by zEke
the simpsons was created in 1989 by Matt Groening, who did not hesitate to name the members of this crazy yellow family with the names of his father, his mother and her two sisters. He changed his, though, and used Bart instead. It has been already nineteen seasons and around four hundred episodes telling the misfortunes of the inhabitants of Springfield.
Matt Groening and James L. Brooks invented a new television genre that has been followed later on, with better or worse luck, by tv-series like south park or family guy. The success of the simpsons lies on its appealing simplicity and the quality of its dialogs, which are plagued with humorous, biting and sharp lines, in the line of the best social satire. The tv-series has deservedly gained as many positive words as we could think of, but what about the movie?
The movie, no matter how hard some might try to disguise it, is not more than an episode 87 minutes long instead of 22. Thus, the result of the mixture of four different episodes could well be considered. These could be, for example, the following ones, suggestions accepted: (i) one in which the Simpson family goes to Alaska; (ii) one in which Homer Simpson contaminates the lake of Springfield; (iii) one in which Bart Simpson disowns his father on behalf of Ned Flanders; and (iv) one in which Lisa Simpson falls in love with a green activist. Nevertheless, the different plots are smartly connected. Having this into account, there will be some that will leave the cinema after watching their favorite episode, some that will leave after watching another episode of their favorite tv-series, some that will leave after watching an entertaining animated feature, and some that will leave after watching a boring and pretentious social satire.
The differences between the tv-series and the film are few. The sound and the digital scene design are better, as they were expected to be, but that is it. One might ask if a cinematographic adaptation of the tv-series was really necessary. Surely it is, from an economic point of view, because nobody doubts that the project will be profitable and worthwhile for its creators, but the options the big screen offers are far from being well-spent. Perhaps this is one of the reasons that has kept a project that seemed obvious several seasons ago in lethargy until now.
Many are the characters who appear in the film although their appearances are reduced, mostly, to brief interventions. This, although it might offend some, should not be surprising, because if one randomly picks four episodes of the simpsons few would be the supporting characters with protagonism. Perhaps it is Ned Flanders the one with more presence in the film.
In short, an entertaining product that will by no means change the mood you face it in the first place.
For the deadhours of those who remember with nostalgia to have followed the tv-series in the past.
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