November 12, 2011

The Muppet Movie



Data
Title: The Muppet Movie
Year: 1979
Length: 95 minutes
Director: James Frawley
Writers: Jack Burns & Jerry Juhl
Starring: Jim Henson
With: Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton
Music: Paul Williams (score); Williams & Kenny Ascher (songs)
Cinematography: Isidore Mankofsky
Editing: Christopher Greenbury
Oscars: nominated for Best Adapted Score and Best Song ("Rainbow Connection")
I saw it: on video many times, most recently yesterday (have on DVD)
Synopsis: a frog makes friends on his cross-country trip to Hollywood

My reaction
Concept: 4/4 (Great)
Story: 3/4 (Good)
Characters: 4/4 (Great). It might not contain the most compelling of character developments, but I can't not give full points for the Muppets.
Dialog: 4/4 (Great)
Pacing: 3/4 (Good)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 4/4 (Great). Kind of like the character category, it's not really fair to give 4/4 since the bulk of the design work was done for the TV show, not for the movie. Oh well.
Acting: 3/4 (Good)
Music: 4/4 (Great)
Subjective Rating: 10/10 (Favorite of my favorites, 4/4 5/4). My favorite movie.
Objective Rating (Average): 3.5/4 (Very good) 3.6/4 (Great)

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