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Sunday February 17, 2008 - 12:36 PM
classic Simpson's episode with all the stuff they couldn't get away with on prime time TV. recommend it to everyone.
Saturday February 16, 2008 - 5:15 PM
i expected this to be way better, they should have made this movie years ago when the show was still good, in the last 5 years, The Simpsons has gone down the drain. They need to retire the show.
still a decent movie though.
Thursday November 22, 2007 - 12:40 PM
people expected too much of the movie.
it's not supposed to be epic, it's just another Simpsons episode that's on for and hour and a half.
and I thought it was amazing, and perfectly in line with how the show is done.
i mean really, it would have sucked if it wasn't just a long episode.
that's how cartoon movies should be, remember bigger, longer & uncut?
yeah, same thing.
5 out of 5.
Wednesday November 21, 2007 - 8:23 PM
i expected much more.
very disapointing and a waste of money.
Tuesday November 20, 2007 - 4:43 PM
this is the best thing ever
Monday November 19, 2007 - 8:41 PM
i want the time i wasted watching that move it back
Tuesday November 13, 2007 - 12:06 PM
I liked it... but at the same time i wasn't really paying attention and was bored at times
Tuesday November 13, 2007 - 10:59 AM
Excellent movie. It didn't have the multidimensional plot lines that made the show so good between the 4th and 9th seasons however, it did have some great gags and made me laugh out loud a bunch of times.
The spider pig was great. It was especially so when they used gregorian chant synthesizers to sing the spider pig song during the credits.
It was all topped off by a brilliant ripoff of la Marseillaise as the Springfield anthem.
Good times. 
Tuesday November 13, 2007 - 6:24 AM
meh..2 stars at best....the movie tryed to hard ...and got no wherezz
only a laugh here and there...not...........
.
..BOOOO.URNS
Monday November 12, 2007 - 5:01 PM
Great movie. love how they advertised in the movie that was jokes... good times. gotta love them simpsons.
Sunday November 11, 2007 - 2:31 AM
it was very typically 'simpsons'
downloaded so i cant complain, watched it twice... homer stuck in the sandbox was the best part imo lol you wont see that on tv
Saturday October 20, 2007 - 2:19 AM
Friday October 19, 2007 - 10:59 AM
Tuesday October 09, 2007 - 8:19 AM
it was good, but still just felt like a long special episode..
Saturday September 08, 2007 - 4:18 PM
Good laughs for sure! lol
Friday September 07, 2007 - 6:09 PM
Paying to see it in the theater was definitely worth my 6 (or whatever) dollars.
This movie was made for the big screen and the experience of seeing it huge was amazing.
The animators added depth to the images and the musical score was different than what you would have for just a regular show.
It was witty, funny and well done.
Plus I downright love anything Simpsons.
Friday September 07, 2007 - 11:31 AM
I didn't like the movie. I thought they focused too much on the
family and forgot about all the other characters. It wasn't original,
it was just like the sitcom.. If i paid to see this in the theatre
i would have been annoyed.. which was why i refused and my
friend downloaded it and we watched it at his house. I just
found it really boring, and nothing too write home about.
Monday August 20, 2007 - 11:52 PM
I loved it !
I was really happy with the way it turned out though I was suprised there was very loittle Mr. burns
Monday August 20, 2007 - 4:20 PM
Brilliant! loves it! x 1000000000000000000000
Monday August 20, 2007 - 3:48 PM
I laughed at least twice out loud... which is more than I can say for the last few seasons..
They tried really really hard and did a pretty good job... plus I was drunk.
Monday August 20, 2007 - 3:09 PM
Not as bad as everyone was telling me it is. It was just like a longer episode of the Simpsons, and I liked it.. Wasn't expecting it to be any different than it was.
Monday August 20, 2007 - 2:50 PM
It was the simpsons.. nuff said!
Monday August 13, 2007 - 9:35 PM
really funny. and it was just like the show. which is great, you never see that.
Monday August 13, 2007 - 1:56 PM
Mildly entertaining.
Way too many reused plot lines and jokes from the series. Overall I'd say MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT.
Monday August 13, 2007 - 5:41 AM
Loved the movie. Well worth the download.
Sunday August 12, 2007 - 10:27 PM
They showed Bart's twinkle berries & twig.
Not a big surprise otherwise, it was like 3 really long episodes put together.
