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[–] niktemadur 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And that is exactly the silliest thing Michael Caine could have done, and it deserves a standing ovation or three.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Completely serious Michael Caine dancing with a giant Muppet

[–] TheBat 137 points 2 days ago

Caine is the latest of many human actors (including the great Orson Welles) to fight for screen space with the Muppets, and he sensibly avoids any attempt to go for a laugh. He plays the role straight, and treats the Muppets as if they are real. It is not an easy assignment.

- Roger Ebert

[–] CitizenKong 189 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Heard this once said: Caine played his character as a very straight human, while Tim Curry played his character in Muppet's Treasure Island like he's himself an unhinged muppet. To the credit of both of these actors, it works perfectly in their respective movies.

[–] [email protected] 102 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Someone described respectful ways of interacting with children similarly


you can bring yourself down to their level, or you can bring them up to yours. Both are respectful, and there's no "talking down" to anyone.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The Jim Henson Company was excellent at that. They always approached young audiences with respect above all. That's how Sesame Street works.

Speaking of which, I saw that HBO was pulling out of their deal with Sesame Street. Should we organize like a fundraising drive for that? The idea of Big Bird being off the air...isn't okay.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago

Bringing them up is real neat

Next thing you know they’re talking all smart!

[–] Windex007 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Bringing yourself to their level is real neat.

Why would you give the child the curse of ripping them from childhood? Why rob yourself the opportunity to revisit the magic of childhood?

Hand them the Scout action figure, grab the Batman, because Rita Repulsa wants to blow up the sun, and only you two can stop her!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Repulsa wants to blow up the sun, and only you two can stop her!

Just want you to know we're all rooting for you!

[–] WoodScientist 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not! I WANT to blow up the Sun, and I'll be helping Rita!

MWHAHAHAA!!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just so you know, I have a fragile alliance with the heroes because if the sun blows up I won't be able to take over the Tri-State area!

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[–] [email protected] 153 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

According to an interview with Brian Henson, the director, when he reached out to Michael Caine for the role, Caine responded, "I'm going to play this movie like I'm working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. I will never wink, I will never do anything Muppety. I am going to play Scrooge as if it is an utterly dramatic role and there are no puppets around me."

[–] [email protected] 115 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Which was absolutely the right call. If I can borrow a line from Jay Bauman, Ebenezer Scrooge does not sanction this buffoonery. In his eyes (at the beginning of the story at least) hanging decorations and singing and playing and such make everyone looks ridiculous to him.

The whole goddamn story is about Scrooge being a man who takes himself too goddamn seriously.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

drunken blinking at the camera

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

Jay smiles as he relates the tale of Scrooge to the ending of Society

[–] aeronmelon 9 points 2 days ago

God bless him, one and all.

[–] FlashMobOfOne 92 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think we can all agree that, creatively, it worked perfectly.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Who's the one mofo who disagreed?! That better be a fat thumb, mister!

[–] [email protected] 115 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The great thing about the Muppet movies is that all the characters are treated as if they're human. It's like nobody realizes they're talking to a felt frog.

[–] 5too 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's even better than that - they sometimes acknowledge they're talking to a frog, or a rat, or even a puppet. It's just normal.

[–] aeronmelon 13 points 2 days ago

There’s an exchange in The Great Muppet Caper that goes like:

Human: “You're a frog, and you’re a dog, and you’re a… um….”

Gonzo: “A whatever.”

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I love Porco Rosso. It's animated and set in the real world with real just pre-WW2 stuff happening in the background. But the main character is a pig who flies a sea plane. Someone mentions a curse once. No one treats this as weird. No one else is an animal. I love it.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver 19 points 2 days ago

Best, period.

We see it in the theater each Christmas season.

[–] FlyingSquid 44 points 2 days ago

I read a fun story about that movie the other day. When they test-marketed it for kids, they asked what the rats did wrong to get coal at the end. Brian Henson and the others hadn't even made that connection.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 days ago (12 children)

I think they could muppetize most movies and come out with bangers

[–] njm1314 36 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (14 children)

Literally all movies in existence would be improved if there were Muppets in them

[–] kinsnik 31 points 2 days ago

they should just release muppet version of movies, like LEGO does with videogames

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

Elmo as the girl with the red coat

[–] BroBot9000 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

First 20m of the movie are exactly the same as the original Matrix

The pill is taken, he awakens in his pod

As Fozzie

[–] Windex007 2 points 8 hours ago

"Take the red pill, take the blue pill, heck... Take em both!"

Neo nervously takes the blue pill

Doctor Teeth immediately slams the red pill

"Whoa!"

Doctor Teeth pulls two giant pill bottles (red and blue) and starts chugging them both

Camera pans to the ground as extra blue and red pills hit the ground as if spent brass

"Huh. Nothing else yet... ... Wait a minute.... WHHHOOOAAAAAAAAA!!!"

Doctor Teeth starts vibrating and smoke starts pouring from his ears

"WWWWHHHOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

Doctor Teeth phases out of this dimension, disappearing, but you can still hear his voice through the ether

"SSSWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTT!!!"

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[–] ZoopZeZoop 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm waiting for the Kill Bill movies with Muppets. Imagine Miss Piggy as Beatrix Kiddo, Muppet version of the Crazy Eighty Eight, or Fozzy playing Buck?

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[–] bcgm3 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

As if I don't watch this movie enough throughout the year already (I try to alternate between this one and Muppet Treasure Island)... Time to fire it up again. Merry Christmas, Lemmy! 🎄🎅⛄

[–] GreenKnight23 2 points 1 day ago

Muppets Take Manhattan ftw. I don't watch many movies but will always stop to watch this one.

so much nostalgia in one movie.

[–] VerseAndVermin 22 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Oh, I just finally watched this for the first time. If your interested, I wrote my thoughts but you can skip that if your just looking for a good Christmas movie then do it. Out of six or so I have watched, this definitely was my favorite.

[–] chiliedogg 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

If you can, find the non-widescreen DVD version.

They left the most important, emotional scene of the film (along with the song they used a "pop" version of for the ending credits anyway) out of the theatrical cut of the film.

It's the scene where Scrooger gets dumped, and there's a beautiful duet of Michael Caine singing along with his ex-fiance as his heart breaks and he starts to become human.

Without that scene, he suddenly goes from being the man at the beginning of the film to the much friendlier Scrooge with the Giant.

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[–] MsPenguinette 16 points 2 days ago

What’s crazy is that this movie was hated when it came out. People had no taste back then

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