The Simpsons Movie [Blu-ray]

Buy This Item The Simpsons Movie [Blu-ray] by 20th Century Fox  Available from Amazon  $27.95  on 11-2-2008     <i>The Simpsons</i> had already ruled TV land for many years by the time they finally attempted to conquer the movie world as well. It was never any big secret that a <i>Simpsons</i> movie was in the works: Fox registered the domain name "Simpsonsmovie.com" in 1997, a full nine years before the film was finally greenlighted. When creator/producer Matt Groening’s creation finally made it to the big screen in 2007, it only turned out to be the biggest hit of the summer, raking in over $100 million gross in box-office receipts in its first week, before heading on to do over $500 million worldwide, proving that the best joke in the movie was actually played on the audience: "Why pay for something when you can see it for free?" asks Homer at the movie’s start. Naturally, all the trouble starts with him. When he adopts a pig ("Sir Oinks-A-Lot") destined for Krusty’s slaughterhouse, it triggers an environmental catastrophe, forcing the government to seal Springfield into a dome and destroy the city. While the family manages to escape and flee to Alaska, they eventually decide to return and help save the city in more-or-less classic Simpson fashion. As Homer’s joke about the audience shows, Groening and producer Al Jean are keenly aware that their franchise is first and foremost a TV show. Maybe a little too aware, as the movie fails to ever rise above anything more than an extended episode, and not even one of its best episodes at that. True, there are plenty of good jokes; the animation has been kicked up a notch to be particularly sharp and detailed; and there are some truly memorable moments such as Bart’s nude skateboard ride and the "Spider-Pig" song. But when the film finally materialized, the payoff for long years of anticipation turned out to be small as the movie failed to live up to its potential; it’s amusing but not truly funny. <i>The Simpsons Movie</i> leaves the impression that maybe the show’s writers and producers had already spent their best ideas on the best years of the TV show. Had it been made years earlier… well, we can only wonder what could have been. <i>--Daniel Vancini</i></p> <p><p><span class="h1"><strong>Get to Know <i>The Simpsons</i> </strong></span><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr align="center" valign="top" class="tiny"> <td width="33%"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/SM-Homer.jpg" border="0"> "Oh, so they have internet on computers now!" -- Homer Simpson</td> <td width="33%"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/SM-Marge.jpg" border="0"> "I'd like to visit that Long Island Place, if only it were real." -- Marge Simpson (drinking a Long Island Iced Tea)</td> <td width="33%"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/SM-Bart.jpg" border="0"> "Aren't we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa." -- Bart Simpson</td> <tr align="center" valign="top" class="tiny"> <td width="33%"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/SM-Lisa.jpg" border="0"> "If cartoons were meant for adults, they'd put them on in prime time." -- Lisa Simpson</td> <td width="33%"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/SM-Maggie.jpg" border="0"> "Daddy" -- Maggie Simpson</p> </td> <td width="33%"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/simps.jpg" border="0"> > More Simpsons Characters</td></td></tr></table><br/> <span class="h1"><strong>Beyond <i>The Simpsons Movie</i></strong></span> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tr align="center" valign="top" class="tiny"> <td width="33%"> <img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31%2B3nTqd3dL._AA160_.jpg" border="0"> <i>The Simpsons</i> Toys & Games</td> <td width="33%"> <img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31W0PnzhdLL._AA115_.jpg" 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told to take care of the pigs waste but as usual he makes a mistake and the small silo he put the pigs waste in falls into the Springfield river and as usual Homer decides not to bother with it.Now because of the Silo waste draining into the river and contaminating it Springfield is quarantined.AS the people of Springfield find out Homer is responsible he tries to make a run for it of course there is a little more to the movie but that was the majority of the movie.As I said I liked it fair enough but the show has been on so long that it seemed that they could have just made this a two-part episode on regular tv for you to watch.For the price of the movie I say just go ahead and buy it but if you have a dvd recorder wait until it comes on HBO and just record it the audio comes in 5.1 but you can't really tell much of a difference with that and just the stereo track.The video of course depends wither or not you get full screen or wide screen but again it doesn't seem that you miss to much either way.So if you're a hard-core Simpsons fan go for it and get the movie if not all I can say is just wait for it on cable you won't be missing much...

The Simpsons Movie [Blu-ray] Available from Amazon Price: $27.95 Updated on 11-2-2008.

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