Like everyone else in my twenty-to-thirty-somethings, I grew up watching SESAME STREET and reading those colorful kids books. After seeing Kermit and Miss Piggy on the big screen many years ago, I was hoping to anticipate a movie with just SESAME STREET characters in it. Well, the movie finally came out, although I was getting too old in my ten years for kindergarten and ABC's. Seeing Big Bird going on a wild, yet odd adventure was a different experience even for the smaller tykes who liked and adored him. Bert & Ernie's airplane sequence was the best part, and that easily stole the show. Being young never had been so much fun! Now, it's time to face reality...
I felt that making a movie out of a public TV program was a large undertaking. Combining musical songs with big name stars like Chevy Chase is one thing. While there are some bright and shiny moments as usually expected, there are two instances I noticed in the film that doesn't exist in SESAME STREET's light-hearted world. One is the fact that depression strikes when loved ones (including Big Bird) are declared lost or missing. Another is cruel and evil ways; the scene where two circus owners steal a boy's apple on purpose is a proven point there.
This is considered to be something that's motion-picture entertainment, and not a pre-school lesson. Veteran fans will appreciate it, but the little kids are better off with BARNEY and TELETUBBIES by now. For collectors of SESAME STREET memorabilia, this movie should help add it on.
I felt that making a movie out of a public TV program was a large undertaking. Combining musical songs with big name stars like Chevy Chase is one thing. While there are some bright and shiny moments as usually expected, there are two instances I noticed in the film that doesn't exist in SESAME STREET's light-hearted world. One is the fact that depression strikes when loved ones (including Big Bird) are declared lost or missing. Another is cruel and evil ways; the scene where two circus owners steal a boy's apple on purpose is a proven point there.
This is considered to be something that's motion-picture entertainment, and not a pre-school lesson. Veteran fans will appreciate it, but the little kids are better off with BARNEY and TELETUBBIES by now. For collectors of SESAME STREET memorabilia, this movie should help add it on.