Lighten up!!!!!!

Rating: 8/10 (4 August 2007)

Alright guys, here goes. I cant believe I'm saying this, being a die hard Simpsons fan from day one, but you Simpson's fans are a bunch of whining, annoying, babies! All of you folks who complain that the show no longer measures up to it's heyday (seasons 3 through 9 in my opinion) and then go to watch the movie made from the show you were just complaining about deserve to be disappointed. "The show is not as good as it once was" Is anything? I have the feeling that no matter what went on in the movie some people would have found things to complain about. People complained that the plot was thin and then complained about the lack of favorite characters (Mr. Burns, Apu)who would have contributed nothing to the plot and would have only been inserted to throw out a weak one liner that these same people would then have complained about.
People complained that the studio didn't use the movie medium to push social or film-making envelopes like the South Park movie did. The South Park guys were just waiting for the chance to push that envelope and doing a movie gave them that chance. The Simpsons however, have always been more about subtlety. Would it have made anyone happier if Bart had came out and dropped an F-bomb?
The Simpsons have become an American institution (and yes, maybe even a brand) but in doing so they have also made a lot of people laugh, made a lot of people very happy. Matt Groening and team deserve the success that they are enjoying more so than a lot of our (celebrities). Shame on you! For you to watch the movie to the show that you say is no good and then feel you have the right to complain is wrong.