Well, we finally got the movie we’ve been waiting for Simpsons fans. And it was excellent. Basically the plot involves Lake Springfield is being polluted by the town, and Lisa along with new character Colin (who in no way, is related to Bono), get the town to clean up their act. Meanwhile, Homer disregards the enviromentalism and dumps a large silo of pig crap into the river, causing mutations of animals in Springfield. President Schwarzenegger has to contain Springfield somehow, and puts it in the hands of the villain of the movie, Russ Cargill, head of the EPA. The Simpsons then have to not only save the town, but their own selves and their family as well.
Ok, to give you an idea of how good this movie was, think Seasons 4-9 of the Simpsons, probably well known among Simpsons fans as their “Golden Age”. The show has really tapered off to almost the point of unwatchable lately, but the movie captured the moments and jokes that made the Simpsons one of the most well known and longest shows on television today. The jokes are mostly ones you would enjoy from the old episodes, and it goes back to character development and gives each Simpson a background of how they are feeling during the story, rather than the new Simpsons in which it’s just crazy and no story and “how many jokes about the current political situation can we make”. The movie makes great jokes about the fact that people now have to pay money to see the Simpsons ( If you ask me, everybody in this theater is a giant sucker),and a FOX ticker shows a reality show that they are promoting, only saying afterwards, that’s right, we even advertise our shows during movies now. The one problem is that by summer movie standards, it’s pretty short. A quick hour and a half or so will get you through this movie, which means characters don’t all get a good chunk of movie time. Mr. Burns, Skinner, and Smithers (who appears, but does not say a word) do not get much time at all, and it’s a shame, but the movie revolves around the Simpsons and they all do their part in making this a great movie. One of the best of the summer, it’s 5 out of 5 for me.
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