It's not Simpsons

Rating: 2/10 (16 August 2009)

I did not know what to expect from the movie. As a fan you have been watching the series for years and when suddenly a movie comes up you can only guess how this venture is going to turn out. Unfortunately, I was left hugely disappointed and unentertained.
First of all, it has questionable sense of reality to say the least. Of course, it's only a cartoon and The Simpsons have never been based on actuality of life, but this breached all boundaries of it. At times the movie reminded a superhero flick or a science fiction in animation. Like when Homer falls from high altitude on concrete and is fresh as a daisy. There were many similar scenes, which really rendered the quality of the movie.
Second, the humor wasn't the same you are used to watching the series. I can't define why, but it just wasn't funny at all. I laughed only on a few occasions, while on the contrary I laugh a lot more in a single episode of The Simpsons. In overall, the humor is primitive, often more disgusting than tasteful and isn't witty. There's a big emphasis on pain and suffering which is supposed to be amusing. It's not...
Third, The Simpsons are about making fun of people and ridiculing certain things and situations. But when there is a sob story, romance and feelings involved it really shuts the whole party down. Sadly the movie embraced exactly that.
And finally, I missed other characters. The movie is so centered around the Simpsons' family while others are only the background that it made me feel like something substantial is left out. Many characters didn't even appear, probably only in the crowd scenes. It's a movie for god sake, you can include almost everyone!
Every Simpsons fan should watch this movie, only because how can you be a fan but haven't seen it? For those who aren't fans... Yeah, most likely they will hate it. I mean, you really have to be a hardcore fan to at least find it good.