Now, Go Back and Watch the Show

Rating: 9/10 (31 August 2007)

Because I came to the show late because of a son who has been quite passionate, I never had the luxury of seeing it with any sort of consistency. I'm sixty years old and yet I take something away from nearly every episode I see. I don't know the names of all the characters, but the social commentary and the outrageousness is all I need. I listened to an interview with, I believe Matt Groening (though it could have been someone else). This man was asked if there would be a last show where everything would get wrapped up, like the controversial Sopranos. He said that there has never been a consistent plot line. Each episode stands on its own and, if there is a last one, it will be an episode like all the rest, that takes shots at our human failings and has Homer eating too much. I thought this movie was a joy. It pulls no punches. It shows us at our selfish worst but who cares? Tomorrow is another day and it will all work itself out (or we may all be destroyed in a nuclear disaster--whatever). If this movie is your first experience with the Simpsons, go back and see the show. The movie is very good, but it just continues in an hour and a half, what each half-hour does each week.