You know when someone asks if you’ve seen their favourite movie and say you seen “parts of it” because you don’t want to seem like a total pop culture pariah? Yeah, we do too—and we hate ourselves for it! That’s why every other week, we’ve vowed to watch at least one movie we’ve put off, ignored, rejected or just plain-out forgotten about. Join us as recount the popping of our cinematic cherries, complete with awkward, over-analytical details!
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THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN
DATE RELEASED: July 13, 1984
DATE WATCHED: November 26, 2011
WHY NOW? After seeing and falling head over heels for The Muppets, I decided to revisit some of the old school Kermit and co. stuff. And I realized that I've never actually seen this movie! And yet, I definitely saw Muppets in Space in theatres. For shame!
WHY NOT THEN? It came out five years too early for this 1989-er. And despite being a big fan of Kermie and Muppet Babies, I just never got around to it later on.
EXPECTATIONS:
- Lots of original songs and dancing.
- Some sort of Broadway-style Muppet show.
- A trip to the Empire State Building and multiple stops at hot dog carts.
- A Liza Minnelli cameo.
- A whole host of other 1980s celebs appearing at random for 30 seconds.
- Kermit being his typical, adorable, everyman leader self, trying to reel in his puppet pals' and save the day, again.
WHAT I ACTUALLY GOT..
