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| THE SIMPSONS MOVIE |
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| THE SIMPSONS MOVIE STARS |
Voices incl; Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria |
| MOVIE SYNOPSIS |
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE -
Green Day are hosting a concert at Lake Springfield (Singing the Simpsons theme after the opening credits). After they finish their song, they talk about the environment. The audience becomes angry and begins to throw garbage at them polluting the lake and causing their barge to dissolve and sink, killing them. The next day at church, while they have a short memorial for Green Day, Grampa is possessed by God warns the city of a future disaster. Marge believes Grampa's prediction, and decides to work out the meaning of the message. Meanwhile, Lisa starts to talk about the environment, with no success. She encounters Colin, an Irish boy who shares the same passions as her. Homer gets a note from Marge of his chores, and one is fixing the sinkhole. Instead of fixing it, Homer puts Maggie's sandbox over it.
Meanwhile Krusty is filming a commercial. When recording finishes Krusty orders for the pig he is using in the commercial to be slaughtered, causing it to flee to Homer who adopts him, and calls him Spider-Pig. That evening Lisa holds a conference at city hall, called "An Irritating Truth" and explains that the town lake cannot sustain anymore pollution. Mayor Quimby declares a state of emergency and orders the cleansing and protection of Lake Springfield.
They clean up the lake, and announce it is idiot proof, using Cletus as an example to try to throw a rat in the lake, and fail. Soon, Marge asks Homer where "Spider-Pig's/Harry Plopper's" waste is going. Homer shows her an overflowing silo, asking how a pig can fill it up in two days, Homer replies that he helped, horrifying Marge who tells Homer to dispose of it safely. While waiting in a queue at the dump Homer is told by Lenny that Lard Lad Donuts has been shut down and that they are giving away free donuts. Homer, in his haste to get to the giveaway decides on a quicker means of disposal and dumps the silo into the lake, causing it to become heavily polluted.
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| THE SIMPSONS MOVIE DIRECTOR |
David Silverman |
| MOVIE GENRE |
animated comedy |
| MOVIE RATING |
G |
RUNNING TIME (approx) |
87 Minutes |
| THE SIMPSONS MOVIE REVIEW |
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First off, let me be clear upfront. I am not a Simpsons fan. That isn’t to say I don’t catch the occasional episode or six, I’m just not a devotee. I saw this film with my 16 year old daughter who is without doubt a Simpsons tragic. She can quote any episode, any line any time. She LOVED the movie. I didn’t mind it. Some of the humour went straight over my head but it was explained to me afterwards that the bits I didn’t get were the “in jokes” clearly intended for fans of the show. There was enough in it to keep me happy and while I didn’t laugh myself incontinent, I had the shadow of a smile on my face for most of the movie.
The fact that the entire movie is hand drawn is a huge thing in this day and age with the advent of all things digital. To hand draw an 80 minute movie, shows true dedication to your craft. The fact that so many jokes were included to keep fans happy also shows an appreciation for fans continued devotion to the series. My only issue with it was the sell-out of Maggie’s first word, which reeked of commercialism in my opinion. I have since been told this was not her first word, which was in fact, “Daddy”.
The Simpsons is not rocket science, but there is enough in it to please most movie-goers.
~ Pam Heinrich
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| NOTES |
| TRIVIA: For the first time the Simpsons were drawn will real shadows. |
| OFFICIAL MOVIE SITE |
MOVIE TRAILER |
| http://www.simpsonsmovie.com/ |
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE Trailer |
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