Sunday August 12, 2007 - 8:20 PM
im gunna say im glad i did not pay to see that.. huge let down if u r a fan u would agree a huge let down .. i mean no it wasnt HORRIBle but i guess i expected more
Sunday August 12, 2007 - 1:14 PM
sooooo good i <3 the simpsons
Saturday August 11, 2007 - 11:47 PM
i liked it regardless of what anyone said bwuahaha
Saturday August 11, 2007 - 3:16 PM
4 stars.
it was really good.
it couldnt have been any better or els it wouldnt be the simpsons.
i didnt expect much, but got more than i thought i would
good movie
Friday August 10, 2007 - 6:10 PM
Seriously. Maybe I'm on crack. But this movie was a freakin' letdown. NO it wasn't the worst movie of all time, but for "10 years in the making" and a budget of 75 MILLION dollars, all I saw was a long half-assed episode of Simpsons. IT WASN'T FUNNY. I LAUGHED ONCE.
Again, it's not that it was bad, it's that I was expecting GUT SPLITTING laughter from a Simpsons movie, and it DID NOT DELIVER. Absolutely not worth seeing on the big screen. Read ANY MOVIE REVIEW SITE OUT THERE and they ALL say the same thing.
I don't understand how anyone can HONESTLY give it 5 stars unless you're some kind of crazy Simpsons fanboy. A 5 star movie is a CLASSIC, above and beyond ANY OTHER MOVIE. This movie was VERY mediocre, and I'd say even less than mediocre when you consider the time, the rewrites, the budget and the license concerned. This COULD HAVE BEEN a HILARIOUS movie, but it wasn't.
My head is NOT in my ass thank you. If you think so, or you're giving this movie 5 stars, you obviously have no clue on what a good movie actually is.
Spider pig was funny the FIRST TIME when I saw it in the TRAILER (which of course had all the funniest parts in it). The second time, or third time... it was dull.
I think it's time for the Simpsons license to be quietly put to sleep.
I was hopeful, I was really hopeful... but in the end, this movie was VERY average, NOT WORTH THE TICKET PRICE.
Friday August 10, 2007 - 4:04 PM
All of you bashers need to pull your head out of your ass. I loved it, I laughed my ass off many times and I would gladly watch it again.
Friday August 10, 2007 - 1:40 PM
NOT A huge fan of the simpsons but the foleying was intensely impressive, made it sound almost like a real action movie at some points. And many predictable simpson traits were extended beyond their usual outcome aswell.
Wednesday August 08, 2007 - 3:37 PM
Wednesday August 08, 2007 - 1:43 PM
I knew it wasn't going to be that good.
*wishful thinker*
Tuesday August 07, 2007 - 11:19 PM
i must say i do agree with Optimus-Hoodin the movie is not what the simpsons seemed to be about in all the years ive been watching them back when bart was drawn looking like a 25yr old alcoholic. they have come a long way and are slowly losing what they started with but i love em none the less
the movie coulda had a more classical simpsons aspect but i spose they are changing with times and what ratings are now is more "family based" broadcasting
all in all its the simpsons ofcourse it was awesome
Tuesday August 07, 2007 - 7:24 PM
it was ok, a few laughs but thats about it, and im sure spider pig will infact live on in our memories for many years to come. spider pig, spider pig, does what ever a spider pig does, can he swing from a web, no he cant couse he's a pig.it took them nearly 10 years and over 100 rewrites to get to this film......and this is all they have
Tuesday August 07, 2007 - 4:17 PM
It would have been better had it been written 10 years ago, and I'll admit that the show itself needed to be put to rest about 7 years ago... but honestly, I thought this film was fucking fantastic. I laughed all the way through. And personally "The Hard Place" joke was brilliant. Not as brilliant as the bomb-disarming robot blowing it's own head off... but pretty cute, regardless.
But hey, if you didn't like it you didn't like it.
I sure as hell did.
Tuesday August 07, 2007 - 3:23 PM
listen... all you people out there who are saying "I've been with the simpsons from the begining and this movie was perfect" either are lying about knowing who the simpsons are, were not with the simpsons from "the begining", or are in serious need of having their heads examined.
I don't feel like going into great detail, but this movie had NONE of what made the simpsons great and a whole lot of what makes the simpsons so terrible now-a-days.
There were maybe 3 or 4 laughs the whole movie. And soooooo many things that pissed me off. If you were a simpsons fan, Bart being turned by Flanders should have you pulling your hair out of your head. That alone made me want to vomit in disgust.
Also, home being stuck between a gigantic rock and a restaurant conviniantly called "A Hard Place"... are you fucking kidding me...? That's the worse joke I've ever seen on any episode of the simpsons ever....
worse movie ever
Tuesday August 07, 2007 - 3:47 AM
i could watch this movie so many times
and it was cool how it was all 3-d
Monday August 06, 2007 - 9:19 PM
The Simpsons sucked ever since they started being "current".
Monday August 06, 2007 - 1:44 PM
It wasn't that bad.. There were some pretty funny parts.\
it wasn't amazing though
Monday August 06, 2007 - 1:10 PM
blew ass. That was supposed to be "epic"
Boring, predictablre and all the good jokes were in the trailor.
it was like a really looooong one of those "meh" episodes that I paid 8 bucks and left my house to see. 2 things I would not do again.
