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Um, if I'm wrong I'll admit it. But I won't withhold my opinion just because you don't like it.I really think you should consider withholding your opinions on this one until you actually see the movie. By then, the joke will be in proper context.
I didn't like it at first, but I really don't mind it. I wouldn't say they didn't know how to tell it, but I would agree that it could have been done differently. I think it would have worked just as well if Fozzie had said, "Check out my shoes!" or just "Check it out!" while omitting the fart line (or any substitution) altogether. But like I said, for me it still works OK.The difference is the Rowlf joke humorously implies something. The joke in this new movie just throws a cheap laugh at you.
"I hate a dirty joke I do, unless it's told by someone who knows how to tell it." --Groucho Marx
In the case of this new movie, someone did not know how to tell it.
No I'm not saying the whole movie will automatically be bad, just critiquing a line.
Exactly, if they had done that, it wouldn't have been just a cheap laugh.
I don't think he's telling you to have no opinion about it so far, but just to remember first that this isn't in the right context. For all we know, it could be in the same context as the first trailer it was in, mocking that type of humor, and saying that The Muppets shouldn't resort to that.
I still wouldn't think it was a well executed joke.
If I misunderstood the comment, I apologize.
Well, you just might change your mind when you see the movie.I still wouldn't think it was a well executed joke.
I hope so, I'm not looking forward to being disappointing or anything, lol. And thanks.Well, you just might change your mind when you see the movie.
I also accept your apology.
Yeah, both of these articles were great- it really pointed out that the Muppets are not perfect, nor are they meant to be...Kermit actually said it really well during his press interviews in Toronto this week when he said the Muppets are really successful failures: Fozzie is a comedian but a lot of the times is not funny when he tries to be...Piggy is an actress but sometimes can't really act, etc. Love the whole idea of really successful failures-totally works with the Muppets- they set out to do something and they don't always succeed- but they don't go down without a fight and they do some fantastic and hilarious stuff along the way!
I absolutely love and admire Frank Oz, but he brought the whole bad guy thing on himself by making the comment he did to reporters. He could have just said, " I turned the new movie down, I've deciding to keep pursuing my current directing projects" or something like that. There was no reason for him to add the comment about whatever early version of the script he saw for him to answer the interviewer's question. He chose to answer that way and even though he said he didn't want to be a sourpuss and discredit the movie, that's exactly what he did and one some level he had to know it would.