The Simpsons Movie

(2007) dir. David Silverman
viewed: 12/21/07

I’ve liked The Simpsons since it started, or at least when I first came across it in 1989 or 1990.  I think it hit its peak in the early 1990′s, a theory that I won’t go into here, other than to say that at one point I did consider it one of the greatest television shows ever made, even when everyone else was saying the same thing about Seinfeld (which I like and appreciate).  But The Simpsons Movie, to me, was by this point, sort of a “why?” other than an obvious way to make some extra dough for the producers.

I won’t belabor the point here.  The film does feature a lot of more 3-D (obviously) computer animated backgrounds and shots than the show does.  But the story is no more important or enthralling than most episodes of the modern show.  When Homer, while watching the “Itchy and Scratchy Movie” at the beginning of the film wonders aloud as to why people paid money to watch something that they get at home for free on their tv, I think I was far from alone in wondering the same thing.

God pity the fools that paid to see this on the big screen.  As a rental, it’s totally fine.  Nothing special, just a long episode of a now spotty television show.