A summer movie that lives up to the 'hype'

Rating: 8/10 (28 July 2007)

They hype of this movie is: "The Simpsons on the big screen". And that's just what I got, The Simpsons on the big screen -- and it was fun, summer entertainment.
You are not going to see anything new - in fact, that is the beauty of the film. They're not attempting to do more than what you normally see if you're a Simpson's fan. To be honest, that was very refreshing that they DIDN'T try to "remake the wheel" or spruce everyone up to be ...box office. Unless this is your very first time EVER seeing The Simpsons, you know how everyone is going to act and re-act - and they do so here on the big screen. And it does work.
The story? Typical Simpsons' for this time but it is funny as the Simpsons get -- and that made for quite a few jokes in the film. They poked fun at us the audience as well as popular culture, and wrapped it around a simple story. Surprisingly very effective.
My complaints? I've seen 'Itchy and Scratchy' do MUCH worse on free TV, I missed Kang and Kodos, and of course, Sideshow Bob. But in the light plot of this movie, that wasn't bad at all. Maybe I'll see them in the NEXT movie, ya know? If not, watching them every week on TV for all these years wont mean I'll miss them that much either. That's how seamless this big screen movie is right into the weekly series.
A fun time at the movies with "The Simpsons" doing what they do in Springfield best.