With the new Muppet Show having premiered, its time we take a look back and remember the top Muppet Movies that have led us to this point. Here's a list of the best and worst Muppet Movies. To insure I got it right, I brought in some experts. Namely my boyfriend Josh and our best friend Mike. Trust me, they know their Muppet stuff.
10. It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Moriah: "Like what? Has anyone actually seen this movie?"
Josh: "This doesn't even count."
Mike: "As someone who has seen quite literally seen almost every movie in the last seventy years, I had no idea that this movie existed and now that I do my life is worse."
9. The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Josh: "It was the biggest piece of television garbage I have ever seen, and yes I do include the Real World/ Real Rules crossover show The Inferno".
Mike: "Somewhere in the deepest bowels of Hell, there is a secret circle where this movie plays on repeat from now until Doomsday."
Moriah: "Yeah that pretty much sums it up."
8. Muppets Most Wanted
Moriah: "It tried its best, and the Gulag scenes with Tina Fey are hysterical, but overall its pretty weak compared to other Muppet Movies."
Josh: "A fair attempt at a newer Muppet movie, with some pretty funny jokes and a pretty sad singing performance from Ricky Gervais. Ricky should feel better about this role in comparison to his role in that sh*tty movie The Invention of Lying."
Mike: ":While a solid attempt at a sequel to a revival of one of the greatest franchises in American cinema, even a brilliant cameo from Danny Trejo could not save this small dumpster fire."
7. Muppets from Space
Josh: "With a weak plot, the movie does excels with its cameos by Jeffrey Tambor and Hollywood Hulk Hogan. Muppets from Space falls short in too many other categories to score higher, even though they gave a great part to Pepe. By the way, the creepy fish space scene still gives me nightmares."
Mike: "While it was interesting to give Gonzo, the little blue whatever, a chance in the front lights, he lacks the down home charm that Muppets fans expect from our friend in green. That being said, the film has an amazing soundtrack, awesome cameos and introduces one of my favorite characters, Bobo the Bear."
Moriah: "I love Gonzo, but he doesn't have what it takes to lead a full movie. I also thought it was pretty weird that his family kidnaps him through his cereal."
6. The Great Muppet Caper
Moriah: "I honestly don't even remember watching this movie."
Josh: "Yeah this is just below average. It has some classic lines, which are still used today (What color are their hands now), but on a whole its not great. Like that ex who keeps calling long after you've moved on."
Mike "While lacking the charm of the original Muppet film, this Muppet movie suffers from classic Sequel Syndrome. In the grand scheme of things, this movie only sits as high as it does being Henson's final shot directing our little felt friends."
5. The Muppets Take Manhattan
Mike: "Theater fan in me loves Muppets Take Manhattan. The Muppets fan in me loves Jim Henson's final performance. The cinema fan in me realizes that Frank Oz, while great, is not Henson and its the first taste people have of a post-Henson world, which is not great."
Josh: "The theater fan in me loves this movie, it gives me hope. The Muppets fan in me worries about its continuity ramifications (Doctor Teeth graduating high school the same time as Kermit? That doesn't make sense!).
Moriah: "This is actually one of favorites, and not just because it includes the world of the theatre. But that deff helps."
4. The Muppets (2011)
Josh: "Jason Segel had a lot on his plate trying to revive the Muppets but he did so successfully, while also introducing a new Muppet (an even riskier move). Even though I wanted to hate it, in a post Henson world, I can't find myself not always enjoying it when I watch it."
Moriah: "I really think this a great movie, especially since it has allowed the Muppets to reenter the mainstream. Also, Am I A Man Or A Muppet is one of the funniest songs in the entire Muppet franchise."
Mike: "I wanted to hate this movie. But, it proved why the Muppets can do very little wrong. It stayed culturally relevant while still maintaining the charm of the Henson era. My only issue is that The Muppets seem to take a backseat in their own movie. All in all though, its a good movie."
3. Muppet Treasure Island
Moriah: "One of the greatest Muppet movies."
Josh: "This movie was my childhood. I find myself still wanting to be a professional pirate, like in the song... which I know all the words too... While working with children I always quote Before we lose our tempers we will always count to ten but I sing it at them which always gets weird looks."
Mike: "This was my first introduction to the world of the Muppets and I've never looked back. From the minute I hear Shiver My Timbers, I know what I'm doing for the next 90 minutes. With a classic performance from the legendary Tim Curry, you can't go wrong. To this day, I always make sure we're all here. Tom, old Tom, really old Tom and dead tom. So yeah I guess I kind of like this movie."
2. A Muppet Christmas Carol
Moriah: "This is my all time favorite Muppet movie. Gonzo and Rizzo have amazing parts and they are two of my favorite Muppets. Its a tradition in my family to watch this movie around the holiday season, and anytime I think of this movie I always think of hot cocoa, blanket forts and nana's apple pie."
Mike: "The only Christmas tradition I make sure to keep is to watch this movie every weekend leading up to Christmas Day. This was the first glimpse after Henson passed away at what the Muppets could be without him and it is glorious. This is one of maybe four movies in existence that will always make me cry when I watch it."
Josh: "As a Jew, I love this movie."
1. The Muppet Movie
Josh: "All time classic. After recently watching it, I found myself laughing and quoting it the entire way through. There is no way I could ever stop loving this movie. I will always am is and are be we who is called Doctor Teeth and the Electric Mayhem."
Mike: "How can you beat the original?.... It's a rhetorical question, you can't. In a movie that makes the likes of Carol Kane, Richard Pryor, and Orson Wells into mere cameos to felt animals, you know that you have something that will always be a time honored classic. They deserved their standard rich and famous contract."
Moriah: "It's the movie that started it all. Without it, we wouldn't have any of these amazing characters or stories."
Thanks to Mike and Josh for their commentary! If you guys like them, maybe we'll bring them back for another!