Ever since I started watching The Simpsons, I've always believed the writers of the show are the wittiest people on Earth. After watching the movie, I had more reason to believe so. Who else can start parodies right from the appearance of the 20th Century Fox logo. And when Homer says at the start of the movie, after watching an Itchy and Scratchy movie in the theater, pointing to every member in the audience, "I can't believe we're paying to watch something we could see on TV for free! If you ask me, everyone in this theater is a big sucker! Especially, you!", one can't help but laugh out loud, and wonder how true that is, and be amazed at the nerve and sarcasm of the writer who wrote that. This was just a sign of how witty the things were gonna be throughout the movie. It was the best joke... SO FAR, as Homer would say in the movie.
The plot of the movie is a parody of several action films and at many places more than subtly critical of the U.S Government. The writers have understood the fact that fans of The Simpsons don't like it for the plot, but for the intelligent humor and the witticisms. However, since this is a big-screen movie that they are making which has to run over a length of one and a half hours, they needed a plot that can carry the movie to such a length. So it ends up being highly cinematic and partly loses the charm of the episodes. But this doesn't take any credit away from them. There were plenty of laugh-worthy moments in the movie for all sections of the audience. For the younger lot for whom it's just physical humor that's the attraction, there was Spiderpig walking under the ceiling. For the teens, there was Bart skateboarding naked across town in what was a very well animated sequence, taking enough care to hide Bart's willy for most of the sequence, and showing it for one split second, which was enough to evoke a collective roar of laughter from the audience. The scene that topped it all was the one where a robot faced with the task of defusing a bomb, succumbs to pressure and destroys itself. It was intelligent humour at its best. Screw Asimov's three laws. This is possibly what the future would be like.
The portrayal of the characters was good, but not exceptional in the movie, with Homer getting most of the screen time with his goofy nature and irresponsibility being highlighted too often. It must be appreciated that as many side-characters as possible were included in the movie. One of the best lines in the movie was The Comic Book Guy saying "I've spent my entire life doing nothing but collecting comic books... and now there's only time to say... LIFE WELL SPENT!" One significant sidekick who was missing was Sideshow Bob. He could have been given some screen space at all, if not none. Maybe he will be, in the sequel, which is shown to be Maggie's first word at the end of the movie. At the end of it all, it was a movie well worth spending money on, rather than downloading it illegally on the Internet, which Bart himself had to promise not to.
The plot of the movie is a parody of several action films and at many places more than subtly critical of the U.S Government. The writers have understood the fact that fans of The Simpsons don't like it for the plot, but for the intelligent humor and the witticisms. However, since this is a big-screen movie that they are making which has to run over a length of one and a half hours, they needed a plot that can carry the movie to such a length. So it ends up being highly cinematic and partly loses the charm of the episodes. But this doesn't take any credit away from them. There were plenty of laugh-worthy moments in the movie for all sections of the audience. For the younger lot for whom it's just physical humor that's the attraction, there was Spiderpig walking under the ceiling. For the teens, there was Bart skateboarding naked across town in what was a very well animated sequence, taking enough care to hide Bart's willy for most of the sequence, and showing it for one split second, which was enough to evoke a collective roar of laughter from the audience. The scene that topped it all was the one where a robot faced with the task of defusing a bomb, succumbs to pressure and destroys itself. It was intelligent humour at its best. Screw Asimov's three laws. This is possibly what the future would be like.
The portrayal of the characters was good, but not exceptional in the movie, with Homer getting most of the screen time with his goofy nature and irresponsibility being highlighted too often. It must be appreciated that as many side-characters as possible were included in the movie. One of the best lines in the movie was The Comic Book Guy saying "I've spent my entire life doing nothing but collecting comic books... and now there's only time to say... LIFE WELL SPENT!" One significant sidekick who was missing was Sideshow Bob. He could have been given some screen space at all, if not none. Maybe he will be, in the sequel, which is shown to be Maggie's first word at the end of the movie. At the end of it all, it was a movie well worth spending money on, rather than downloading it illegally on the Internet, which Bart himself had to promise not to.
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