Simpsons Movie review
posted by John Surname @ 6:10 PM
I am not a nerd. Let's make this clear. I know little about computers. Comics, I can't stand. High fastening pants? No. But I have been looking forward to The Simpsons movie since before it even existed, and today I went to see it.
First disappointment - the audience. It was mainly made-up of wagging school kids (coz waggin' skool is lyk OMG kewl) who were only there because they had nothing better to do (or so they kept loudly repeating).
But what of the movie?
To quote Prophet's seemingly favourite word - "awesome".
In fact, I'll do one better.
It was ball-bouncingly funny!
The storyline (spoilers will abound) is off-the-wall. It is so bizarre I have no idea how they came up with it. Homer selflessly rescues a pig (because it is wearing human clothes) from being slaughtered, only to name it Spider-Pig (later Harry Plopper) and have it crap everywhere. The resulting silo, helpfully labelled Pig Crap, is full to bursting so he dumps it in Springfield lake.
Only the polluted Springfield Lake, having recently killed Green Day, is one dumping away from triggering an environmental emergency beyond your wildest dreams.
Homer triggers that emergency, and Springfield is "domed" by the EPA. Homer becomes Springfield's most wanted man, and the family escape to Alaska.
Following so far?
From there their marriage is tested (again), Bart gets drunk on Scotch, Moe becomes emperor of Springfield and a women with enormous breasts shows Homer the way.
Why aren't you in the cinema? Go and see it!
Now!
First disappointment - the audience. It was mainly made-up of wagging school kids (coz waggin' skool is lyk OMG kewl) who were only there because they had nothing better to do (or so they kept loudly repeating).
But what of the movie?
To quote Prophet's seemingly favourite word - "awesome".
In fact, I'll do one better.
It was ball-bouncingly funny!
The storyline (spoilers will abound) is off-the-wall. It is so bizarre I have no idea how they came up with it. Homer selflessly rescues a pig (because it is wearing human clothes) from being slaughtered, only to name it Spider-Pig (later Harry Plopper) and have it crap everywhere. The resulting silo, helpfully labelled Pig Crap, is full to bursting so he dumps it in Springfield lake.
Only the polluted Springfield Lake, having recently killed Green Day, is one dumping away from triggering an environmental emergency beyond your wildest dreams.
Homer triggers that emergency, and Springfield is "domed" by the EPA. Homer becomes Springfield's most wanted man, and the family escape to Alaska.
Following so far?
From there their marriage is tested (again), Bart gets drunk on Scotch, Moe becomes emperor of Springfield and a women with enormous breasts shows Homer the way.
Why aren't you in the cinema? Go and see it!
Now!
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