So I've been reading and hearing these great reviews for The Simpsons Movie, but I didn't let that get my hopes up. I actually was preparing myself for disappointment, so the bar was set pretty low for me. It was ok. Maybe I missed something, or a lot of things, but there were only a few laugh out loud moments. Look for the scene with the bar, the church and the dome. Best part of the movie. What was missing for me? Well, there were no intersecting plot lines that make some of the teevee episodes memorable. Also, it would have been nice to see more Mr. Burns, Smithers, Apu, Wiggum, etc. The old standby characters were pretty much absent. 3rd, although there were some good verbal gags that made me chuckle, There was nothing that really set me off, like my current favorite from the teevee show. Picture the Simpson family sitting on the couch watching the teevee.
Homer: "I'm bored with this Tarzan movie."
Lisa: "Dad, this is a documentary on the homeless."
Priceless.
I'm sure I'll see it again, and maybe it'll be funnier the second time around. Maybe I should set my expectations even lower. Maybe I was sitting too close to the screen. Maybe it was the 8 year old boys sitting behind me and next to me exclaiming "God! I don't like that," and "Jesus Christ, that's stupid" while watching the previews with their parents. This was in Edina folks, not some ghetto or hillbilly theater. Call me a prude, but frankly I don't think God or Jesus Christ cares what your snotty-nose kid's opinions are. I sure don't.
If anyone wants to flame me in the comments about my "review," go ahead, I can take it.
In other news, KyKy and The Madster get home from camp today. It'll be good to have them back. We are starting the week-long preparation for Mt Carmel. I hope it isn't hot that week.
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Well at least it wasn't "Worst. Movie. Ever."
I'm waiting until the kids go back to school (only two weeks away here in Georgia) and catching a matinée in an almost empty theater.
I dislike going to movies because of those kids behind you, their siblings, their parents, and their cell phones. (Too many people think the theater is their private living room.) Who wants to pay $7.50 a ticket (the going cheap ticket here) for that?
I haven't read too many glowing reviews of the movie, but no one has said it's awful, either. The NY Times critic wrote that it was more like an average episode of the show--in other words, he'll watch it only another 20-30 times.
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