Futurama - Bender's Big Score (DVD)

Like many, I adored Futurama when it was on TV, and like many, I was heartbroken when Fox cancelled the series in the underhanded manner that it did, so the news that it was coming back in direct to DVD movie form was very very welcome, and thankfully, this movie manages to maintain the series' high quality.

Taking place 2 years after the end of the series(and taking place in the year 3007), Bender's Big Score doesn't so much have a plot as it does a series of plots running concurrent to each other, like several episodes of the TV show running at once almost, but each one getting an equal amount of focus and importance. The 'central' plot(if you can call it that) concerns a group of nudist internet spammers conning Professor Farnsworth into signing ownership of Planet Express over to them and their increasing greed as they discover that Fry holds the key to time travel(in a plot point that cleverly ties right back into the very beginnings of the tv show and various past plots) and set about using Bender in a scam to steal the greatest treasures of Earth's past.

At the same time, Leela falls in love with an orderly called Lars, much to Fry's jealousy... Hermes is decapitated(Not fatally, surprisingly) and ends up losing his wife... and several other sub plots that tie into each other. It has an awful lot going on, yes, but the manner in which all the plots come together at the end is so superbly and cleverly written that it will have you genuinely intrigued. This is a funny movie, yes, but moreso, it's fantastic plot and sharp writing also make absolutely gripping. At points, you may even find yourself with a lump in your throat, I kid you not.

There are plenty of laughs to be had along the way of course, with some hilarious gags playing off the consequences of time travel and an amusing attack on the Fox network executives that cancelled the tv series repeats throughout the movie. To say more would spoil things, but I can assure you, this IS the Futurama you know and love back on form in spectacular fashion.

Also worth mentioning is the high quality of the animation. It looks just like the tv show, but the animation has improved a bit, but the movie also makes very impessive use of some cel shaded CGI in similar fashion to how the recent 'Simpsons movie' did, and the end result is a visual treat.

I really can't recommend this movie highly enough. There are parts that perhaps drag on a touch(Such as the pre-credits 'we're back' style celebration sequence) but these do little to detract from what is one of the most fun hour and a halfs you'll have in the near future.
Buy it.

I bought Benders Big Score for my sons who are huge Futurama fans.They love the film,they think its even better than the series,its clearly a winner,a good plot or rather a series of little plots that get a bit confusing but still good fun.My boys give it 5 stars.BUY IT!

Nothing to dislike about it. Great light comedy, all the family enjoyed it. Waiting for the net one.

Very enjoyable for Futuama fans. Good to see futurama brought back to life after it was cancelled a few years back! MUST SEE FOR FUTURMA FANS

If you liked the original Futurama, you won't be disapointed, its got everyone & you just can't stop watching. Bender gets up to his old tricks & Fry nearly Marries Leela! Must see for any Futurama fan.

bought it as a present for my son he says its the best its so funny he laughs his head off one of the best buys ive made this year

This epic rides on the back of the success of the futurama series, each of which is pithy, pointed and amusing.
However, this epic effectively stretches the plot of one half hour episode into a feature film, and it suffers from dilution as the main consequence.
It is even possible to become bored whilst watching, because the long plot intervals allow plenty of time to cogitate and predict the next plot movements.
I shall continue to watch the futurama series, but I have given up on the feature films.

I thought this was very funny, it doesn't seem 80 minutes long...the story lines are clever (although I had to watch it 2 times to completely get it). My favourite plot was the Lars and Leela story, the ending to that was so sweet! It has lost something from the old episodes, but still well worth the watch!

classic futurama. includes 'bender's big score (feature length episode)' as well as 'everybody loves hypnotoad (special futurama/hypnotoad crossover episode)' amongst tons of special features. highly reccomended for any futurama, comedy or cartoon fan!

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