The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 animated comedy film based on the animated television series The Simpsons, directed by David Silverman. The film was produced by James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Mike Scully, and Richard Sakai and written by eleven of the television series' most prolific writers: Scully, Jean, Brooks, Groening, George Meyer, David Mirkin, Mike Reiss, John Swartzwelder, Jon Vitti, Ian Maxtone-Graham and Matt Selman. It stars the regular television cast of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden, and Tress MacNeille and features Albert Brooks in a prominent guest role, as well as Tom Hanks and Green Day in smaller ones.
After previous attempts to create a film version of The Simpsons had failed due to script length and lack of staff, production began in 2001. Numerous plot ideas were conceived by the writers, with Matt Groening's being developed into the film. The script was re-written one hundred times, continuing even after animation had begun.
This meant that "two films' worth" of finished material was cut, including cameos from Isla Fisher, Minnie Driver and Erin Brockovich. Tie-in promotions were made with 7-Eleven, who transformed their stores into Kwik-E-Marts, and other companies such as Burger King. The film premiered in Springfield, Vermont, who had won the right to hold it through a Fox competition.
The film opens with Green Day playing a concert at Lake Springfield. As they finish their song they try to talk about the environment, angering the audience. Their barge dissolves and sinks, killing them. At the funeral, Grampa starts acting weird and leads Marge to believe that God is sending them a message warning them about a future catastrophe. Lisa starts to talk about the environment, with no success until she meets a boy named Colin and they combine their efforts to give a talk called "An Irritating Truth", after which the town decides to clean up the lake.
During a series of dares, Homer dares Bart to skateboard nude to Krusty Burger, and Bart gets in trouble with Chief Wiggum. Homer and Bart eat at Krusty Burger where Ned Flanders treats Bart like a son and Homer adopts a pig as a pet. He keeps the pig's “leavings” in an overflowing silo, which horrifies Marge, who tells Homer to dispose of it safely.
While waiting in a queue at the dump Homer hears that Lard Lad Donuts has been shut down and that they are giving away free donuts. Homer decides on a quicker means of disposal and dumps the silo into the lake, causing it to become heavily polluted. Flanders and Bart bond during a hike and discover a mutated squirrel, which is captured by the EPA and Russ Cargill, head of the EPA, tells President Schwarzengger that Springfield is so polluted that the government must take drastic action. As a result, Springfield is sealed in a giant glass dome.
The police reveal that Homer polluted the lake and an angry mob approaches the Simpson's home. The family escapes through a sink hole, which is then filled by the rubble from the Simpson's house. While on the run Homer proposes that the entire family move to Alaska. In Springfield, the townspeople go crazy and attempt to break the dome. Russ Cargill tells the President that they can't keep Springfield in this state forever and Cargill asks the President to choose another plan. More at:Wiki
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I waited some time for this movie, what do you think? You like that kind of bitter-sweet comedy? :3
I'll definitely be going to see this movie next Friday (when it comes out here) or on Saturday...
Or, I could go on "Cheap Tuesday" and pay only $4 to see it xD
I'm not as excited about The Simpsons as I used to be. They're trying too hard to be funny, as a result it feels kind of forced. Don't get me wrong, I still love the show and I'll probably see the movie (sooner or later), I just wish this movie had been released earlier, when the writing on the show was better and the characters were more than one-dimensional. ^_^;
Oh, we have a cheap wednesday, almost half the price for the regular ticket.
It's great, isn't it?
Originally Posted by stukasa
I'm not as excited about The Simpsons as I used to be. They're trying too hard to be funny, as a result it feels kind of forced. Don't get me wrong, I still love the show and I'll probably see the movie (sooner or later), I just wish this movie had been released earlier, when the writing on the show was better and the characters were more than one-dimensional. ^_^;
Maybe so, but I still enjoy them either way. It's much better than the sh!t they've been putting up to fill their schedules with though =)
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Mehh, it was decent. But imo it wasn't much more then three simpson episodes rolled into one.
You expect movies from popular series to be better then the series normal episodes, that wasnt the case here. And they worked on it for sop many years......
The Spider Pig bit was very funny though
SPIDER PIG SPIDER PIG
DOES WHATEVER A SPIDER PIG DOES
CAN HE SWING FROM A WEB
NO HE CAN"T HE"S A PIG
LOOK OUT HE IS A SPIDER PIG!!
The Simpson's Movie (2007)
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