The Simpsons Movie (DVD)

I am a huge simpsons fan and so any episode is greatly received. However, even though I give this a 4 out of 5 I would say it is like an extended above average episode.

I did enjoy it and would recommend it to all Simpson fans. You won't be on the floor laughing but you will be chuckling through it.

this movie was not as good as i thought it would be. there was much hype about this movie and i ahve to say i was quite disappointed. ok i have seen it and thats it.

The locals' casual disregard for the environment leads to Springfield being sealed off from the outside world. Big screen version of the hit animated series featuring the voices of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright and Yeardley Smith. And Green Day
'The Simpsons' has been a great TV show for over 10 years. Unfortunately, the jewel in Fox's tarnished crown has been on telly for almost two decades. Sure, the odd episode stills manages to dazzle, but it's been a while since Springfield's favourite family guaranteed consistent entertainment. And as for talk that the show has jumped the shark, many would argue that it's long since cleared the aquarium.

With the TV programme no longer required viewing, some have pondered the wisdom of a Simpsons feature film. A sagging creation stretched over 80 minutes, surely disaster beckoned. But just as the show still occasionally counters its critics, so Matt Groening has pulled yet another rabbit out of the hat. Okay, it has a so-so plot and few major surprises, but then you can say the same thing about many of the best episodes. And The Simpsons Movie is right up there with classics such as 'Radio Bart', 'Homer Badman' and 'Flaming Moe's'.

Speaking of the storyline, it's a largely environmental tale, with Springfield's eco-vandalism in general and Homer's new pig in particular causing so much damage that President Arnold Schwarzenegger (who looks a helluva lot like Austrian muscleman-turned-movie star Rainier Wolfcastle from the TV series) decides to imprison the town under a massive glass dome. There then follows some stuff about Alaska, an encounter with a large-breasted Eskimo and a fantasy sequence along the lines of the one in 'El Viaje Misterioso De Nuestro Homer'. Oh yes, and Lisa has a new admirer, a nice Irish boy called Colin.

As you can see, the plot isn't particularly clever, but then that's because it isn't terribly important. No, what counts here are the gags, and there are some absolute crackers, many involving Homer's new porcine pal Spider-Pig (or Harry Plopper, as he's later rechristened). This being The Simpsons, there are also a smattering of star cameos, including Tom Hanks giving his best performance in years and Green Day transforming from new punks to a string trio when their floating stage starts to sink, Titanic-style.

The Simpsons also make the transition to the big screen successfully. With the new medium offering the animators all manner of fresh opportunities, the feature film is right up there with Pixar's best work. Elements that particularly benefit from the change in scope include the 'Itchy And Scratchy' short, which sees the put-upon cat and malevolent mouse take nuclear war to its natural, slapstick conclusion.

As for how The Simpsons plays at 80-plus minutes, there is a stage around the halfway mark where gag-fatigue sets in. Which isn't to say the film isn't funny, rather the jokes come so thick and fast, you almost need an interval to recover from them. Yes, this is a film that's so funny it could endanger your health. Make your appointment to see Dr Hibbert now. Or if you haven't got insurance, pop round the back of the cinema and see Nick Riviera.

Verdict
Rumours of The Simpsons' demise have been greatly exaggerated. Hysterically funny, genuinely cinematic - and you get to see Bart's doodle, too

This might very well be the best film you see all year. The Simpsons are at there best in this 2 hour movie, full of laughs, thrills and downright stupidity. Well worth watching!

A fun and funny movie with truely ingenious site gags but which looses some momentum around the half way mark. The problem with the DVD release is you are paying full wack for 84 mins of the Simpsons. Buy any Simpsons box set and you get about 600 mins. Do the maths!
Whilst this was great to see in the cinema I would only recommend buying it to fans who already have every episode on DVD. Everybody else should wait for the inevitable budget re-issue in 6 months or so.