Sunday August 05, 2007 - 11:48 PM
The movie was decent and had some funny parts, but it was a lot more unrealistic than anything I've ever seen before on the simpsons. I thought that made it kinda cheesy.
Sunday August 05, 2007 - 8:59 PM
It was a good movie. I espescially liked how they brought back that really screwy charecter, that originally was the counselor at Barts fat camp as the villain.
All in all a great effort and entertaining to watch.
Sunday August 05, 2007 - 5:28 PM
Friday August 03, 2007 - 6:58 PM
Well, I give this movie two thumbs up. I've been with the Simpsons from the beginning, and when I had cable I made sure to watch all 27 episodes a week if I could. I read the comic books, Bart's Guide To Life, The Ultimate Guide to the Simpsons, etc....I'm a regular Simpsons geek. Make fun if you will, but I really don't care.
Anywho, I've gone on a tangent. This movie made me laugh REALLY hard...a lot. I'm proud that they didn't do what a lot of people expected and put a bunch of swearing in the movie just because they can...they've never done anything just because they can, which is what makes them so damn good. If they wanted to, they could have shown Bart's full frontal on TV. When the show started, FOX was about to go under as a TV station. Then The Simpsons came along and said they would be a FOX show as long as FOX signed an agreement saying that the network execs. weren't aloud to interfere with ANYTHING on The Simpsons. It's the only show in the history of television that has had no whatsoever censorship from the network. Anyway, point being if they wanted to say "shit" and "fuck" on TV, they could have...but they didn't. If you want a show that will do stuff just 'cause they can get away with it, then watch Family Guy.
They made a hilarious-ass movie without turning into something else. The characters from the show were still the same characters. And the "Itchy/Clinton '08" scene at the beginning..SOOO good. Well, that's all.
....edit....
not one person said it was perfect AND all true Simpsons fans know that Bart has replaced Homer has as a father figure more than once, including Flanders, prior to the movie...as far back as season 9
Friday August 03, 2007 - 5:52 PM
Didn't care for it..
Thats all I want to say.
Friday August 03, 2007 - 3:23 PM
I saw it...sparked up the Bob Marley before we went in..it was good...to many damn kids in the theater..but overall it was good...a long episode i havent seen 200 times...but there were some people missing..Like side show bob..i have been watchign the simpsons since the tracy ullman show..and it is still one of my fav shows...
Friday August 03, 2007 - 1:12 PM
I've been a fan since day one.
I tried not to watch any of the previews.
I avoid PR when it first came out.
I expected it to be one long TV show
omg.. soo cool seeing it on the big screen.
I was smart too..
I blazed a doobie during the previews.
Sooo worth it.
I also stayed till the end of the credits
Angie and I were the ONLY ONE LEFT laughing during the credits.
Friday August 03, 2007 - 11:36 AM
How could they miss Sideshow Bob?!
Lots of important characters not featured, a lot of boring scenes... it had it's moments. :/
Thursday August 02, 2007 - 11:56 PM
i loved it, but it wasn't as great as i expected it to be
but the simpsons are amazing.
Thursday August 02, 2007 - 9:19 PM
Thursday August 02, 2007 - 4:32 PM
The Simpsons Movie rocked period.
Thursday August 02, 2007 - 12:47 PM
Great movie. I laughed all the way through which was probably the goal of the movie. haha favorite part was at the beginning when Bart's skateboarding nude through Springfield and Ralph says (upon seeing him), "I like men now!"
Thursday August 02, 2007 - 11:01 AM
Saw it yesterday and thought it was pretty good. I'm not a HUGE Simpsons fan but I've watched it since I was lil because my bro was really into it. My bf LOVES it too so I went with him. I don't understand why ppl who like the Simpsons, don't like the movie and say "it was just a long episode"....like, duh! What did you expect it to be?? That just doesn't make any sense at all to me. It was funny, entertaining, and well made. I think I enjoyed watching the previous that they played before the movie came on more though. Mr. Bean looks hilarious- and the Bee movie with Jerry Seinfeld looks funny too.
Anyway- if you don't have high expectations you should enjoy it- even if you're not a huge Simpsons fan!
Thursday August 02, 2007 - 9:21 AM
It was an amazing movie, no matter those who think it wasnt. Thats the beauty of the simpsons. it can be a long run-on of a show, but its still a good movie seeing as how well its the simpsons. true and loyal fans wouldnt diss on something they truely care about. So 5 stars, 2 thumbs up fine holiday fun =]
Thursday August 02, 2007 - 9:08 AM
all i got to say is.
"i dont belive in suicide..
...but if you wanted to try it might cheer me up"
Thursday August 02, 2007 - 8:30 AM
everything ive wanted to say, its already been said
one way-too-long episode, thrown up onto the big screen. im thankful i didnt have to pay money to see it.
