MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND
A film review by Tim Voon
Copyright 1997 Tim Voon
Those wonderful Muppets, they sing, they dance, they laugh and have a lot more fun than a lot of humans -- gosh, I wish I was a Muppet, puppet.
The entire gang is back, they've converted Robert Louis Stevenson's classic drama 'Treasure Island' into a musical comedy for children of all ages.
They sing to the tune of Hans Zimmer, bleating out corny lyrics with great enthusiasm; we actually get to see their feet when they dance; they run about wildly beating each other up, with the occasional torture scene for added variety. The kid Jim Hawkins sings with a high soprano voice that makes me squirm; Long John Silver has a talking lobster, not parrot, who is a proficient masochist; Kermit is the decent, lovable captain and Miss Piggy is the Queen of the Island natives.
Have you ever seen a pig dressed in a tight, low cleavage, tiger skin patterned cocktail dress? Well there's only one pig that can wear it well, and believe me it clings marvellously to her, revealing all of her feminine charms as she hangs upside down, dangling from a burning rope tied to a tree over a cliff.
Miss Piggy is a Goddess.
The thing I like about the Muppets is that they are never self conscious about what they do. They are bold and daring without being crude or obnoxious and are out to entertain with their easy going, frolicking style.
- Timothy Voon e-mail: stirling@netlink.com.au
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