The Muppets

It's time to start the music, it's time to light the lights...
Most of today's generation has never seen a single episode of the original muppet show, or seen any of the muppet movies, but everyone knows who Kermit the Frog is. The Muppet movie brings the muppets into the new generation tackling the big problem that nobody now a days has any idea who the muppets are. Perhaps this is a reboot or just another Muppet movie, but one this is for sure: This movie is great.
Written and starring How I Met Your Mother star Jason Segel, it was obvious going in that Segal was having the time of his life filming with the Muppets. Although it has been over a decade since the Muppets have made a movie this film made them seem perfectly fresh.
The movie starts out as brothers Gary and Walter prepare to go to the legendary Muppets Studios in Hollywood with Gary's girl friend Mary (Amy Adams). But they soon figure out that the evil oil baron Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) is planning on destroying the old muppet studios and drilling for oil unless the Muppets can raise 10,000,000 dollars in a couple of days. But the problem is the Muppets haven't spoken to each other for years. But die hard Muppet fans Gary and Walter manage to track down the legend himself, Kermit the Frog. And soon the four (and of course Kermit's robot butler "80's Robot") are on a journey to find the rest of the Muppets gang (Cue montage) and put on a show to raise the money.
Although it is indeed a children's movie it is obvious that a great portion of the movie is directed towards muppet fans. And the movie is filled to the brim with celebrity appearances such as: Ken Jeong, Zach Galifianakis, Alan Arkin, Sarah Silverman, Donald Glover, Jack Black, John Krasinski, Whoopi Goldberg, Selena Gomez, Neil Patrick Harris, and so much more. The massive amount of guest stars in this movie help prove one of the main overall points of the movie that Muppet fans are still out there.
At its core the Muppet movie did indeed have a few cheesy moments but I found my self loving almost ever scene (even some of the musical numbers!). And only can the Muppets truly have you rooting for the romance between a blond haired pig and a frog that plays the banjo, but like all the could be weird things in the muppet movie, it works. The true talent the movie had was to get you to believe that the Muppets were real characters. Never once while watching the movie did I not believe that Kermit the Frog was having a conversation with Fozzy Bear, or Animal was talking to Jack Black. The movie truly brought these characters to life. I give the Muppet movie an 8.1 out of 10.