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The Simpson's Movie: a Review

by Chris Alexander

(aka Shirtless Alex Trebek)

*Disclaimer*

there are no spoilers in this blog!

The movie rocked right from the opening: the 20th Centur Fox logo comes on and the theme music plays, Ralph Wiggam comes out of the zero and sings along. From this point, I knew the movie would rock, and I was not let down.

There was a lot of danger in creating a Simpson's Movie - it's currently one of the longest-running TV shows in history, so it has a huge fan base. One tiny screw up and 18 years of TV could be tarnished forever.

This film has been looked forward to by adoring fans for 18 years, and it did not let us down! If you stay through the credits (and this reviewer recomends that you do!) you will see that there were something like 14 writers involved in the script, and about 13 of them were writers on the series. On the Show, one or two writers will write thw show and the other will assist: that's why you have so many different story lines following so many characters. In the film, they all worked on the script, so every character had a very well developed part. It really hit the goal that it set to: not to seem like a movie, but to be a super-long episode.

While some characters were sadly missing from the film ('ol Gill, for instance) the cast from the show was very well represented in the film. Manjula was missing, as was Sideshow Bob, but overall your favorite characters were part of the film. Bart had a scene (you'll know it when you see it) that was one of the best scenes in a comedy I've seen in a long time.

I have a really hard time giving any movie five stars, but this one was a strong four (unless you believe in half ratings - then it's a four and a half). I can't say I'd watch it every day, but I did not feel that $7.50 was too much to pay for this one. I had a blast, and I recomend that you see it - if you are not a big Simpsons fan, you'll like it and if you are a big fan, you'll love it!