The Simpsons Movie (Reviews Thread)

[Conan]

I'll keep this post spoiler-free. Overall, as a huge Simpsons fan (back-in-the-day, at least) I left the cinema satisfied. While it doesn't recapture the magic of Seasons One through Eight, there are plenty of chuckles and the whole thing is easily better than any new Simpsons episode from recent memory. One thing I enjoyed was just spotting the many characters that pop up: just about every Springfield citizen is in there somewhere! As is the case with The Simpsons, there are plenty of blink-and-you'll-miss-'em sight gags too.

A few pacing issues and select duff (no pun intended) gags make it a 7/10 to me. Fans of the "new-school" (Season Nine onwards) Simpsons will probably rate it a 9/10 - expect plenty of extreme, Homer-related idiocy.

Your thoughts?

[D-Reborn]

season nine onwards = muthafuckin piece of shit

 

[Teddy Roosevelt]

Saw the midnight showing last night. It started out really good, but slowed down in the middle.  I'm sure anyone still interested in the show would really like the movie. Homer is as stupid as ever. The film could of used a little more Mr. Burns IMO

[GunMaster G-9]

it was ok

[i B 2 QUIK 2 c]

I'll keep this post spoiler-free. Overall, as a huge Simpsons fan (back-in-the-day, at least) I left the cinema satisfied. While it doesn't recapture the magic of Seasons One through Eight, there are plenty of chuckles and the whole thing is easily better than any new Simpsons episode from recent memory. One thing I enjoyed was just spotting the many characters that pop up: just about every Springfield citizen is in there somewhere! As is the case with The Simpsons, there are plenty of blink-and-you'll-miss-'em sight gags too.

A few pacing issues and select duff (no pun intended) gags make it a 7/10 to me. Fans of the "new-school" (Season Nine onwards) Simpsons will probably rate it a 9/10 - expect plenty of extreme, Homer-related idiocy.

Your thoughts?

this review is on point.  i remember watching the premier Christmas special episode of The Simpsons when i was in kindergarten in december of '89... og heads remember catching new episodes on THURSDAYS at 8:00 on Fox and everyone had atleast one Bart Simpson t-shirt

anyways, the quality of most shows declines after 6+ seasons (if they're given the chance to run that long)... The Simpsons had a strong run of atleast 10 seasons and I never missed an episode from seasons 1-14... i think i've seen all 400+ episodes (most of the newer ones in re-runs)... well, i went to see this movie out of respect and was pleased... i really can't add anything to what the quoted text says above... i think a lot of the og heads feel the same way... too bad nostalgia isn't a real place, i miss the '90s 


peace

[ToOoOoN!!!]

i think it was funny as hell,well worth my money 

[Don Jacob]

yeah i was feelin it. i liked the 'hard edge' parrts of it

barts "doodle"
homer flipping the people off
marge saying god damn, ect.

like i said as long as it falls in the same vein as the shouth park and beavis and butthead movies...i'll be satisfied. it did and i'm happy.

[Lunatic]

i didn't have high hopes for it, but it really surprised me...it's hilarious

[Ðøšïå]

it was alright. nothing special.

[Sanford - V. President of the Dangerous Crew Movement]

was dedrick tatum in it? 

[Conan]

was dedrick tatum in it? 

Yeah, you see him in there at some point.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Yea, pretty funny...I was surprised.

[herpes]

better then anything the simpsons have done since 99-2000.  I was really surprised how good this movie turned out.  And this is coming from a old school simpsons fan that hates everything they have done since 2000.

[daWappla]

I watched it yesterday and I have to say it didn´t make me laugh out loud at all. Not trying to discourage people from seeing it but seriously, after all those years I just expected more. Years ago I died for new Simpsons episodes, even after all those years when I watch old Simpsons episodes I still laugh my ass off but the newer stuff just doesn´t do it for me. The movie, in my opinion, is just "all that newer stuff." Don´t get me wrong, I enjoyed watching it but in the cinema there wasn`t a single moment where people where laughing loud. I expected that to be honest. I gotta say I watched the german version of it, in a week or two I´ll watch the original version in english maybe some things get funnier but I doubt it. After all, it´s a 20+ minute show turned into a 100+ minute movie which is a hard thing to do and maybe that´s also a reason why I´m not too excited about it but like I said, it didn´t really blow my mind, but I understand that after all the hype for all those years it´s hard to deliver. Every Simpsons fan goes and watches it anyway.

[NiCc_FrUm_ThA_nO]

I didnt really like this movie..there were a few funny parts but not many..I didnt really have high expectations for this movie but then reading some of the reviews it kinda had me anticipating it a little.