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Strait Killa
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Posted: August 27, 2007 at 8:25pm
i loved the show. loved, as in past tense. recent seasons have been pretty subpar. with that said, i think this film does do the entire series justice and one ups the past 5 or so seasons of the show. I would also like to give props to the writers for making Homer the centerpiece of the movie, he's definiely the funniest thing about the show. eh, i'd say a solid 7/10.
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Nirrad
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Posted: September 27, 2007 at 9:10pm
I've been a fan of The Simpsons since they first got their own show. I have all their seasons on DVD so far, and I've gotta say.............this movie was great. I never really laugh out loud with the new episodes, but this one had me laughing numerous times. I never go to the theater in my home town because it's dirty and crummy, but this was a special occasion. I give this a 9/10, I didn't give it a 10 because I wanted to see more side characters, and I didn't really like how Bart was in the movie.
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Chad
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Posted: December 30, 2007 at 9:26am
Yeah, I'm going to have to go with meanie on this one - I thought the movie was great. It was a feature-length episode, and that's exactly what it needed to be; had they changed anything major, you'd have "fans" coming out and griping about how they changed everything and ruined it. You can't win with some people, but this one won with me. 9/10.
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Ginose
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Posted: January 20, 2008 at 2:03am
I'm a fan of the show. A big fan. Fan since I was a lad who'd watch the shorts. Always found the showign refreshing, original and almost alwas witty. Certainly one of the smartest shows on television.
I got none of that out of this movie. I was very disappointing after chatting with my btrother. He had nothing but good things to say about, he saw it twice in theatres. I finally rented it from Blockbuster with free rental and, wow... talk about broken promises. The jokes were so cold and far between and, altogether, it didn't have the hillarious atmosphere that the show has. Maybe their comedy is only truly funny in small doses, but I only found myself laughing at about 6 points in this film, only one of those was a hard laugh, not a chuckle, and two of the six were during the credits.
2.7/10 for a hollow movie that promised soooo much more...
...and fuck them for killing Dr. Nick... that's right, no spoiler warning, Dr. Nick dies.
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bluemeanie
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Posted: January 20, 2008 at 4:44am
How can you be such a fan of the show and dislike it as much as you did? Impossible. I repeat -- impossible.
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Ginose
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Posted: January 20, 2008 at 8:04am
Not at all, sir. Unlike this movie, the show is funny. Not ALL of the time, but it does always have a familiar pacing about it. Not 20 minutes of pig jokes (because, honestly, wasn't the Spider-Pig one all they needed? Sure. They could've squeezed 5 or 6 in, but know... basically the entire 20 minutes after Bart's nude skateboarding, we have to listen to them non-stop... it got boring real fast). Then they keep that trend throughout the movie, they'll be stuck on ONE idea for a joke for a solid 8 or 9 minutes without giving any time for the actual comedy to sink in on anyone. Yeah, I get it, they were in Alaska. They're adapting to a different society... can we move on? Sure there's the odd exception to the rule, but even those, for the most part, weren't funny (Reference: Tristan's theatre out burst of the rock and A Hard Place joke as well as the Bono reference... not clever, and sure-as-shit not funny).
It's possible that the length of the movie made them think that this was a good idea, but that would imply that their primary mistake was making a movie in the first place. You may fix my score up or down maybe .5 points or so to your liking, but a 9 is just ridiculous, man. I guess it's all a matter of what you were expecting before going in. Maybe my expectations set by the show's good-natured comedy and my sibling's admiration for the film just let me down... I don't know.
Oh... and Homer calling us stupid for paying to see the movie... it was just too true (and poorly delivered) to be funny. When the credits finished rolling, I felt stupid as hell.
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Nirrad
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Posted: June 11, 2008 at 2:08am
Just watched this for the third time this year. Like the quote on the box \"I could easily watch this 20 or 30 more times\".
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Shakes
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Posted: January 22, 2009 at 10:52am
Um, I waited years for this movie. like, ten years or something (way too long basically). the final result was a letdown. sorry folks. but its true. had its funny moments, but the nostalgia was gone. being generous with a 6/10
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Shakes
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Posted: January 22, 2009 at 10:54am
bluemeanie - it's not impossible. at all. that response was ludicrous. i was a big fan of the simpsons growing up and the movie sucked major ass compared to the shows before '01... don't get me wrong i love your reviews, but if that doesn't register with you, then fugeddaboudit.
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Lucid Dreams
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Posted: February 26, 2010 at 12:02am
Love it, so fuck everyone else. 9/10
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