The simpsons movie is witty, fast paced, touching, hugely entertaining and most importantly: laugh out loud funny. And if your a simpsons fan who's loved every episode, thats all you'll need from it.
However if, like me, your an obsessive fan who's noticed a drop in quality on the show from the late nineties onwards you'll see some problems. You'll see that structure wise the movie is basically an extended episode.You'll notice that the villain is a Hank Scorpio rip off.
You'll feel that a lot of the plot points and character drama seem all too familiar. But in spite of all this, in spite of being a film based on a show that exhausted its best gags long ago, the simpsons movie is still absolutely hilarious and i take my hat off to the creators for managing to make it so.
A simpsons movie in the early nineties (when the show was in its prime) would have been better, but the very funny one we have here in '07 works just fine.

Very Funny stuff.

Great movie the first time you see it - I saw it at the cinema and it was truly funny. It made an effortless leap to the big screen, it is like a longer episode but it has much better effects and has new movie style camera angles. The beginning is superb the first thirty minutes quickfire jokes, witty one liners and the usual visual Homer gags everyone loves and of course the best Movie jingle in Spider pig...After this it goes a little stale and moves in to the Holywood film plot of a love story and triumph over adversity, it still has the occasional gag but moves more into the plot of Homer trying to win back Marge and save Springfield and because of all the jokes in the first 30 mins they obviously need to move the plot on quickly to finish the film, unfortunatley there is noticeably less attention paid to humour in the second half! Still very watchable and a must see - I made the mistake of buying it again on DVD and whilst enjoyable I laughed no where near as hard as the jokes did not have the same impact as they did first time. So rent it don't buy it - and if you do buy it don't pay more than £9 as I managed to get this for £8.75 in a well established orange and brown supermarket...

Well it has taken 20 years of patience, speculation about wheather it will actually happen and then anticipation about how good it will be. I must say I have always loved 'The Simpsons' since I was very young however I have found their last few seasons rather dissappointing when compared to the old classic ones. I mean who can forget the one where it spoofs up the film 'Westworld' when the Simpson family go to Itchy & Scratchy Land and the robots go out of control as well as the one where Mulder & Scully from 'The X Files' make appearences. Classics.

Now, after those dissappointing last few seasons, I must say that even though I heard 'The Simpsons Movie' was written by the original writers, one couldn't help but slightly worry about if it was one film spin off too late. I needn't have. This film is hilarious with Homer alone, even though other characters make it funnier. It was one of those cartoon feature films from TV to big screen that goes very well indeed.

The whole 'Spider-pig' was, to me pointless, but hey this is Homer Simpson we're talking about so that made me laugh as did the flashback scene where Homer takes Bart fishing as did lots of other things. Brilliant.

Trust me, if you are a fan of 'The Simpsons' you'll love this film. What was also great was that a fair few celebs provide their voices for cameos. See it.

after 17 years the movie was long overdue, but definitely worth the wait. despite decline in viewers for the last few tv seasons of the show the movie exceeded that and did deliver.
it has been described as an extended episode, yes in a way sort of. but its alot more than that with a brilliant story line and great animation was produced on the big screen :D

cant w8 for delivery. Seen it at movies and now want a copy....................................................

Got this for Christmas we all watched as a family some fell asleap durring!
I enjoyed it can`t wait for the next one.

Love this film went and watched it the first day it was out at the cinema and made me laugh so much. Just bought it off ebay and cant wait for it too arive.
Dont we all just love the simpsons?

This movie is great, it has all the simpsons classic characters in it and a very funny plot. Homers usual stunts end up where he puts the future of springfield in danger and he leaves springfirled for the dreamy alaska but surely he cant leave forever he has to come back and save the day like in every other film doesnt he? or does he? you gotta see it and dont miss spider pig! :-)

All my mates said it was bad because it was just like watching the simpsons for 1 hour etc.. but personally thats what i liked it was super worth a watch !

I took my God-Daughter and her brother to see this at the cinema and i loved it then so soon as i had money to purchase it i did.

This film is as funny as the tv series, packed with humour for children and for adults. (i was laughing at jokes and the kids couldn't understand why!!!)

