A Merry Muppet Christmas!!

Nothing says Christmas to me quite like watching 'The Muppets Christmas Carol'.

I watched it last night and rediscovered how much I loved it! Even though I have seen it loads of times before I still find myself laughing at the jokes, (sometimes even with anticipation of these jokes). I was truly in my element, I was so childish and it was great! I finished watching the film feeling very happy indeed and quite uplifted- which, of course, is the magic of the muppets.

It's a truly fantastic film with people and puppets matching together seamlessly, as well as songs like 'One More Sleep Till Christmas' and 'Wherever you find love'.
It has a mix of songs, dance routines, jokes and ice-skating penguins!

It also had beginning titles like 'Kermit the frog as Bob Kratchet' which really captures the fact that the muppets are in no way puppets controlled by people, but they really have personality and presence, (as most interviewers of Miss Piggy will tell you), you forget about the people underneath the magic, to the audience they are very talented acting frogs, pigs, rats and....blue things etc.

It is a great story for Christmas as it is but add in music and the muppets and you get a film that really defines Christmas, for me anyway.

Michael Caine is fantastic as Scrooge as he can convey the thoughts of the character with the slightest change in facial expression, it is only recently that I have been able to compliment Caine as before I never really cared about who played Scrooge, I was too busy looking at the wonderful characters, like Gonzo and Rizo, that I recognised.

After watching it I realised the scale of it all and the amount of puppets that Jim Henson's workshop would have had to make, because there were new characters, (not just the ones from the show), even though they were in the background.

I really do, truly, love this film as it is a great story to tell for Christmas and really get you in the spirit and it is so marvelously done!

I spent the rest of the night feeling very happy and more, (if possible), excited about Christmas because of it.

And finally, the last thought that I had from this film is;

'Why has Kermit not been nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Oscar?!'

xxx