THE MUPPETS MOST WANTED is more like THE MUPPETS
TRAINWRECK
SEQUEL and the irony isn’t lost that they use a train to travel on their world
tour (with their manager Dominic Badguy) in what is a disappointing follow up
to the wonderful post-modern take on THE MUPPETS. You have a mishmash
of elements, an absurd
jewel heist, an evil frog named Constantine who just happens to look like
Kermit, a slew of celebrity guest stars (who just don’t really belong in the
movie, a Siberian Gulag (and musical sequences there), a clueless investigative
pair (of an Interpol agent and a Muppet CIA
agent), awkward patchwork of genres, and Tina Fey with a bad Russian accent. Once
Kermit is kidnapped and replaced, the
only ones who really notice are Animal and the biggest fan of The Muppets (who
was introduced in the last movie) where Fozzie is still very clueless and Miss
Piggy is very thick headed (as usual). On
top of it all, I don’t think anyone said they wanted to see the Muppets go to Siberia
like ever. The musical numbers and
celebrity guest stars at the gulag just drain the life out of the movie and you
feel like you are watching a different movie where the celebrity cameos in The
Muppet Show world tour make sense within the context of any Muppet movie or TV
show.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
THE LONGER LONGEST BLOOPER REEL IN MUPPET HISTORY
is where
the Muppets are the highlight of this reel and where the human actors are the
least funny in the bloopers.
RIZZO’S BIGGEST FAN is a two minute bit
where Rizzo writes
an email to the director disguised as a Rizzo fan to plead the case to have
Rizzo in the new Muppet film
I’LL GET YOU WHAT YOU
WANT MUSIC VIDEO which might fit anywhere except for a Muppet movie even though
it is a great musical sequence to watch
once.
DVD of the theatrical cut
in standard definition
Digital HD Digital Copy of the theatrical version
FINAL ANALYSIS: THE MUPPETS MOST WANTED is a
total train
wreck of a sequel and a disappointing follow up to the wonderful THE
MUPPETS. The extras are a little
lacking too and they didn’t include a fun Muppets intermission mode like with
the previous movie.
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