Thursday August 02, 2007 - 1:17 AM
It was very funny. I loved the movie n i love the show's.
Wednesday August 01, 2007 - 11:42 PM
what a long, pretty dumb episode.
big "meh" from me.
Wednesday August 01, 2007 - 11:09 PM
"Why does everything I whip leave me?"
Wednesday August 01, 2007 - 10:44 PM
I LOVED IT! so fuckin goods!!!
Wednesday August 01, 2007 - 12:45 PM
The first half hour was really funny, but the rest of the movie lacked a lot of important characters.
Wednesday August 01, 2007 - 6:47 AM
Basically, the commercials gave away most of the funny parts and i felt it kinda lacked what i have been awaiting 18 years for.. so if your gonna see it, thats fine..it was ok, but i would really just wait for the dvd.
Wednesday August 01, 2007 - 2:27 AM
"I was elected to lead, not to read"
PRICELESS!!!
did anyone catch the ending credits.... i hope they dooo!!!!
Wednesday August 01, 2007 - 1:17 AM
Saw it the day it came out FUCKING HILARIOUS!
"Spider Pig Spider Pig does what ever a spiderpig does can he swing from a web no he cant he's a pig look out heres come spider pig!"
WONDERFUL
Tuesday July 31, 2007 - 9:49 PM
funny shit
"yea i thought so at first, untill he said yard trimmings..see you gotta learn to listen lou"
oh and
"were issueing a code black!"
"BLACK! thats the worst colour of them all!...no offence carl"
"i get it all the time."
lol you know it was funny if i still remember the lines
Tuesday July 31, 2007 - 6:49 PM
spidder piggg
i liked the movie...not what i expected it to be i thought it would be a bit better but i still luved it and the gorge jump hahahha
Tuesday July 31, 2007 - 5:44 PM
3 & 3/4 Stars.
This movie was more then decent - it had its funny parts and its usual drama.
A lot of jokes were funny and adult orientated but nothing perverted.
Overall quality was great and entertaining.
Tuesday July 31, 2007 - 5:08 PM
I saw the movie on Sat July 28, this was the second day on the screen. Worth watching in the theaters.
I really enjoyed this movie. I've always been a really big fan of the simpsons, and the movie was just as good as the tv show. Lots of laughs and good for anyone who has ever liked the simpsons ! Interesting story and no dull moments. It was a shorter movie but it was the perfect length, if it were longer it would have dragged on.
Simpson ROCK ON!
Tuesday July 31, 2007 - 4:35 PM
Not worth the $$$ to see at movies
but worth the download
Tuesday July 31, 2007 - 4:28 PM
saw it on the weekend! i thought it was the funniest thing ever. Well worth the wait. Though been singing ''spider pig'' non stop since
Tuesday July 31, 2007 - 1:32 PM
The big danger of doing a movie such as The Simpsons is the subject. When you're working with something that has been a pop culture powerhouse for 18 years and spans generations and cultures of television viewers, you're really putting you're neck on the line. Screw up and you disenfranchise thousands if not millions of fans. Thankfully though, Matt Groening and James L. Brooks pull it off.
Unlike the Family Guy movie which felt more like 3 episodes layered on top of each other, the consistency of theme all the way through made it fit the time frame. While some will whine about its short running time, I think the 1.5 hour span is appropriate. Had it been any longer the plot would feel stretched thin.
One of the things that impacted me the most about it was the sheer scale. The difference in size between a tv screen and a movie screen is obvious, but the letterbox format of a screen was a real change from what you'd normally see while watching an episode. The important thing here is that they used the extra space well. The best example of this probably Bart skateboarding naked through town. We get to see a lot more setup, interaction with and reaction from the environment around him. For the first while it comes off kind of foreign, but thats only because its not what one is use to seeing. Once you get past that its quite enjoyable.
The humour is spot on for what one would expect from the series. Lots of physical action, madcap sequences and topical jabs. The opening sequence where Homer comments openly on the fact that people are paying to watch something they'd otherwise see for free (putting aside cable/satellite feeds) delightfully breaks the 4th wall. While there are some movie references, there aren't as many as one would expect. The writers probably avoided them so it wouldn't seem like a Simpsons movie parodying movies. I was really expecting a Biodome send up, but it never came.
The only thing that throws me is rewatchability. While it is a good movie, I think after the first time would its novelty. When it's released to dvd it'll lose both the novelty and the big screen effect. However as I still watch the series on a regular basis and never miss a new episode, I'm sure I will see this many times again. I only hope that in the future I'll find it just as funny, or perhaps even find things that I didn't notice the first time through.
Overall, this is definitely one to see in theatres. Consistantly funny through and through without wearing on. It was worth the wait for its release, and is well worth the ticket price.
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