toymeistr Reviews

Lady Gaga & the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular (2013 TV Movie)

Renamed: Lady Gagas Latest Album the Infomertial

[1/10 · 24 December 2013]

Remember how the Muppets used to work? The Muppets were the headliners and the humans were guests written into the show. The Muppets were always madcap and funny and the guests were swept along with the flow (The finale in the John Cleese episode of the original series was hilarious).

Did that happen here? No.

Laughs stopped as soon as Lady Gaga was on screen and her outfits were not appropriate for the younger audience that the Muppets used to be aimed at. The result was a boring and often uncomfortable view.

Our whole family became bored with this production early on and the blatant promotion of her new album at every song was appalling.

Shame on you Disney for allowing this travesty. Jim would be rolling over in his grave.

Yogi Bear (2010)

A movie you can enjoy with your kids

[8/10 · 13 August 2011]

First off the movie is made to entertain children. That's the target audience. My 6 and 8 year olds loved it, constantly laughing thru the movie. Yes it was a simple plot but that's all that was needed to entertain in this film. It's core is not meant to make you think about world issues or challenge society today, it's to entertain children which I think worked very well.

It's based on a cartoon so you expect many 2D characters, they are there for the main pair (Yogi and Boo Boo) to work off. As someone who grew up with the Yogi cartoon I actually enjoyed it as well. I've gone to well rated adult comedies with far less laughs than this, and its great to see your children smiling and laughing.

It's also nice to be able to see something you can sit and watch with your children without fear they will get the bad language, name calling and sexual references. Silly antics yes, but do you expect more from the original cartoon? If you expect an Oscar nominee, then pass this film by. If you can be young again and allow a film to purely entertain, give it a go.