The Simpsons Movie (Widescreen Edition)
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 10/14/2008 Run time: 87 minutes Rating: Pg13
The Simpsons had already ruled TV land for many years by the time they finally attempted to conquer the movie world as well. It was never any big secret that a Simpsons movie was in the works: Fox registered the domain name "Simpsonsmovie.com" in 1997, a full nine years before the film was finally greenlighted. When creator/producer Matt Groening?s creation finally made it to the big screen in 2007, it only turned out to be the biggest hit of the summer, raking in over $100 million gross in box-office receipts in its first week, before heading on to do over $500 million worldwide, proving that the best joke in the movie was actually played on the audience: "Why pay for something when you can see it for free?" asks Homer at the movie?s start. Naturally, all the trouble starts with him. When he adopts a pig ("Sir Oinks-A-Lot") destined for Krusty?s slaughterhouse, it triggers an environmental catastrophe, forcing the government to seal Springfield into a dome and destroy the city. While the family manages to escape and flee to Alaska, they eventually decide to return and help save the city in more-or-less classic Simpson fashion. As Homer?s joke about the audience shows, Groening and producer Al Jean are keenly aware that their franchise is first and foremost a TV show. Maybe a little too aware, as the movie fails to ever rise above anything more than an extended episode, and not even one of its best episodes at that. True, there are plenty of good jokes; the animation has been kicked up a notch to be particularly sharp and detailed; and there are some truly memorable moments such as Bart?s nude skateboard ride and the "Spider-Pig" song. But when the film finally materialized, the payoff for long years of anticipation turned out to be small as the movie failed to live up to its potential; it?s amusing but not truly funny. The Simpsons Movie leaves the impression that maybe the show?s writers and producers had already spent their best ideas on the best years of the TV show. Had it been made years earlier? well, we can only wonder what could have been. --Daniel Vancini Get to Know The Simpsons 
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The Simpsons Movie (Widescreen Edition) Reviews
It probably wasn't worth the money to see something that I could watch for free on TV, and I wouldn't pay 20 dollars to own the DVD. I remember seeing this in the theaters, and I loved it. I bought this DVD for 5 dollars at Target on black friday and I would say that it is worth it.
LOL. I really recommend this movie if you want a laugh are are not above watching cartoons. The simpsons movie was hilarious, especially when you see bart's doodle.
This is a great movie but you still have to be a die hard Simpson's fan.
So there won't be as much creative freedom and again you have to stay true to the concept. The plot does sort of play out like an episode and that's why I said it does sort of feel like an extended episode. The Simpsons Movie in my opinion was an excellent movie and while I wouldn't say it was great despite my rating it's one of those movies that is just so entertaining that any flaws that can be found are easy to ignore. Though at times it does sort of feel like an extended episode in my opinion, but again despite any problems I never found anything not to work. Like I stated The Simpsons Movie is just one of those flicks that is so much fun that any flaws can easily be ignored.
Homer does something that can possibly destroy Springfield, Marge gets fed up and leaves with the kids and in the end Homer does the right thing. The first half of the movie I found to be the best and it was really just so funny, but the 2nd half doesn't work as well, but it's always funny and always entertaining. When it comes to TV shows turned into feature films the best director is always someone involved with the show, people often come up with a wish list, but just because someone is a great director doesn't mean they can turn a TV show into a movie. You still need to stay true to the concept of the show. But even with screen time lacking for some everything still works out well. There were far too many writers to list them all 11 in total and all the writers write for the TV series.
Obviously someone from the show would direct seeing as who would know better. David Silverman serves as director and like the writers he also works for the show. We've seen this done countless times on the show, but it still works well and The Simpsons Movie is just a blast to watch from beginning, middle to end. As funny as the writing is it really is Dan Castellaneta's voice for Homer that makes it work so well. The biggest problem faced is getting a plot that you would have trouble making into an episode. If you watch the show you should know what to expect.
Overall despite the flaws, The Simpsons Movie is just so much fun to watch and even though the 2nd half slumps slightly its never boring and always fun. I mean I wasn't expecting a bad script or anything, but the script did turn out a lot better than I thought it would. All of them really bring so much to the role and Dan Castellaneta is just too funny as Homer. Even in the 2nd half when I felt the movie to slightly lack it was still well written.
Pretty much all the characters from the show appear and some like Ned Flanders plays a nice size role while others like Principal Skinner is just sort of there, but with only 90-minutes compared to about 22-episodes it's a lot tougher to work in the other characters. In films it's more about the director than writers, where as TV is more about the writers since directors normally don't have much control unless they write or produce the show. As I stated in this review the first half was the best of the movie and the writing was really great. This is some of the most fun I had watching a movie. Though I have to wonder why it took 11 to write the script, but regardless the script was very solid.
A lot of TV shows that make it big there is always talks of a possible movie and with the exception of the X-Files it turns out to be nothing, but talk. Watching the TV series I knew what to expect out of the writers, but I think the movie was a lot better written than I thought it would be. People often underrate Voice actors and the cast of the Simpsons are terrific. Like TV shows, The Simpsons Movie is more driven by the writers, but Silverman does a solid job at taking this from TV series to feature film.
It just seemed like they copped out. There was really nothing special about this "movie" that would have been different if it were made for TV.
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