The Simpsons Movie [DVD] [2007]

Watched numerous times

the movie based on long running cartoon the simpsons comes to dvd. running for eighty minutes, this feels like a very long episode. the plot involves homer trying to save the town after having doomed it to destruction. the pace is fast enough such that there's always another funny moment coming along, and pretty much all the characters get to make an appearance. the focus is primarily on the simpsons themselves so the supporting characters don't get too much of a look in. Maybe it's not the greatest movie ever made, but it's still funny enough to warrant five stars from me.The dvd isn't the big package of extras you might have expected.The extras come in four sections. a main section offers two commentaries, one from the writers, producers and some of the actors, and another from the animators. this menu will also let you access the following three sections:deleted scenes, featuring six scenes that didn't make the final cut of the movie. they're all quite funny.special stuff. four short films that may not mean much to british viewers, as they centre round a few american things. one has homer as guest host on an american chat show. one has him hosting the american version of pop idol. one has him as a judge on this, judging simon cowell's singing [very funny scene!] and one has him in a parody of an advert for food that used to be played a lot in american cinemas.the trailers section offers five different trailers for the movie that ran over the past year and a bit in cinemas.Watching this on a PC and moving the pointer over the top wording in each of these sections activated an easter egg for each, each showing production drawings for one of the characters. and if you go the set up menu, accessed via the main menu, click on the left side to bring up a spoof trailer for TDK sound. Doubtless moving the controls round on a dvd player may bring these up if you can't see them on a computer.Not the best package for the movie, but a fun enough film for this to warrant five stars

Enjoyed

Whether you're a big fan or small, you will already know about the movie, so this review concentrates on the extras, which, if I have to be honest, are not as generous or as brilliant as I would expect from the team.This mirrors the film itself in some ways. The film only lasts eighty-three minutes, and ten of them are taken up with the closing credits. This makes one wonder why there even exist deleted scenes. Yet one of the extras consists of six such scenes, all of which should have or could have been in the movie. The best deleted scene is `Levels', which on its own had me in stitches.There are two commentaries, one by the animators, and the other by the director, the producer, and some of the writers. Because there are so many in the room at one time, contributors constantly interrupt each other, telling themselves and the rest of the team how funny is a particular scene.So, all in all, the commentaries are a bit of a waste, although in the latter they are able to freeze the on-screen action a few times to elaborate on a particular subject. And we also learn a few nuggets of pub-quiz information, such as the one line contributed by Edward Norton, or the split-second appearance of a `Lord of the Rings' character.Then there's the section called `Special Stuff', which comprises four short and not very funny scenes of various members of the family on various American TV shows. Finally, there are the trailers. Normally I don't bother with these on a DVD, but on this occasion they are worth a watch for obvious reasons.But after watching all of these extras I did ask myself `Is that It?' No `Making of' featurette, no in-depth interviews with any of the animators or actors, and no interviews with the family at the premiere? Maybe Homer was too drunk for the latter.Nevertheless, all this grumbling is not to deny that the movie is both a work of art and (almost) a work of writing genius and is fully recommended.

Great, great movie!When it was announced, I was worried it would ruin the legendary cartoon series that is The Simpsons, so decided not to watch. Until now, It hasn't disappointed me at all. Hilarious scenes from Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie.It seemed like all of Springfield made at least one appearance, as well as some new, non-cannon characters such as a love interest named Colin, for Lisa.The storyline is solid, unpredictable and the way it has been left was genius. Any more, or any less would have put me off. So glad there is no sequel, although it is hinted at the end.Very pleased!

Watched this with my grandson because it's his new favourite. Paid to hire the movie and found it for free afterwards on a free streaming network.

Kids loved it

This is my first UMD movie watched in PSP. The quality is remarkable and can also be played in very good quality on digital TV screen. UMD quality is much better than that obtained through copying a movie (legal) from DVD by means of different software present on market. The only weak point is that they didn't add the subtitles option (present on many UMD movies). For people with impaired hearing this is very important feature, even in their native languageStanislaw