Just got back from taking the kids to The Muppets Most Wanted Movie. This outing was a reward to Abby for getting excellent MEAP (Michigan Educational Assessment Program - standardized testing for students in Michigan) scores. She did darn good in every area tested, and such diligence should be rewarded.
It's the Muppets, so you know its good clean family fun. Lots of good humor that the kids caught and even though the opening was a little scary for Leah, she warmed up to it, and the popcorn didn't hurt.
What I wasn't expecting was the sheer number of hilarious adult-aimed in-jokes that sailed right over the kids' heads to reach my funny bone.
There were even references and homages to other movies - scenes from a gulag reverse escape (yes, reverse, just go with it) that came straight out of the film The Way Back, but with a hilarious twist.
Tina Fey does a good job with her part, Ricky Gervais played his role to perfection, and the sheer number of stars who make a cameo appearance is too large to list.
The one head-scratcher in the movie was the Russian Gulag guards were all carrying Enfield #4 MK1s. I guess the production company didn't care to at least get some Mosin-Nagants or perhaps they thought the far more correct AK-74s would look too scary, or something.
In short, it's a couple hours of good clean family fun that even the parents, and most especially those parents raised on the Muppet Show, will enjoy profusely and not have to suffer through like other kid-intended movies.
2 comments:
I guess I'm too old... :-)
Old NFO: I figure you'll be taking Jace to similar films in the near future.
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