The Simpsons Movie
I'm not the biggest fan of spending $8 to go to the cinema for something I could quite easily watch for free..... cough, cough..... but the Simpsons has to be an exception.
Having been a Simpsons fan for as long as I can remember, I wasn't sure if my expectations would be too high. There are very few films (save Lord of the Rings, Toy Story 2, Star Wars 3, X-men 2) that live up to the publics unrealistic expectations.
A few disgraces of sequels?
X-men 3, Shrek 3, Matrix 3, The girl Karate Kid just to name a few.
You'll be surprised to see that I didn't mention Pirates 2. Why is that you ask?
Because in my mind, Pirates of the Caribbean had no sequels. It was just one great film - THE END!
It makes sense, right?
Why struggle with getting a good script. They'll make the same amount of money whether it's good or bad, as people aren't seeing it for what it's worth, they're seeing it because it's the sequel to a good film.
Anyway, back to the Simpsons.
I've watched most of the first 13 or so seasons, and almost every episode was good.
I've watched some of season 18, and for the most part (with the exception of the episode: 24 minutes), RUBBISH.
This made me a little worried to watch the film. It turns out, Fox must have taken all the decent script writers, used them for the film, and dumped a bunch of high school drop-outs to script the TV series.
Occasionally they tried a little too hard to be funny (Homer swinging between the mountain and the "hard place."
Luckily the spider-pig theme song saved the day!
All in all, an expected "simpsons save the world (or, at least, Springfield) film" that was a breath of fresh air
It's known that they're planning sequels, so we can only hope they keep up the good work
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