Well it has really been a while. I have seen a few movies, but have been entirely too busy to write about them. So, I am going to try to play catch-up over the next few weeks. I am not going to really go in order of what I have seen, instead I am going to go in reverse order (or write about what-ever movie I have seen last). This way the movies most current on my mind will be well right on the tip of my mind with fresh thoughts. None of that "hmm I thought I liked that movie" when actually I just enjoyed the M&M's I was eating.
Last Friday was a big day for a lot of people. It was a day they have been looking forward to for some time. Die hard Simpson fans from across the nation got in line… wait did that really happen? Was "the Simpson's" really a movie to really hit that "anticipation spot"?
Well, for me; not so much. The more I watched the movie the more I sunk into the "yeah this does feel like a really long Simpsons episode" slump. The more I think about the movie, even now the more I feel that is all that it was. Granted I enjoy the Simpson's, but I am not sure they are "movie theater" quality.
The animation was top notch. The animators and special effects people really did a wonderful job, but there was too many times in the movie where I was thinking "come on Homer do something funny". Of course you have to use the childish Homer voice for that quote to really get the effect. Perhaps it is just me expecting too much, too much previous knowledge on the subject matter (the Simpson family).
On the other hand perhaps I didn't want to like the movie because I have not enjoyed the show as much in the past few years. May-be that upped my standards a bit to the point that I wouldn't enjoy a good movie.
Bottom line is the movie was ok. It wasn't as good as some other comedies I have seen this year, but it wasn't terrible either. I did laugh out loud on several occasions, but it wasn't the laugh fest that I have grown to expect out of the Simpson's.
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