Saw “The Simpsons Movie” this weekend, and I have to say, it’s perfect. Exactly what it should have been.
It was the biggest episode of “the Simpsons” I’ve ever seen. It’s 85 minutes long (about 4 episode’s worth), and manages to focus on each member of the family in turn [NOTE: Maggie is, as usual, not a very prominent character, but she has a fair amount of screen time].
As with the best episodes of “the Simpsons,” I can’t explain it without sounding like a lunatic. But it’s definitely got a great deal of the elements which made us all fans in the first place, without some of the things which have been slowly souring us on the experience. This is due in large part to the fact that the writing staff is made up of the creators, veterans, and the best loved from the past 2 decades.
The story is linear, for the most part, and manages to touch on most every character from the series, but not in a way that hurts the story.
It’s not the greatest film ever made, but it made me smile during a pretty tough week, and it’s definitely worth the price of admission.
we did go see it on wednesday (mostly just to get the f out of the house) but it was def worth it. thanks for the rec. now if only i can get “spider pig” out of my head i’ll be ok.