Not very good

Rating: 1/10 (19 January 2009)

I was disappointed with The Simpsons Movie. Like most cartoon-show feature films, the movie does not mash with the show very well, and this creates an uneasy dissonance. The jokes were what really made the film unpleasant for me, and as the film is a comedy, one can understand why I have given it a 3. I found a lot of the jokes slightly more censored and more cliché than in the show. And a lot were just plain boring---like a bad comedian. However, there were a few jokes that went further than the show would normally go, and I found these the worst of all (e.g. Bart's nudity). Another thing I did not like was the plot. It was actually quite shallow for a feature film, yet it tried to mask as an epic plot instead of going for something more "campy" or familiar---this made it very awkward. If you are hoping that this will be like a really long Simpsons episode, you hopes will remain unanswered. This film manages to turn away The Simpsons' two biggest audiences: audiences that want the normal Simpsons humor are disappointed; and parents that let their children watch The Simpsons normally, but do not want them seeing nudity, will not let them watch the film.