Would reccomend to any person man, women, or child that has an open mind and a sense of humour!

Twenty years after their television debut, renowned animated comedy series The Simpsons finally escapes the small screen to make its theatrical debut - imaginatively titled "The Simpsons Movie." With typical big screen epic flair, the film finds the fate of Springfield - the Simpson's infamous fictional hometown - in the hands of the family's hapless patriarch, Homer Jay.

Diehard fans of the series will no doubt love the film, and newcomers will find it easy to follow along without ever having seen a single episode; but the question remains...was it really worth the wait?

The Film

After Homer turns Springfield into "the most polluted city in the history of the planet," by dumping his pet pig's refuse into the contaminated sludge of Lake Springfield, the town is sealed off from the rest of the nation under a giant dome by the head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. What's more, the EPA has targeted the town for total annihilation. Once the townsfolk get wind of the fact that it is Homer who has caused their predicament, they set upon the Simpson family with torches, pitchforks, and other typical "angry mob" paraphernalia. The family manages to escape through a sinkhole in their backyard, and from there they make their way to Alaska where Homer plans to make a new start and forget all about Springfield. All is not well, however - Marge, having finally grown weary of Homer's constant selfish exploits, packs up the kids and makes her way back without him. She and the children are quickly taken into custody and placed back in the dome. Homer then decides he must change his ways to not only save his marriage, but to rescue his family and save the very town which drove him out.

It all sounds very dire, but believe me, it's not as doom and gloom as it may seem. The feature actually plays out very lightly, because "The Simpsons Movie" more closely resembles a long, two hour Simpsons episode than it does a theatrical feature. It was not an easy task to produce a film adaptation for a series with over 400 episodes and nearly 20 seasons under its belt. The main detriment to a Simpsons film is how to, once again, spin it afresh without treading through familiar territory.

That said, there was nothing innately bad about "The Simpsons Movie." It offers two hours of mildly amusing entertainment in the signature Simpsons style of one gag strung after the next, including the obligatory subversive social commentaries on government, religion, and sex; but therein lies the problem. The creators did not break any new ground taking The Simpsons to the big screen. Here, out from under the ever-watchful eyes of the FCC, the filmmakers proffer little else than a glimpse of Bart's genitalia and jokes about Bart's drinking problem.

Tentative use of creative freedom aside, the film moves along at a rapid pace and offers some laughs along the way. Certainly The Simpsons Movie makes a decent weekend popcorn flick, if nothing else. I surely don't think anyone was expecting a profound cinematic statement out of this film -- I certainly wasn't. So, to answer the question I posed -- was it worth the wait? Only to the most ardent fans of the series would that answer be "yes." To the rest of humanity, I would say "no," but that doesn't mean it's not worth a watch if you're in the mood for some mindless amusement every now and again.

Overall, I think this film is fantastic and they should definately make more!!

finally the Simpson's movie is here! Total awesome a must for any Simpson's fan! Will have kids and grown-up in fits for days!

The film does have its faults of course (well, name a film that doesn’t) and some of them do tend to stand out. In what Simpsons' universe would Bart cling to Flanders for parental advice and guidance? Lisa discovers love, but the storyline is never properly developed, at one time giving the impression that Bono is the voice of her beau, but once the real story kicks in, he is kicked into touch. Its biggest crime, however, is in not giving any of the supporting players any real screen time. Comic Book Guy turns up to help with a little exposition and Flanders has a small role to play, but everyone else takes a back seat to the main family. Maybe this is the way it should be, and quite possibly a sequel will see this rectified, but to not give Mr Burns more screen time is a crime that is hard to stomach.

In the end, Simpsons fans should come away from this very satisfied. Their favourite family haven’t sold out, and, according to Maggie, a sequel could well be on the way. Of all the big movies released so far this year, this is by far the most successful and the one least likely to disappoint. And if you don’t agree with me, you can eat my shorts.

