worth a watch, but disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (8 August 2007)

I entered the cinema hall with high expectations, after all i have never been disappointed by the Simpsons(perhaps a teeny bit last coupla seasons). It started of well, and it made me laugh, but was this the experience i expected? No. It felt like an overstretched simpsons episode trying to be a movie, and that's what it is. The regular clichés are there - perhaps i've seen too many in the episodes that it felt like it fell short. There were, of course, scenes that were meant to be overdone, but this time they may have overdone the overdoing.
*************very minor spoilers**************
The Bart - Homer 'falling off' (which isn't the exact term to be used, but i am) stretched for a bit long esp. Bart spending all that time with the Flanders' instead of being up to no good. But the biggest letdown was that quite a bit of the movie the simpsons spend away from Springfield - and yeah, that is important to the story, but i would have loved to see the whole story set in springfield, more of the springfield (elemantry) school and Bart's activities. More of 'goody good' Lisa and and less or none of 'Colin and Lisa', and i definitely missed Homer spending some quality time at Moe's. The Disney sattire in the bedroom in Alaska was good but not as funny as it intended to be, and so were a few gags, and really good moments like 'spider pig' and Homer using the demolition ball crane I had already seen in trailers...
********************************************
According to me, if you're a fan n regular simpsons watcher, watch it but don't expect much, you will laugh but not too hard. And the others - if u've seen a few episodes and enjoy this type of comedy that ranges from the satirical to physical humor, well, go ahead, 'cos as u must have heard, an episode of simpsons(even an overstretched one) is any day better than most movie comedies...