Over on The Movie Blog Community, contributor RobertWolf (who was lucky enough to see a screening of The Simpsons Movie) put up the first Simpsons movie review. And he liked it! This is what he had to day about it.
The Simpsons have been around ever since I could remember. We all grew up with Homer, Bart, Lisa Marge and Maggie. It was only a matter of time before these iconic characters would jump to the big screen. A lot of Simpson fans have waited for this moment. I was a huge Simpsons fan when I was younger but as I grew up the seasons decreased in entertainment in my opinion. Because the show for me didn’t have that same appeal as it used to, I didn’t think much when I heard the movie was coming. I finally started to hear good news like the old writers were coming back. The trailers that were released made me chuckle and I began to get excited. So what did I think of The Simpsons Movie? It was a solid good movie.
The movie itself was kinda refreshing animation wise as all we get now are 3D animations. The Simpsons stuck with 2D and thats where this movie shines. It was so good to see a 2D animation back on the screen. The movie didn’t feel long and boring. It was an hour and twenty seven minutes long I believe. Not once during the movie did I check the time or got bored. The Simpsons did what it used to do for me and thats ENTERTAIN!!!!
Homer is the highlight of this movie and that’s never a bad thing. Homer always makes you laugh especially with his new pig which was my favorite part of the movie. A lot of secondary characters don’t get even a line in but that’s ok we know who all these characters are, we don’t need them on screen for the movie.
One thing this movie does is, it highlight’s a few emotional scenes which worked in some parts but didn’t in some. When an emotional scene came up you felt for the characters because you know them, but the end result of the emotional impact falls dead in it’s tracks.
One thing did strike me watching the movie, this whole movie does not add anything new to The Simpson franchise. It doesn’t necessarily do anything new for The Simpsons but one thing that stuck in my head on the way out, they should stop making Simpson season’s on tv and release a movie once every two years. The movie was far more entertaining then any of the new episodes could ever be.
Overall The Simpsons movie was funny, entertaining and I left with a smile on my face. It’s downfall was the stupid end results of the emotional scenes which I kinda felt like they’ve done already on the show. The Simpsons is worth checking out, it’s a solid good movie. I’d give this one a GO!
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