Muppet Movie 2

Rating: Null/10 (31 May 2004)

Spoilers herein.
Gadzooks, another movie about movies. The first time around, the story was simple: Disney had invented the medium of animated features but had lost their moxie. Then, under the oaf Eisner Disney made a deal with Pixar (which had been cast off by George Lucas and revived by Steve Jobs), and all of a sudden had completely dominated the genre.

Eisner rival Katzenberg resolves to best Eisner, after all he just doesn't deserve it. You should also know that the first battle was long before. When Pixar was preparing `Bugs,' Katzenberg rushed together `Ants' to open earlier just to steal their thunder.
So then Katzenberg makes `Shrek' with a farting character and story intended to spoof the Disney model. And it is set in Hollywood and features a dwarfish `king' modeled after Eisner.
Now along comes the sequel. Again, we poke fun at Eisner who is revealed to be a frog. Incidentally, Disney just picked up rights to the last Henson character: Kermit. The model for the story this time is `The Muppet Movie' which is about the making of itself by coming to that far far away place, Hollywood, and dealing with the fact of who you are.
Along the way, it would be good for you to know that Disney has the world's most advanced character lab, a place that invented the Irish redheaded female character that is portrayed here, as well as the whole notion of animated fairy godmothers. (And did you notice the imprisoned Tinkerbells who can't stand the stink?)
Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.