The Simpsons Movie

It took a long time for The Simpsons to get their own movie, and it wasn't really worth the wait. The show is still sometimes funny nowadays, but it's nowhere close to where it used to be. You can't really blame anyone, it's hard to keep that spark going past the first decade. It's still watchable, with a few decent laughs per episode. But when you're watching a movie, you expect more than a few decent laughs, which the movie didn't provide. It wasn't bad, I just expected a little more effort for a feature length film. They do a decent job of creating an interesting storyline, although you have to wonder how many times Homer can just about completely ruin his marriage before saving it at the last second, and the villain is really not that great. You want someone crazy and hilarious, not a cut-out Government hack. And what's with Schwarzenegger being President? It doesn't make sense on several levels. One, they were obviously parodying the current administration with him being dumb and the corruption and everything, so why not parody Bush instead of substituting another real person? Two, Arnold can't actually be President because of the nationality thing, so why go with him in particular? Three, it makes even less sense going with him since they already have Rainier Wolfcastle, a popular, well-established parody of Arnold existing in their world already. What the hell was going on when they came up with that?

That was quite the tangent. Anyway, it was a decent movie, but not what it could have been. There are some good bits, like Ralph's line when Bart's skateboarding nude and some inside jokes about the show itself. There's a pretty enjoyable, silly action sequence near the end, and it's a pretty fine thing to watch for fans of the show. It was a little short, making me wonder how the end product could be less than amazing when they've been trying to put together a movie for so long. Oh well.