An American musical drama by Jim Henson, starring Frank Oz and Dave Goelz.
A young otter and his mother are poor. The boy does odd repair jobs and the mother works in textiles (sewing, knitting, laundry). In preparation for a talent show, they both steal the other's main tools to complete their acts.
Gift of the Magi with puppets and a happy ending. I watched a version which combined the 2 televised versions into a single video, which I was glad to find out when it was explained at the end. Among "folks who can do no wrong", Jim Henson is high on the list. The puppetry and production may seem quaint and antiquated by today's CG standards, but I like them more. The River Bottom Nightmare Band even played proto-metal at the talent show. I don't want to type any more about this because I rate it awesome and you should watch it.
An American musical comedy directed by Frank Oz, starring Jim Henson, Dave Goelz and Steve Whitmire.
The Muppets put on a musical show at their college graduation. Because the audience likes it so much, they go to New York City and try to get it on Broadway. After some initial difficulties, they split up and Kermit keeps trying to get a producer for the musical while working at a cafe.
This is EXACTLY as expected. The plot and characters were decent. I think that they were all acted very well and the dialogue seemed natural. The Greek cafe owner was hilarious with his nonsense lectures/pep-talks. I also liked the massive Sesame Street cameo in the wedding scene. The video was very good. It looked like it was carefully planned and everything worked right. There were some interesting scenes of Muppets interacting with human actors in unique ways. I imagine that the puppeteers had to get creative in these situations, but it all worked. The soundtrack was alright. I'm not really big on Broadway style musicals, so the music was not exactly what I would choose to listen to. The dialogue was very clearly audible and the foley sound effects were appropriate for the situation. Overall, you know what you're getting when you watch The Muppets. I rate this adequate.
A fantasy directed by Nicolas Roeg, produced by Jim Henson and based on the book by Roald Dahl.A boy and his grandmother take a vacation at a hotel that is hosting a convention of witches who want to turn all the children in England into mice.Casino may have the fucking record for repetition of the word "fuck", but this blows that number out of the fucking water with "grandma". I can't find an exact number or a script to count for myself, but I fucking guarantee the number beats Casino's "fuck" by at least double in half the time. Every fucking word out of that kid's fucking mouth is "grandma!"! Obviously, it got to me. This would have been a great film if they hadn't fucked it up with "grandma". I'm giving it a really fucking bad review. See how repeating a word this fucking much gets on your fucking nerves?
A fantasy by Jim Henson and Frank Oz.A boy whose race was almost completely wiped out must go on a quest to restore a missing piece to a magical crystal.Jim Henson's '80s magic is at work here. The characters are good and I liked the puppets that were created for the different races. The plot, pacing and style are good too. I remember seeing this in the theater when it came out and being afraid of the Skeksis leader's death scene. I'm rating this best.
An art film by Jim Henson.A man is stuck in a room and people keep entering to play tricks on him.I had been looking for this ever since seeing the Cube series. Oddly enough, I found it on Google video. It turns out not to be all that great though. I'm rating it o.k.
A fantasy directed by Nick Willing, under Hallmark Entertainment, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Gene Wilder and Christopher Lloyd, with special effects by Jim Henson's creature shop.A girl follows a rabbit into a fantasy world.These people took the Alice in Wonderland story and threw it in a blender. Then Jim Henson puppets were added along with some digital effects. The outcome is a strange mix of crappiness and Henson style magic. The plot was a jumbled mess and the whole thing seemed forced. I'm rating it o.k. because I liked the Henson creatures, but everything else was terrible.
A fantasy by Jim Henson.A girl who is forced to babysit her younger brother wishes for goblins to take him away and they do. She is then visited by the goblin king and regrets her decision. The goblin king sends her to his maze and gives her 13 hours to get to the center and rescue the baby.This is a classic 80s movie and gets a green rating for Jim Henson's contributions. David Bowie also makes a cool villain, but that's not why I'm posting about it.What I want to write about is the new world order programming aspects. The owl (Molloch) takes a baby (people used to sacrifice children to this deity) and gives the girl 13 hours (unlucky number for Templars) to rescue him. On the girl's quest, everything is topsy turvy and nothing is as it seems (see the naming of government organizations like ministry of peace being in charge of war, etc). During one scene, Mr. Bowie calls the goblin who might be helping the girl "Hegel". This is a direct reference to the Hegelian dialectic, or problem - reaction - solution. This is a technique used by the elite to force society to progress towards their goals by presenting a problem (like a false flag terror attack), the people say "what are you going to do about it?" (reaction), and introducing a solution which was their original plan in the first place. The poisoned fruit is anther good example to use. The power elite are waging a biological war on humanity under the flag of Monsanto, the leader in genetically modified foods. Their ideal plan is for everyone to stay "asleep" and out of the way of their plans like the girl fell asleep from eating the fruit. Ludo is a reference to the "tea party" movement or "conspiracy theorists". He is originally a terrifying monster, but once he is understood, he becomes a source of hope in a hopeless situation. Sir Didymus is a representation of all of the people in low positions of power who are "just doing their jobs". The lie is different on all levels, so he thought that he was noble and just by guarding the bridge, when in fact, he was following orders from higher up and not knowing why. in the end, the girl jumps out of the maze, even though it seems that she will fall to her death. She realized that the maze was constructed by the villain to fool her and by jumping from it, she took all of his power away.I'm not writing this because of dislike for the film, I like this film. I'm writing it to show that the programming is everywhere. If you step back and keep the trees from blocking your view, you just might see a forest.
A fantasy by Jim Henson.A series of 23 minute episodes based on folk tales.Jim Henson's puppets and costumes are the main attraction here. The good plots are thanks to old stories that are told using these creations. The original series is very good, but the Greek myths series is less than magical. For anyone who grew up with movies like The Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, you will like this as much as I do. I'm rating it good.