Twenty years in the making, 'The Simpsons Movie' finally hit movie screens this past summer and was an unqualified blockbuster. Although the spectacle of the experience loses a bit of its luster when viewed again outside of an actual movie theater, there are certainly enough belly laughs here to satisfy any Simpsons fan. This Blu-ray is very nice in the technical department -- it looks as fantastic as a Simpsons movie possibly could, and the soundtrack isn't bad, either. The only real disappointment is the cobbled together supplements package, which screams "double dip." Otherwise, this is an easy recommend for Simpsons devotees and more casual fans of the series alike.

This film has had some poor reviews in the media but we loved it. We went to see it on Sunday at our local cinema (before it closes down) for our 10 year old daughter's birthday treat.

Billed as a PG it is suitable for children of any age who like the Simpsons - if they have watched it at home there is nothing in the film they wouldn't like (although the p word is mentioned).

Yes, we get to see Bart naked during this action packed film. The action keeps going well for the whole 80 minutes.

I don't want to give away any of the plot - just to recommend this to you as a wonderful and much awaited film.

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For 17 long years The Simpsons has not been turned into a film, and that single fact is often held up as proof that it is the very epitome of televisual perfection. The show has outlasted two American presidents and a pope. It predated the internet. While fractured, dysfunctional households in the real world had kids that watched TV in their rooms, The Simpsons rushed home to gather round the family set, without video or Sky+, like the nuclear families of old.

Over the years liberals have learned to clench their teeth and admit that it was News Corp's demon king Rupert Murdoch who sponsored the world's greatest TV programme. In the cinema South Park the Movie came and went and even The Flintstones was permitted a live-action movie airing, an extraordinary error of taste which is only attributable to an overspill of frustrated yearning for Springfield's First Family. The Toy Stories, Shrek, The Incredibles and Finding Nemo all grew to maturity in cinema's digital arena, and then the CGI family-comedy boom faded. And all the while, The Simpsons just kept going, a perpetual motion machine of intelligent comedy, though perhaps without the full bloom of its early greatness.

And now, at last, Matt Groening's brilliant creation has arrived in cinemas, dated only in the sense that we all know it began in 1990, but otherwise terrifically funny and contemporary. Though I admit: after this vast historical wait, there is a tiny bit of a letdown, only because The Simpsons Movie just can't offer the shock of the new which is such a part of the moviegoing experience. And one gag is recycled: Homer again attempts to soar over Springfield gorge, Evel Knievel-style, with the same anti-climatic results.

But we've been spoiled by so much quality. The gags are razor-sharp and lightning-swift; they keep coming, and the writing just puts everything else to shame, in the cinema just as on television. I watched the screen with my eyes darting all over the place, not wanting to miss a single sight-gag. And in fact there is something hallucinatory in seeing the characters at giant size, especially swooping through the landscape for the (modified) opening credits. When Lisa's yellow face fills the screen for the first time it's like some sort of acid trip.

The story is too silly and involved to summarise, but it involves Homer rescuing his family and saving Springfield from a grotesque conspiracy by President Arnold Schwarzenegger to despoil the environment - a president who declines to consult any briefing document: "I vos elected to lead, not read!"

It cheerfully alludes to Dr Strangelove, Spellbound, and The Truman Show, though Groening leaves unsolved the puzzle of whether his creation was in any way inspired by Homer Simpson, the dopey midwestern accountant in Nathanael West's Hollywood novel The Day of the Locust. Unfortunately there isn't much screen time for the show's greatest villain, nuclear plant supremo Montgomery Burns, though Burns has one outstanding line. Relishing a moment of power over his fellow Springfielders, he sneers: "So! For once the rich white man is in control!"

Police Chief Whiggum has what is probably the best single gag, munching doughnuts off the barrel of his gun, and almost blowing his head off when his mobile phone goes off: "Whew! That was a close one!"

Undoubtedly, reconfiguring The Simpsons as a feature film has meant scaling back the ensemble of minor characters and building up the conventional drama with

you can,t beat the simpsons I just had to buy it.their just so funny.i could watch over and over again.