Muppets Most Wanted
I feel like it was very rushed. It breezed by.
I can't say I hated it at all, but I also can't say that it's my favorite of their movies either (that honor goes to the original Muppet movie)
I'll start with the main problem for me; the Gulag. I don't like the direction they took. They made it into a friendly environment rather quickly.
I feel like the inmates should have had it out for Kermit the whole time, and that Tina Fey (or whatever her character's name was) should have been downplayed.
Also, the ending had the perfect set up for an ending like The Producers, with the whole gang imprisoned but still singing their song.
Also, the relatively pointless stuff. Like the random 'searching' montage that lasts only a couple seconds and makes no sense.
Walter is utterly useless. He could have been replaced with any other member of the gang and no change would be necessary.
And, the whole show subplot should have been exchanged for some more elaborate escape scene (there were many other possibilities)
I feel like the early scenes with the gang should have been put later into the movie, considering we don't have very much time to get to know them before they're at each other's throats.
The message feels like it was tacked on.
Now, there were things that I really enjoyed.
The opening scene was quite a nice way to start (although it begs the question of what happened to the last film's costars)
I loved every second of the scenes with Sam and the Interpol agent.
The soundtrack was mostly good (except for the Gulag ones), and this is my favorite song in the film.
I wished Animal's role was bumped up even more (a running gag with him trying to attack Constantine, maybe), but I thought he was overall good.
Ricky Gervais was certainly interesting, since I don't believe he's been cast in a part like this before.
I don't know what to say really, I could just list things I liked and didn't like?