The Simpsons Movie

Rating: 7/10 (11 August 2007)

The Simpsons Movie is a full length feature film based on the animated series that has become one of the longest running and most popular television shows of all time. For years the film's producers said they were going to make a movie and they finally did. Originally back in the early 90's they were going to make a movie that didn't end up happening and the idea for the movie later ended up being the Kamp Krusty episode of the series which also remains probably the episode with the shortest running time in the whole series. I have been pretty much a fan of the show from the beginning, although I do have to add that over the last few years the newer episodes with a new team of writers is just not nearly as good as the first several years of the show back in the 90's because those episodes were television gold. These new episodes seem to get more far fetched as they go along and being a fan of the absurd and weird, I usually wouldn't have a problem with that, but with the new episodes it gets to the point where it isn't clever or funny anymore and it is just ridiculous and growing out it's welcome quick. With that being said I found some things I did like about The Simpsons Movie and some things that I didn't like. It took me awhile to go into the film simply because I didn't find much or most of the film for that matter very funny at all and most of the jokes I felt just didn't deliver the punch line as it should have and after only a little while I was growing a bit restless of the film because I wasn't finding it funny, it was getting old and like the new episodes it was too unbelievable to the point of being just annoying. Also it seems over the years and with this film too that most of the humour comes from Homer Simpson doing things that are really stupid and these scenes seem to generate the most laughs. As pointed out in a special episode of the series, someone did point out that Homer seems to get dumber as the show goes on and I would have to agree and some of it just isn't funny anymore and it is getting a bit tired, old and just not as entertaining as it used to be. Those were my main complaints about the film. On the other hand, I did seem to warm up to the film in it's second half and I tended to just watch the film for what it was which is basically a long episode of the show and it's not meant for any real deep thought or purpose other than entertainment. So overall I did get into the film with it's second half and it did entertain me. However the film was still somewhat a disappointment and I wish it would have been as good as some of the original episodes from the 90's and I guess I was hoping it would be seeing as many of the original writers are back for the movie. So all in all the film was entertaining, but I was still somewhat disappointed and if there were a sequel to this movie I don't know how interested I would be in seeing it.