Simpsons Movie Review/Ramble

I promise to all those out there who haven't seen the movie yet that I will not reveal any part of the movie. I'll leave that up to other movie critics who tell you the plot to a movie, in which you should go in thinking with a blank slate and have no hint of the outcome. That's mainstream critics for you, guys who would rate and give information on a movie based on an almost 20 year old show, that they've never seen. Consequently what happened afterwards was probably the biggest overrating of a movie that I've ever seen, A's and 5 stars everywhere. Upon leaving the movie, I said this is the nail in the Simpson's coffin.

But then over the course of the next hour or two I took a step back, and begun to think was the movie supposed to A.) do the show justice on the big screen, B.) show that the show still has some revelentcy, and/or C.) be a new start for the show.

Fox honored A with a pretty tame script for Simpsons standards, and after watching the movie I literally said to myself (highlight the next to lines to read what I say) "yes I know they've had a gazillion shows, but how many times Homer saves the world or Springfield or Barney.

As for "B", The creators of the show proved that the show was still relevant with a huge market campaign that got people giddy over visiting Kwik-e Marts that were only located in extremely rare places. But people still went in droves, and even more went to get Simpsonized.

With both a brilliant advertising plan that raked in tons of dough, and a decent written script, is this a new start for the Simpsons. The simple answer is: NO. This movie wasn't a nail in the coffin to the franchise or a start, it was a celebration of their longevity. Its sorta like seeing the old slugger on your favorite baseball team hit a base hit. Although slow and fat, he still runs to first base while awaiting the younger faster pitch runner to replace him. While watching the movie, maybe I was the one who felt old and surrounded by the many teenagers in the audience. It seemed like every joke that the movie made was over the top hysterical, but I for many like the other slightly older members in the audience choose not too.

See as we grow older we understand that humor is more complex then just your simple one liner and fart joke. We understand that we can choose not to laugh at a joke as South Park forces us too. The problem with the franchise is that it never grew into that stage of humor content, and lost many of the jokes that made you silent enough to think and then laugh. Being funny is about thought and choice, and that's something you learn over time, which shows in the Simpson's lack of growth.

As you can tell I believe that the show deserved better. But, that wasn't what the movie was about. It was a 2 hour shin dig to celebrate the many people that put it together, and to symbolically conquer that which Hollywood has been saying it couldn't for 15 years. For the lack of Simpson nostalgia and comedic value, ironically the makers of the movie decided to do one thing right, go out in style.