The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

This is my second favorite Muppet movie after The Muppet Movie. One of the reasons I love it so much is because it relies more on Muppets and gags than humans and cute moments. Two things that the two most recent movies are bad about (as good as those movies are). This was long before Walter came along and Gonzo was one of the stars. I feel like all the Muppets really come to play here (Although Statler and Waldorf are underused) most especially Kermit, Fozzie, Gonzo, Pops, and Beauregard. The music in this movie is great. You can't watch the bicycle and water scenes without being a little impressed. I am an aspiring filmmaker and I want to make some Muppet movies someday (partly because I'm worried that Muppets Most Wanted was the final nail in the coffin) and if I do I want there to be humans but I want them to take a backseat to the Stars themselves and that would be the Muppets. I intend to do a better job than the most recent movies have. The Great Muppet Caper is a perfect example of this and I highly recommend it! It's a classic!

The great muppet caper (1981) is the next film in the muppet movie series. I think it's better than the the muppet movie (1979). I love the the muppet movie (1979), but I think that this one is 1) more entertaining and 2) better made cinematically. I think it has better dialogue and I think that the plot is more interesting. I liked the story and I loved the musical numerous musical numbers throughout the film. The characters are of course the same as always. I liked the chemistry and the interaction all the characters on screen had. Charles Grodin was a good villain and he was also funny, he's got a good sense of humor. The plot and how it's executed is all done very well. Again, just like the first muppet movie, this sequel is perfect for family viewing. The kids will surely like the mild action scenes and I think most everyone will enjoy everything else the movie has to offer. I 100% suggest this great film for everyone and anyone who thinks this is something they'd like and enjoy. It's not too over the top childish, except for the action/violence. Can't do anything too rough obviously lol. But everyone should know the kind of content they're in for with this type of film. 10/10 for The Great Muppet Caper! Very fun, well done and funny movie.

I loved the Muppet show and the original three Muppet movies when I was a kid: The Muppet movie, this-The great Muppet caper, and Muppets take Manhattan. All of the Muppet stuff in the years before Jim Henson died and when I was still a kid. The great Muppet caper was wonderful starting with them being thrown out of their plane in their stow away boxes and landing in a pond, their ckecking into the happiness hotel and the song that went with it, miss piggy meeting Lady Holiday and her witty conversation with her. It almost has the combination of old time charm and typical Muppet humor combined. A lot of the movie has that. I really liked the Esther Williams style water ballet with miss piggy, even when I was a kid and I didn't know then what was being satired. In recent times when I've really started loving old time golden age Hollywood musicals with golden age stars like Judy Garland, June Allyson, Esther Williams, etc., that has caused me to really love the Esther Williams water ballet scene in the Muppet caper, especially when it turned out to be miss piggy's dream and then she in reality dives into a small fountain, being the only one who gets wet. Another great scene is when all of the muppets are riding their bikes through the park singing. It sort of, in a way reminds me of a time when I was about 8 years old walking through Hyde park in London with my family when I was on vacation in England. That scene, for that reason added, makes the Muppet bike riding scene and song even more terrific. There's also lots of humorous wit through the movie, especially from Kermit, Fozzie, Gonzo, and of course Miss piggy. And a number of great cameos from John Cleese, Charles Groden, and from the great Muppet man himself, Jim Henson in a restaurant. And the guard, while Scooter delivers a pizza, "but I hate pepperoni". Funny. Some reviewers have commented on the diamond plot not being good. The diamond plot is only a small part of the movie to me. The bigger picture, all of the things I've written above, is what makes this movie great. And of course, don't miss the cameo from Oscar the grouch.

Depending more on plot and less on star cameos, this takes the muppets across the Atlantic Pond to that pip, pip cherrio-o of London society. This time, the muppets get involved with an attempted jewel heist involving Miss Piggy's sophisticated boss (the gorgeous Diana Rigg) and her neer-do-well brother (the very American Charles Grodin, apparently content in villain roles after "Heaven Can Wait"), and romance erupts once again between frog and hog. It isn't a sequel to "The Muppet Movie", but is still equally as entertaining, filled with some delicious sight gags including the turning of Miss Piggy into an Ann Miller type tap dancer.Certainly more elaborate looking, it is a throwback to the type of 30's musicals that starred Fred and Ginger, and Miss Piggy's big production number ("The First Time You See Her") is truly a marvel to look at. In fact, it came out the same year as another throwback to the old 30's musicals ("Pennies From Heaven") even though it isn't nearly as dark. The few cameos that do occur are by British theater legends Robert Morley and Peter Ustinov, as well as "Monty Python" favorite John Cleese.Follow-ups to successful films are rarely worthy of their predecessors, but in the case of this one, the second time around really was worth while. They would have one more entry (the entertaining but seemingly desperate "The Muppets Take Manhattan") and a long break before coming back (the pathetic "Follow that Bird!" not counting) to entertain a new generation that had not had the privilege of being around when they first got their start on T.V. variety shows and finally their own shows and movies.