All hype Little substance

Rating: 6/10 (14 September 2019)

When I was 12 I was hyped beyond words about the Simpsons movie. I was so happy to hear about it. I waited all year to see it until the end of Summer. I saw it and opinions where definaly mixed.
STORY
The Simpsons movie starts out very strong. Lots of comedy and humor. Then 30 minutes in after an entire Simpsons episode but slowly paced it takes a akward turn. Homer Simpson starts to dump pig feces in a lake and that sounds hilarious but the worst part is that it's the driving force for the whole franchise. So since Lake Spring feild becomes a toxic garbage pit the EPA comes in and takes over. It rips off Stephen King's Dome. They escape the Dome and move elsewhere. Things get dumb in Alaska.
Thus it goes on this over the top convoluted mess where they need to move somewhere else but the EPA tries looking for them
This is such a limiting story since the Simpsons never ever change. There never needs to be any questions to be answered since at the time the entire tv series was only 18. Where only Mod Flanders dies of a T-shirt to the face.
The comedy was hit or miss. Mostly just sad tired references. Too much Meta pointing out that people just see TV based movies just to make money. That it's pointless. Unlike Macross the movie or Fire walk with me the Twin Peaks Special.
CHARACTERS
Homer is dumb but lovable
Marge is the supportive but naggy wife
Bart is a rebel a loser but a Kyle with sass
Lisa is a studious nerd. But she's in love with a boy. A boring little nerdy boy who makes the story even more akward. Imagine a 14 year old in a 10 year old's body? The atheist kid. Yeah. He's not that good. I don't even remember his name. He plays music though.
At least 90 percent of the characters are more likable than they are now.
ANIMATION
The animation is mostly stiff like new Simpsons. This has comedic charm but no it's not like 1994 Simpsons where there was actually good animation or god forbid a Disney movie. There are nice particle effects and other Sakuga but mostly TV show level. Simpsons movie is filled to the brim with bad CGI that looks so obvious. Overall passable.
SOUND
Oooh ahh it has Green Day in it.
Overall much like the Simpsons nothing was gained or learned other than a psuedo- enviromentalist message which is generic to say the least.
Don't waste your time on this cartoon unless you are a diehard fan. It's full of confusion. You're better watching Mr. Plow episode or the South Park movie if you are man enough, big boy.