I finally went and saw it last night. It was great and I loved it.
Walter was a great character and I'm glad he was in this. I kept thinking about how he is relateable in a different way than the rest of the Muppets. What I mean is, when I relate to the Muppets it's in the sense that it's a group of friends who all dream of doing something more with their lives and under a common goal chase that dream. Walter is different in the sense that he can be related to in that he's a muppet fan. And what Muppet fan hasn't at one point dreamed about meeting the Muppets and finding a common bond with them, I know I have. So it was a different perspective to follow.
I loved the references to the old movies and the old series. I did miss the Rizzo/Gonzo stuff though. But I understand what they were going for so I wasn't too sore about it.
I loved the scenes where they were getting everyone back. I was half expecting Kermit to ask Fozzie if he knew any dance routines when they were in Reno. The relationships between the characters were great in my opinion. That's one of the things I always say makes a good Muppet movie is the relationship between the characters, particularly Kermit/Fozzie, Kermit/Piggy and Gonzo/Rizzo or Camila.It was also another cool perspective in all the mending bridges that happened.
I remember that every time someone kept saying that the muppets were forgotten or irrelevant or that people didn't like them at all, I went to get up and yell "Don't listen to the lies! Look at this theatre!" But I didn't because that would be weird.
Loved the songs. That's another element I think Muppet Movies should have (original songs)
The only other element they didn't have that I've always liked in Muppets movies is that nobody got put into some kind of mortal danger. But that's fine, that's more of a weirdness on my part.
One thing that did confuse me was at the end when the last two numbers on the counter were actually cents insted of dollars, does that mean that the first family to call in only pledged 25 cents?
Had a total geek moment when Gonzo jumped off his company building and said "People of Earth, never again will I pick up a plunger". I did wish there was a little more of him in the movie.
I also liked how when everyone went their seperate ways it was similar to wheere they were before, i.e. Fozzie at a night club, Gonzo went back into plumbing. That was one thing I didn't like about Very Merry Muppet Christmas is that even though Kermit wasn't around, the status quo was still changed, at least in mind.
That's all I can think of right now, I'll probably post more when I think of it or see it again.
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