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This film has no excuse to be this bad being made in 2012. There were many bad zombie films before and I'm sure more will come, but with "The Walking Dead" making the genre relevant and decent, this waste of time should never have seen the light of day. I'm even downgrading it because I feel they owe me 90 minutes of my life back. My review title says it all - stay away.

George Clooney plays a handsome (surprise) father trying to battle 3 fronts in this drama that, as described on the box, is bittersweet. I enjoyed this movie, though I didn't find it especially funny or witty as also labeled on the box and feel it was over-hyped as a picture-of-the-year nominee (from the "celebrated" director of "Sideways" of which I am not a fan). It feels like it is the middle act in a 3 act play: when the movie begins, his wife is already in a coma from a recent boating accident, his siblings and cousins (the "descendants") are 18 years in to a 30 year land agreement and he is acting as executor over a huge financial decision, he is estranged from his older daughter for unknown reasons, and he is left to deal with finally being a father to his youngest daughter. Some of these are resolved but without any climactic closure, and the film ends with others unresolved. I have no issue with open endings in movies to a point, but this felt like there was already a lack of build up and then it was just over. The acting was exceptional and the story was relatable, the Hawaiian scenery was gorgeous, but it was lacking in the cinematic "oomph" I was expecting. 6/10, rewatchability 3/10

With the appearance of another Muppet film at the box office, it's time to go back and review the old ones. This is the original 1979 movie, not the 2012 relaunch. I believe this to still be the best of all the Muppet films, if for no other reason than it tells the story of the Muppets, not tell a story with Muppets IN it. It is a magnificent introduction to all of these great characters, or course focusing on Kermit, and I can't help but revert back to the seven-year-old me that fell in love with a frog and a bear and a pig and a dog and a....whatever, and feel the same excitement I had back then. The jokes remain as funny or corny as they were then and there's still all the heart and soul that Jim Henson and company breathed into them 35 years ago. And all the great songs! The only thing that is sadly aged is the cameo appearances of movie stars of the time, none of which my children recognize or have any idea who they are (okay, they know Steve Martin from the "Pink Panther" films and Mel Brooks as "Yogurt", but most are unknown to them). Always worth a repeat or reminder viewing. 9/10