Day 100 - Muppet Treasure Island

MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND

Starring:
-Tim Curry
-The Muppets
-Billy Connolly

Directed by: Brian Henson

Screenplay Credits: Jerry Juhl, Kirk R. Thatcher & James V. Hart

MPAA Rating: G


I love this movie. I love it so much that I decided to review it for the fantastically wonderful DAY 100 of the 2010 Movie Project. High voiced little pipsqueak Kevin Bishop stars as Jim, the youngster who inherits an old treasure map. Along with the map, Jim receives a warning: beware the one legged man.

Cue the girly, almost entirely annoying expositional song where Jim dreams of “something better.”

After the inn where he lives is raided by pirates, Jim and his friends Rizzo the Rat and Gonzo the Whatever decide to hire a crew and go after the treasure and a life of adventure on the high seas. They meet the dimwit son of a prominent shipbuilder (Fozzie Bear), who agrees to finance the voyage and leaves the hiring of the crew up to the Man Who Lives in His Finger, Mr. Bimble.

Mr. Bimble the Finger Dweller hires a pretty ragged looking bunch of “cutthroats and scallywags” but he does get it right by hiring Captain James Smollett (aka Kermit the Frog) to lead the voyage. Since Jim is a foolish, trusting child, he doesn’t realize that amiable galley cook Long John Silver (who just happens to have only one leg thanks to movie magic) is actually a bloodthirsty pirate who’s hell-bent on getting his greedy paws on that thar’ treasure map, me hardy! Yar!

Yes, I said ‘yar.’ Get over it.

Throw in a handful of catchy songs and some positively inspired dialogue and you have yourself one of the finest Muppet movies ever made. EVER. So if you’re ever in the mood to go sailing for adventure on the big, blue, wet thing, be sure to take the Muppets along. I guarantee they’ll make your voyage much more interesting, and who knows… they might just rescue you from a one-legged sweet transvestite.


FINAL GRADE: A++++

Off in search of Jimmy Jim, Jimmy Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim,

M.


P.S. I’M not Jimmy Jim, Jimmy Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim! HE’S Jimmy Jim, Jimmy Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim.