D'oh No.

I love the Simpsons. My family loves the Simpsons. My son and I have been looking forward to this for about a year. So, it is with utmost sadness that I say the Simpsons Movie is not good.

It is slow. It is flaccid. The writing is gentle, not edgy. The characters are softened to the point of blandness. It just doesn't work. I really wish it did. Did I mention I love the Simpsons?

And whatever jokes might have worked have been given away by a reckless marketing department. There is hardly a punchline you haven't already seen.

I'm depressed.

This entry was posted by Michael Reynolds, on Friday, July 27, 2007. You can leave your response.

“D'oh No.”

1.  The Uncredible Hallq Says:
   12:34 AM  

   I actually rather liked it. I find it difficult to dislike a movie that opens by warning you that you may be wasting your money. I would agree, though, that it probably wasn't up to the standards of the best Simpsons episodes.

2.  Michael Reynolds Says:
   7:49 AM  

   It just didn't work for me. But tastes vary. Will you agree though that the marketing had given away at least half the punchlines?

3.  Tom Strong Says:
   4:02 PM  

   Have you seen Ratatouille? Because that movie was, like, made for you, dude.

4.  The Uncredible Hallq Says:
   7:56 PM  

   I guess I didn't see that much advertising for the movie--my habits tend to protect me from ads. I think I saw one trailer, and knew the rock/hard place gag in advance, but it still caught me off guard, because I didn't know what context it would appear in.

5.  Richard Lawrence Cohen Says:
   7:13 PM  

   I laughed a lot in the first half or two-thirds (I hadn't seen much of the promo material for it) but once they got to Alaska the wrapping-up of the plot took over and the movie became a routine save-the-world, can-you-top-this-effect, would-be-thriller, which is an odd thing for a Simpsons movie to be.