By the big cooling tower,
They have the plant,
But we have the power.“
Let me preface this by saying that I have been a Simpsons devotee since the earlier 90s. I remember watching the episodes, talking about them in school the next day. Back in the days of the 1 TV household, I hooked up an old TV with rabbit ears in THE GARAGE, sat out in the cold and watched the Simpsons. But sometime after high school, I watched less and less. Maybe it was me, was I really too old for cartoons? But no, I watched South Park, Family Guy, but The Simpsons always held a dear place in my heart. Unfortunately, the show just got progressively worse. Maybe it felt it was being assaulted by the other cartoons. Family Guy was taking irreverence to an entirely different level, and South Park was making social and political commentary to beat the band.
By the time I reached college, I was barely watching it. It just got too out there, especially for The Simpsons. Homer hardly worked, the family went on wild and crazy adventures, the show was based less and less in reality. Thinking back to my favorite episodes, they are probably 6 or 7 years old. Who shot Mr. Burns?, “Lisa needs braces… Dental Plan!”, “Shake haaaaaarder boy!”, Camp Krusty ( “Gentlemen, to Evil!” ), Hank Scorpio, “Dont you hate pants?”. Genius episodes. Then, just when I just about gave up on the show, they came out with a movie. Yesterday I went with Webster, another Simpsons devotee of old, and saw the film.
Not ruining anything, in the first 2 minutes of the film, Homer makes fun of people who would pay to see something they can see on TV for free. I tend to agree. The movie was exactly what I thought it would be, one gigantically drawn out episode, with some laughs in between. And by the silence of the audience during some “jokes”, I was not alone in my feeling of “meh”. My one moment of excitement was when I heard Albert Brooks’ voice. I thought Hank Scorpio was making a comeback, how AMAZING that wouldve been.
All and all, I felt the entire movie couldve been cut to one hour and wouldve served as the perfect last episode of the show ever.
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