Disappointed

Rating: 3/10 (31 July 2007)

I couldn't have been more disappointed with the movie. Krusty, Apu, Smithers, Wiggum, Millhouse, Nelson, Ol' Gill, Mr Burns, Skinner, Moe -- where were all these characters?? I thought a Simpsons movie would have a great background story on some of these characters. Instead we get 50% Homer, 25% Bart, 5% Marge, Lisa and Maggie and 5% Flanders and Grandpa. The side characters, who make the show in my mind, were badly underused. Apu was in about 2 scenes. No Gill. No Fat Tony. No Hutz. I don't even recall a scene featuring Millhouse. Zzzzzzz.
Then the plot...could they have made a more "Hollywood-ized" plot? It reminded me of a Armageddon movie gone bad. Watching the previews, I thought they were attempting to parody those terribly over-hyped summer action movies --- much to my dismay, there was no parody involved.
How about using the much extra time (compared to an episode) to get a more "behind-the-scenes" look at the characters? What would be funnier than seeing a Nelson family reunion? Or what Moe does in the mornings before the bar opens? Or how Krusty winds down in the evenings? Nothing of that nature was even sniffed at. Instead of a constant barrage of explosions and throw-away jokes, couldn't they have went back in time or in the future? What was a guy like Quimby or Wiggum like in the past? How's a guy like Barney handle old age in the future? So many hilarious things they could have done...instead we were subjected to your typical summer Hollywood action flick.
Wait for the DVD. Booooring! JD