Rate the Simpsons movie (Spoilers now)

[Vice honcho room temperature]

I liked it

[Jiren]

9

Very good

[Deleted]

And yet you didn't vote?

How dare you! For shame!

I didn't see it yet. Will vote Monday.

[Lino]

It was great. Go see it!

[zarius]

I don't rate 10/10 for a film with only two scenes worth of Monty Burns, Homer acting like the same boob as always, Bart acting emo with one scene-stealing moment rather than several, Lisa getting a non-factor of a boyfriend, and that INANE force-fed Spider-Pig crap.

Marge anchored the film with the best emotional scene written for the show in seven years or more, and Flanders role was the underdog performance for Hank, really refreshing and risky to see an almost straight-laced performance from this particular character rather than the exaggerated nice guy.

As for what I laughed at, Homer's middle fingers when he jumped into the sinkhole, Moe turning off the lights twice in the bar, Bart's full frontal skateboarding, Lisa's "Irritating Truth", Arbie's "I was voted to lead, not to read" line, and Tom Hanks promo

It's better than the show has been in years, but it's still a rushed, average little romp at best

[Jeff]

zarius said:

I don't rate 10/10 for a film with only two scenes worth of Monty Burns, Homer acting like the same boob as always, Bart acting emo with one scene-stealing moment rather than several, Lisa getting a non-factor of a boyfriend, and that INANE force-fed Spider-Pig crap.

Marge anchored the film with the best emotional scene written for the show in seven years or more, and Flanders role was the underdog performance for Hank, really refreshing and risky to see an almost straight-laced performance from this particular character rather than the exaggerated nice guy.

As for what I laughed at, Homer's middle fingers when he jumped into the sinkhole, Moe turning off the lights twice in the bar, Bart's full frontal skateboarding, Lisa's "Irritating Truth", Arbie's "I was voted to lead, not to read" line, and Tom Hanks promo

It's better than the show has been in years, but it's still a rushed, average little romp at best

SPOILERS

I'm seeing it tonight so i'll vote then.

[MichaelRBoh]

it was great. i think it lived up to the hype. **** 3/4 stars would have been a ***** star movie but they botched it by not having enough burns, but plenty of high spots in the movie.

[WhiteFu]

8, pretty good for the most part, buy too many Homer pain gags that got old seven years ago.

[rra]

THE SIMPSONS MOVIE (2007) - ***1/2

"The movie is funny, sassy and intelligent in that moronic Simpsons' way." - Roger Ebert

Remember my suspicions with EMPIRE Magazine that Paragon of Virtue probed me about?

No? Nevermind.

THE SIMPSONS MOVIE might very well be the most all-around enjoyable movie out of the expected-blockbuster pictures of this summer. If anything, this might be the first since those vaunted Golden Era of Seasons 3 through 8 where I actually laughed at a SIMPSONS joke.

So as a fan of way back in the day during its legendary prime-time top TV run in smarts and cracks, I am very pleased. People hate the stupid jokes, but SIMPSONS always mixed its intelligent gags with their stupid jokes but it works.

Take a favorite that Conan O'Brien* penned, "Marge vs the Monorail." Inbetween all that stuff about the town being swindled by a naughty contractor, you had Homey name the Possums that have nested in his new monorail-conducting job: "I named the big one Bitey!"

If anything, the movie "works" just because the best of the SIMPSONS scripters of the past were brought back into the fold, and they actually seemed to have tried taking time to make decent jokes (instead of this assembly-line process of blandness we've had for at least 10 years with the TV series) and we're rewarded. Truely guys like John Schwartzwelder (who probably wrote the ITCHY & SCRATCHY toon that started this film) never should have left, or been kicked out of, THE SIMPSONS.**

The crowd laughing at Itchy stabbing Scratchy with a flagpole convinced me early on that this will be a winner, and will own this weekend at the box-office at least. Who knows, with its good-laugh time, the show's global fandom, and the movie's short running time....it might challenge SPIDER-MAN 3, HARRY POTTER, PIRATES 3, SHREK 3, and TRANSFORMERS for the summer box-office belt. It just might.

You know what interests me though? I remembered all the rumored-plots of the movie over the years, but the one thing that carried over from first hearing about it 8 years ago to today is this: There was always a plan to permanently kill off a character in the film....and they carried through with it.***

*=Conan O'Brien had shot/voiced a cameo for the movie, but he was cut out. Pity.

**=Hey SIMPSONS TV writing staff, I know Schwartzwelder has anti-authoritarian views compared to your head writers' leftist views, but he's the man and YOU ARE NOT! Hire him back.

***=I won't say exactly who, but Springfield will miss its best botch-doctor in town!

[Brother Ike: Thread Killer]

I gave it a 3.5 out 5 (or and 8/10) I thought it was great and it really washed the bad taste of the last few seasons out of my mouth. My only disapointments would be 1) Lack of Burns and no Sideshow Bob 2) most of the best stuff was shown in the previews and 3) Couldnt they have just replaced the Epa guy with Hank Scorpio?!

Ralph: "I like men now!"

