The Simpsons Movie
Rant, Review January 6th. 2008, 1:15amI have not watched the Simpsons television series in over 10 years. So, when The Simpsons Movie was released in theaters, I did not run to the local theater for a reason. It is not a movie I desired to see. Well, against my better judgment, I bought The Simpsons Movie on DVD for Christmas and watched it a few nights ago.
The novelty of the Simpsons and their antics wore off years ago. Bart the mischievous brat, Homer the dysfunctional family leader, and Marge the annoying whiner! It was too much for one person to take in one evening. It is clear that Fox is milking this tired franchise for all its worth!
I am sure that I am in the minority here, given the movie was nominated for a People’s Choice Award. The Simpsons Movie was nominated for favorite movie comedy. Wait, not so fast … the other two nominees for favorite movie comedy are Knocked Up and Wild Hogs! Three “L”osers were nominated for a People’s Choice Award, nice!
Gene Shalit from the Today show commented, “You’ll laugh till your knees hurt and you can’t breathe!” Gene, were you smoking medicinal herbs during the movie? “Spider pig, spider pig” is not funny. Two thumbs down, I did not like the movie! Any comments from the Simpsons lap dogs?
January 6th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Simpsons Movie was very funny to me. My question is where you smoking something …
January 7th, 2008 at 7:21 am
Ya, I wasn’t feeling this movie either. I think they made the movie to throw some money at the voice actors. Remember when they all threatened to stop making episodes because they weren’t getting paid well enough? Perhaps this was part of the agreement?