjoy the second I felt that it was the opposite of the first where it wasn't easy to follow and the story seemed to be everywhere and from what I remember it just seemed to be some what of a mess.

Now the Main reason I went to see this was that I had seen the other 2 and you can't leave things undone. I would have to say that it was a return to the first where where they actually have a quest and a some what straight forward adventure.
An Evil has griped Narnia and the heroes must journy to the heart of such evil and stop it
before it destroys everything. The one thing that I didn't like was there was no explanation
on where the "Evil" came from? it was some what like "The Nothing" in the Never Ending Story.
It's just there and is swallowing up everything.

Also there were a couple of thing I felt that were somewhat cliche like the Bratty
"know it all" cousin who doesn't believe in fantastical fairy tale things and through the
course of the film the experience of the adventure changes his mind and be becomes a
better person becasue of it. Another thing was the appearance of the sea serpent it reminded
me of the scene from Ghostbusters where Gozer says "Choose! Choose the form of the Destructor!"
and Ray thinks of the the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.. I felt that it worked the same way.

Now the movie as a whole was pretty good, As I said above the story has a nice flow to
it there was a bit of humor and of course the production design was impressive as were
the creature character designs. The one footed elf like people where very interesting as
well as the Minotaur (who was of course in the previous films) and the Dragon.

There was done beautifully with as well as the rest of the Visual effects in the film.
The movie had some really nice action pieces mixed in with the questing story.
So it was an enjoyable watch and a nice closing to the series.

Tangled 2010

Biased on the original story of Rapunzel comes the Disney adaptation "Tangled" of course in 3D!
Now I know what you're thinking. This is some piece of "Disney princess crap" why are you watching it?
Well you would be wrong on it being crap and the reason I went to see this is because the trailers and previews looked funny and it is no lie this movie was hilarious! I felt that every joke and gag was a hit it will have you laughing out loud that's for sure. I would have to say probably 2 of the funnest characters were the little chameleon "sidekick" Pascal and the ever faithful and Mighty horse Max (or Maximus). Not only did I find this movie funny but this movie has a fair bit of action which is really well done and very quite exciting which brings me to the animation.

I would have to say the animation alone is amazing its is very fluid and life like I was just somewhat blown away by that alone. You could probably watch this with the sound off and still get that wow effect. I would have to say that it was all the little things character wise that really sold this to me. Such as the scene in the woods where Flynn Rider is telling Rapunzel the story about his childhood and she kind of scoots her butt towards him more and puts her head in her hands eager to listen. I felt that was very life like and very realistic in the animation. It was all kinds of stuff like that the little thing that really sold this for me.

Personally I would have to say this was one of the absolute best animated films I seen in 2010, I would also go so far and say it was also one of the best animated films I have seen ever!

As for the Character modeling and design it was excellent. I did like how everything looked and the whole feel of the world I can't really complain. I also thought at first they were going to over do it with the music and make it bloated like the previous film The Princess and the Frog (its the fifth one down on the link) but it is nice and evenly spaced out.

The voice acting was great Mother Gothel (voiced by Donna Murphy) some what made me think of a Female version of Jafar from Aladdin. I also thought the voice for the Captain of the Guard was Robert Remus (better know as Sgt. Slaughter) but in fact it was M.C. Gainey.

In the end I greatly enjoyed this movie. I have to say I loved it quite a bit and that is pretty much all I have to say.