[rra]

albundy said:

I gave it a 3.5 out 5 (or and 8/10) I thought it was great and it really washed the bad taste of the last few seasons out of my mouth. My only disapointments would be 1) Lack of Burns and no Sideshow Bob 2) most of the best stuff was shown in the previews and 3) Couldnt they have just replaced the Epa guy with Hank Scorpio?!

Ralph: "I like men now!"

Sideshow Bob WAS in the movie, but his part was cut out along with Minnie Driver and Conan's cameos.

Groening claimed the footage cut out of the movie was enough for another movie.

[Jiren]

i hope he does and extended version for the DVD

A 3 disker

Disk 1
Theatrical movie
Commentary

Disk 2
Extended version
Commentary

Disk 3
Features

Just wishful thinking

[forgottensinpwf]

9. no doubt.

the Lisa/Colin stuff was dull, but that aside, the movie was awesome.

[paragon]

How is the movie compared to the last 5+ seasons of the show, which I have found so uneven and often unfunny that I barely remember to watch the show anymore?

[rra]

I do wonder if Groening will indeed stick by keeping that one character killed-off to stay dead.

Then again, he did keep his word on Maude Flanders.

[Topher is Human]

I saw it last night and I loved it, definately the best thing to come out of the Simpsons since 2001.

It was actually the first movie I ever attended where the audience applauded afterwards.

9

[ACG2x]

Overall, a very good movie. Entirely entertaining. I definitely got my money's worth. I rated it an 8, but I wish there was an option for 8.5 because that's more how I feel.

Honestly if you're on this thread you read at your own risk of spoilers so I don't apologize at all if anyone who hasn't seen the movie is on here reading and get spoiled. You can tell that I've seen it.

The funniest part to me was Homer's double middle-fingers going down the sinkhole. Absolutely hilarious. As was when Russ Cargill was coercing Pres. Schwartzenegger into picking Option 3.

"Four"
"Less"
"One"
"More"
"Six"
"There is no Six"

LMAO!

Even Lisa, who is usually my least favorite Simpson's main character had an awesome set of lines, especially when she was telling Marge about Colin-

"And you want to know the best, best BEST part? He's not imaginary!" ;D

The only mini-gripes I have are that the movie was missing lines from the following B-characters (or missing them altogether)-

- Sideshow Bob
- Kang and Kodos
- Principal Skinner
- Patty & Selma
- Snake

Plus, I really hope they don't leave Dr. Nick dead. He was one of my all-time favorite B-characters.

Bottom line is this is a very funny movie I highly recommend. I do have a gripe however with people coming out of my theater saying "Wow, they had Maggie's first word!"

No, you idiots, Maggie's first word was "daddy" back in Season 4. Homer and Marge obviously didn't hear it, but they were talking like it was the first thing she ever said when it wasn't.\

Well done Simpson's staff.

[rra]

acg2x said:

Overall, a very good movie. Entirely entertaining. I definitely got my money's worth. I rated it an 8, but I wish there was an option for 8.5 because that's more how I feel.

Honestly if you're on this thread you read at your own risk of spoilers so I don't apologize at all if anyone who hasn't seen the movie is on here reading and get spoiled. You can tell that I've seen it.

The funniest part to me was Homer's double middle-fingers going down the sinkhole. Absolutely hilarious. As was when Russ Cargill was coercing Pres. Schwartzenegger into picking Option 3.

"Four"
"Less"
"One"
"More"
"Six"
"There is no Six"

LMAO!

Even Lisa, who is usually my least favorite Simpson's main character had an awesome set of lines, especially when she was telling Marge about Colin-

"And you want to know the best, best BEST part? He's not imaginary!" ;D

The only mini-gripes I have are that the movie was missing lines from the following B-characters (or missing them altogether)-

- Sideshow Bob
- Kang and Kodos
- Principal Skinner
- Patty & Selma
- Snake

Plus, I really hope they don't leave Dr. Nick dead. He was one of my all-time favorite B-characters.

Bottom line is this is a very funny movie I highly recommend. I do have a gripe however with people coming out of my theater saying "Wow, they had Maggie's first word!"

No, you idiots, Maggie's first word was "daddy" back in Season 4. Homer and Marge obviously didn't hear it, but they were talking like it was the first thing she ever said when it wasn't.\

Well done Simpson's staff.

A question to SIMPSONS fans, was Dr. Nick been actually used seriously in the last few years? It might explain why he was killed off (while the Maude Flanders was because the voice-actress wanted financial reimbursement for her plane-flights to the studio, and FOX in respond killed the character. The actress eventually came back reimbursed, but the character is still dead)

Yeah, I share your opinions probably. Sideshow Bob and Kang/Kodos were made in the movie, but cut out in post-production. Expect them on the DVD.

Hell, Minnie Driver and Conan O'Brien and the real-life Erin Brockovitch both got chopped from the final edit.

[eeriebagel]

I just got back from seeing it... there are some funny parts, but nothing to me that was too hilarious. No real memorable parts to it except for bart's wang.

[Topher is Human]

Also the angry mob scene was simple, but a great nostalgia trip for me. Stampy's appearence was cool (can't actually prove it's Stampy, but since they were on a binge of showing all the old characters, it can be assumed).

It even had CHESTER J LAMPWICK!