Could this be made any less funny?

Rating: 3/10 (26 July 2007)

Well, yes it could, if they hadn't made it of course...which i would be happier if they didn't. This film destroys everything the Simpson's once had, but it just seems to be an overly drawn out present episode (and we all know that these don't live up to the older ones) which rushes to a conclusion and reuses jokes from the series, but somehow, giving them less appeal.
But lets try and look at the positive side of things and round up the plot: After Greenday's concert barge dissolves in lake Springfield, the crisis seems apparent. The lake is brimming with pollution to an unbelievable level, so Lisa, with her new Irish friend (who's father ISN'T Bono as he keeps telling us) try and draw the towns attention to what they are doing to the lake. Meanwhile, Homer adopts a pig and dumps a silo of its leavings into the lake, completely ignoring the new laws about waste disposal. This causes mutations in the wildlife which get the E.P.A (environmental protection agency) involved.
With only 5 options to choose from which will stop the spread of the damage caused, president Schwarzenegger chooses for Springfield to be placed under a colossal dome. However, after the Simpsons escape, Homer begins to hatch a plan to save Springfield after he realises that not only will he lose his home, but he may also lose his family.
The Simpson's are best know for their humour, and that is something that this film lacks. At the screening i attended, the cinema laughed rather feebly twice, both times within the first half hour. That leaves over an hour of references to fox, Ton Hanks and desperate attempts to make this movie funny.
Characters are introduced but the movie does not allow their characters to develop and the audience quickly bores of them and wishes that some of their favourites had taken up that screen time.
Overall, this film was a great disappointment to me. They'v had 16 years to think and possibly plan this film, and it seems a complete let down that this is what they came up with.