i was expecting a bit more...sniff sniff

Rating: 5/10 (13 September 2007)

Maybe it was the fact that I saw all of the previews for the movie (sometimes not a good idea since majority of the best bits are shown in the preview leaving a few surprises for the movie itself), or perhaps I was simply expecting more from one of my favorite shows and the first Simpsons movie ever!
I still enjoyed it very much, don't get me wrong- the spiderpig in particular was awesome, but I felt that the movie was a tad too short and that all of the crucial developments unraveled too fast.
For example, the part where Ned adopts Bart and starts spending time with him had much more potential: more jokes and silliness involving Bart torturing Rod and Todd while getting back at the pig and Homer.
By the same token, Homer and the pig could have had a lot more punchlines as the joke was already set up: example Homer could have started taking the pig to work, shopping or to Moe's- maybe even build a house for spiderpig and eventually moved in with him.
Once the ecological bomb exploded on the Springfield what happened to the pig? How come everyone was able to escape through Maggie's sandbox sinkhole and how come it lead them directly outside of the dome? Once they arrived to Alaska the fun kinda stopped- I barely laughed at all :( The Inuit shaman scene was kinda weird and again a bit of an "easy fix" for Homer to (finally) realize that polluting Springfield with the pig's silo was his fault and the city's future lies in his big yellow hands. Again, there could have been many more jokes about the state of the desolate Springfield when Homer came back.
Characters were quite predictable- maybe too predictable: Nobody listens to poor Granpa Simpson or the eco friendly Lisa, Marge tries to mediate unsuccessfully, while Homer is the most socially irresponsible of them all- although the part were he put the buzzing hornets' nest in neighbor's mailbox was pretty funny.
Overall, not a bad movie, but as a huge Simpsons fan, it could have been better.